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How To Create Buzz Around Your Startup

David Teten

Are you trying to build buzz, but don’t have the cash to launch a full-fledged PR campaign? I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. In other words, you should focus first on a great product/service, and only after you’ve achieved that worry about PR.

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How To Create Buzz Around Your Startup

David Teten

Are you trying to build buzz, but don’t have the cash to launch a full-fledged PR campaign? I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. In other words, you should focus first on a great product/service, and only after you’ve achieved that worry about PR.

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4 Definitive Ways To Deal With Outages

YoungUpstarts

Even a minute of downtime means millions lost in revenue and tons of bad PR. In what is arguably the most massive security breach in history, hackers stole credit card and personal information from 77 million PlayStation users in mid-April 2011. Sony – Nothing like a heartfelt executive apology.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

And no matter what the latest trends indicate, you will eventually have to spend money on PR and marketing. We also soon decided that we wanted to outsource as much of our operations to hosted services as we possibly could. But the cost of PR and marketing is going to outstrip that within a couple of months of being up and running!

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform. Bontq – hosted bug tracking and project management needs.

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Beyond the garage

Startup Lessons Learned

No BS, no vanity metrics, no launches, no PR. SLLCONF 2011 is happening on May 23 in San Francisco. If you’d like to host a simulcast, you can apply here: [link] (In a few days, you’ll be able to get tickets to nearby simulcast on that same page.) And those are just our keynotes! We also have an awesome lineup of case studies.

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Cracking The Code: In search of Europe's next tech stars.

Cracking the Code

Wednesday, August 03, 2011. 2 comments: Best hosting company for small business. ▼ 2011. (2). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. In search of Europes next tech stars. at 11:03 AM.