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8 Tips to Ensure That Your Startup Doesn’t Fail

The Startup Magazine

The key to successful marketing is attracting customers and investors to your business through a variety of means, including print ads, website design, public relations efforts, and many other techniques that can attract customers to your business. Choose a unique brand name. Conclusion.

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Twitter Link Roundup #225 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Agile UX vs Lean UX, which should you choose? Agile UX vs Lean UX, which should you choose? Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 2014 Logo Trends – crowdspring.co/1lDrFyz. Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/1jB1AEk.

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Twitter Link Roundup #130 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Better Agile Than Smart – [link]. Better Agile Than Smart – [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link].

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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

But my favorite was when the public relations manager said, “we’re here to write press releases and answer the phone in case the press calls.” But what I wanted was an agile marketing team capable of operating independently without day-to-day direction. And yes, we could have built a top-down, command-and-control hierarchy.

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. Over its lifetime a Lean Startup may spend less money than a traditional startup.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. And he gave them all early access to our prototypes for reaction. Back then it seemed foreign.

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Lean startups: Office space for the 21st Century

crowdSPRING Blog

In other words, be agile in your approach and have your office choices reflect that agility. Related posts: Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups. What is your budget?

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