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The Leading Cause of Startup Death – Part 1: The Product.

Steve Blank

Marketing develops a complete marketing communications plan, provides Sales with a full complement of support material, and starts the public relations bandwagon rolling. Assuming no early liquidity (via an IPO or merger) for the company, more fund raising is required.

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Dave Gardner on Using Social Media to Connect With Big Companies

Life Beyond Code

Back in 2009 and 2010, I experienced a few Dell business execution issues. The public relations (PR) firm used by the big company you want to connect with is also likely monitoring social media. So, here we go: Rajesh Setty: I understand that you are a member of Dell’s Customer Advisory Panel. How did this come to be?

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Dave Gardner on Using Social Media to Connect With Big Companies

Life Beyond Code

Back in 2009 and 2010, I experienced a few Dell business execution issues. The public relations (PR) firm used by the big company you want to connect with is also likely monitoring social media. So, here we go: Rajesh Setty: I understand that you are a member of Dell’s Customer Advisory Panel. How did this come to be?

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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E&Y Journey 2011, The Great Debate: Go Public or Stay Private

VC Cafe

And don’t forget to invest in costly R&D, which turns many private companies to the public market. Below we bring you the main soundbites from the event: Larry Leibowitz took the lead: ‘In 2010, there were $270 billion awarded to IPOs; but in the first 9 months of 2011, IPOs only generated half that much.

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