Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

million+ company, with 60+ team members doing tours in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Los Angeles.”. My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm ! #4 Thanks to Nick Gray, Museum Hack ! #2

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2013

VC funding in Chicago is down more than 40% – [link]. Using the Crowd as an Innovation Partner | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Using the Crowd as an Innovation Partner | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Warby Parker Co-Founder: Creating A Strong Brand Without Marketing | PSFK – [link].

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Whether it’s customers, prospects, or partners, there is a target group you want to engage. Whatever the case, there are tools and strategies you can use as an SMB owner to build your social and PR game plan. While we do still advocate almost always responding—as do most PR firms—how you should respond isn’t always clear.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

After a few months working out and end jobs around Chicago, I met an extraordinary business consultant who helped me build my business from the ground up in exchange for social media services. In business, we negotiate with external vendors, suppliers and partners. My skill set limited to theater and social media.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

2 – Advertising Agency & Boutique PR and Advertising Agencies. Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. Thanks to Natalie Harper, Harper PR. #3 Image Credit: Natalie Harper.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I learned long ago at the University of Chicago where I got my MBA that investors tend to want to invest when markets become over-valued and sell when they become undervalued. Or Salesforce.com who rose to prominence in this same period where they were ramping up PR and shouting from mountain tops when everybody else in the market was mute.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Why I Sold My Startup Instead Of Taking VC Money | Built In Chicago - [link]. Chicago’s Startup Community Grows Outside Of Groupon’s Shadow | Chicagoist - [link]. Founder Divorce: Nine Lessons From When My Business Partner Jumped Ship | Forbes - [link]. | PandoDaily - [link]. The product lens - [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

Are you able in a sort of platform approach if you will, are you able to kind of really go deep enough to know who the two players are that you’re partnering? We think that partnering with some folks locally would be a good thing to do, help us out. Do you have the PR department of an organization coming to you?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Chicago-based BrightTag ranked #4! SEO Guidelines for Sponsored Content and Partner Links | Adam Sherk – [link]. SEC Greenlights One Style Of Equity Crowdfunding For Startups | TechCrunch – [link]. The Culture of Free and The Future of Google – [link]. Measuring What Matters: How To Pick A Good Metric – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. As part of the Lightspeed Venture Partner Summer Fellowship program, I ask guest speakers to come in each week and talk to the Fellows about key topics related to building a successful startup. Be willing to help partners accelerate testing new markets.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

My partner and I locked ourselves in a room for about 4 hours. PR and Prose. Thanks to Lauren Gilmore, PR and Prose ! #9- Well, the first video was an abysmal contribution to the world of filmography, and so we pivoted and now offer PR & Marketing services under the proud but slightly storied brand name of Vyteo.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

A Post Startup Execs Should Forward to Your Spouse or Partner. Chicago venture picture better than U.S. Who owns your UX philosophy? VentureBeat – [link]. The paradox of how bugs and downtime can be a good thing – [link]. 12 Tips for Making it Work – [link]. Why you need more margin in your life – [link].

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. I started my PR and marketing firm since I love startups and want to give them a chance to grow. Thanks to Emily Mazza, Mazza Virtual Assistants ! #7- 7- To prioritizes employee and client retention. Photo Credit: Steven Randall. Thanks to Mikko Honkanen, Vainu ! #17-

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Make sure someone is thinking about overarching plans around PR, marketing and sales and spends time crafting the right messages, understanding audiences and figuring out distribution channels. Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Instead, my producing partner suggester Corner Piece, Because we’re the piece you need to get everything started. Most law firms simply use the last names of the originating partners as the name of the company. Image Credit: Andrew Greer.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2018

At the time of its incorporation (2001), I had seen an article published by the University of Chicago showing that 82 % of CEOs had revenue growth as their #1 objective. I’d previously been the lead publicist at a very posh PR firm, and the running joke was that I was incredibly “off brand.” Nowlin, Excel Global Partners ! #10-

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

I used to exaggerate more and my first business partner Dave Jilk would often call me on exaggerating and we’d have long conversations about the difference between exaggerating and lying. Paul Ryan’s 4:01 is faster than my PR over 22 marathons (4:05) – it’s beyond me why he would feel compelled to lie about this.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I’m not against MBA’s (I have one myself from University of Chicago and my lovely wife was graduated from Wharton – she loves to remind me that they usually score higher in the rankings than we do).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And I also now have to raise money myself, but this time from bigger institutions that our industry calls LPs (limited partners). Partners make investment decisions. Also recognize that WITHIN a VC you have partners who focus on different areas. Most VC partners do 2-3 deals per year max (except for the higher volume shops).

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 29, 2021

When Clare DeNicola and I decided to start a full-service marketing and PR firm 10 years ago, we knew we didn't want to take the usual agency branding route: put our names on the door. My business partner and I had only 2 weeks to come up with a new name and didn't feel that Innovative Tap Solutions had the power to build a brand.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I have published many of these PR Tips before. Then I got my MBA at University of Chicago and reinforced my brand. “You should really be an operating partner. ” Me, “As long as it’s as a General Partner – I’m in.” Yet everywhere I went I was now “strategy guy.”

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2015

One of the main reasons why my partners and I started TopFire Media is to fill a void within the franchise arena. Many franchise systems who receive support from our sister company, iFranchise Group — a premiere franchise consulting group — would ask where could they find services in PR, SEO, and website development.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2023

We are a PR and digital marketing agency specializing in regulated markets, like cannabis and psychedelics. Although company names like Best Plumbers and Chicago Pizza might do well in the marketplace, they are not eligible for trademark protection since they are too generic or geographical in nature. 2- Conventional sounding name.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) When I decided to create full time creative business, I couldn’t find online marketers or PR services who understand the creative process, this meant I was doing everything in the business from online presence, to markets and exhibits which resulted in burnout.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2017

And just the association and in our case most of our clients are pretty large enterprise clients so you know to be able to say — all I have to do is point at our previous guest list and be able to sort of name drop, or we’ve had Lenovo and Medtronic and United Health Group and the Chicago Bears, and the list goes on and on.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I know it’s not single-handed as he has both fantastic partners at Foundry Group and many other community leaders. Not to mention every major agency, many PR firms, etc. But as I look at the GRP Partners returns we’ve made a lot of money investing in companies in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Arizona and Seattle.

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

Maggie Kravchuk , Rubenstein, PR. Maggie Kravchuk has had work experience on social media brand management and now works for Rubenstein PR. Jason Baumann is the founder and Chief Digital Strategist of Boxless Media – a Chicago-based digital marketing agency that specializes in social media. Tool 11: Google Analytics.

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Up and Running

APRIL 17, 2013

Larry reigns as CEO, and his partner in crime Sergey Brin, is working tirelessly to bring us perhaps the most innovative and life-changing technological product of our time – Google Glass. Ashley’s interviewing idea is a good one … last night I shot the s**t with the Startup Grind King of Chicago, Tom Denison.

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2015

Though David attended the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and had played professional poker, none of them had ever started a business before. We didn’t think of it […] for PR reasons,” says David, who adds that while they did have some initial funds, using the resource seemed like a no-brainer to the founders.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

” I’m quite sure with this article you alienated not only few potential customers or partners but also some existing ones. I once ran a startup company partnered with a US company. I tried to continue reading but it is obvious that you are closer to PR or marketing than to the tech area. March 25, 2011 at 7:16 pm.

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