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16 Great Startup Posts from March

SoCal CTO

- Startup Company Lawyer , March 14, 2010 After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source” equity seed financing documents. It’s not a surprise that the most common questions that we get from other founders are about PR.

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5 Tips for Starting a Successful Clothing Brand: The Definitive Guide (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

From choosing a fashion business structure to pricing, licensing and permits to business plan… There’s a lot to think about. First, you will need to choose the legal structure for your new apparel business. Then it’s time to think about the specifics of your business. Sole proprietorship or LLC?

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Twitter Link Roundup #37 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Goals, Strategies and Tactics (why startups & small business should pay attention to all 3) – [link]. New-to-the-world: strategic marketing for startups and small business – [link]. Business Plan vs Business Model – [link]. Business Photos For Small Business – From Google – [link].

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5 Tips for Starting a Successful Clothing Brand

crowdSPRING Blog

Once you define your brand, you can begin to think about the vitally important details of actually starting and running a business. From choosing a business structure to pricing, licensing and permits to business plan… There’s a lot to think about. The plan does not need to be lengthy at first.

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Stealth Mode Startup

www.frozennorth.org

During the two days of the show, one of their programmers sat in on my speech about building better customer service automation; I had an hour-long chat with the CEO and another of the founders; and their PR manager stopped by our booth for a 15-minute briefing about what we do. They are actively hiring Perl programmers.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

The Business Plan (Concept- Alpha-Beta - FCS ) became the playbook for startups. In the new bubble PR may be your new best friend, so invest in it. There was no repeatable methodology, startups and their VC’s still operated like startups were simply a smaller version of a large company. Lessons Learned.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

When it does happen, the associated businesses are usually extremely attractive, provided they have a way to monetize their customers. Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. that will cost the company significant amounts of money.