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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

The Carson, California company employs about 800 people in its 4 Southern California plants. 21 years ago, I ventured into the music business launching a public relations and marketing firm — Webster Public Relations. Thanks to Kirt Webster, Webster Public Relations !

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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.” My new head of Public Relations quickly learned that my admin could answer calls from the press. The same was true for PR.

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Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles – Cliff Allen

SoCal CTO

In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? 2) How do these mind maps change in a 2.0

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Azione PR – It’s All About Taking Action

YoungUpstarts

Azione PR is a Los Angeles, California-based boutique public relations firm started by two enterprising and dynamic young women who despite their young ages already possess more than twenty years of experience in public relations and marketing in total. Our work should speak for itself.&#.

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The Growing Importance Of Mobile Advertising

YoungUpstarts

As a result of the continued growth in the mobile space, MassMedia, a full-service advertising, public relations and marketing agency with offices in Las Vegas and Southern California, now integrates mobile advertising into all of its clients’ digital campaigns. billion to $19.3

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Unique Workspace Photos from 11 Entrepreneurs

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

They attended property management association meetings in Oregon outside of the technology echo chamber of California to get a sense for people’s daily problems. They proposed feature sets that they would plan to build and stack ranked how important these customers thought they would be. But they went one step further.

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