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27 Entrepreneurs Share Tips on Building an Ecommerce Business

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Danielle Sabrina, Society22 PR ! #3- 5- Calculate stock reorder levels Photo Credit: Dani Mechlowitz When building an e-commerce business, it's essential to keep track of your inventory to avoid sell-out periods. Another critical attribute for a CEO is an acute sense of self-awareness. Thanks to Alex Nigmatulin, PRNEWS.IO !

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. Some have labeled this period as irrational exuberance.

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Netflix Redux: Is It Ever OK to Fire Your Customers?

Both Sides of the Table

Given how badly the announcement of the splitting went and their inability to control the PR cycle (or their stock price!) But they sure need somebody at the top handling their marketing and PR better. Many apparel brands and cosmetic companies will actively fight against discount channels like Ross carrying their products.

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Quickly Unpacking Microsoft’s Acquisition Of GitHub

Haystack

Stepping back, it’s interesting to see this cultural shift among larger companies who are comfortable with these co-branding scenarios, which actually may provide better PR and future opportunities to add to their portfolios. Satya strikes again. 4/ “Readjust Your Comps” With GitHub price at $7.5B

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Twitter Link Roundup #99 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Stocking is the new rage. Stocking involves imitating a stock photo. Marketing 101: channel management and the digital domain – [link]. Marketing 101: channel management and the digital domain - [link]. Stocking is the new rage - [link]. That’s old news. Planking is old news.

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Should Your Startup Give Performance-Based Warrants?

Both Sides of the Table

As startup entrepreneurs we all want to work with them because having their name as reference clients makes it so much easier for marketing, PR, selling to other customers, fund raising and even recruiting. Think of it as similar to an employee stock option. Example: you allocate 4% in warrants to channel partner ABC.

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What startups can learn from the Tesla fire crisis

The Next Web

When the first Tesla fire happened, the company’s previously golden stock plummeted. However, when news of a second fire spread across the media like – well, wildfire – stock values for the firm fell at an unprecedented rate and it was feared they might not recover. When the third fire happened , that was the final straw.

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