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Twitter Link Roundup #220 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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Salaries Startup Founders Pay Themselves | Business Insider – crowdspring.co/1nHU2OK. Chicago is the funniest city in the U.S. (we The Ultimate List of Customer Development Questions – crowdspring.co/1nHT6tS. Run Your Meeting Like a Boss: Lessons from Mayer, Musk, and Jobs | 99U – crowdspring.co/RNro4N.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

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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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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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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). Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives.

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

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I have published many of these PR Tips before. My starting salary was $27,000. Then I got my MBA at University of Chicago and reinforced my brand. It’s why it’s important to establish a brand, know what your key messages are and communicate them often and simply. Yet everywhere I went I was now “strategy guy.”

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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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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Twitter Link Roundup #210 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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Startup founder salaries: Younger, more inexperienced entrepreneurs pay themselves less | The Next Web – crowdspring.co/1f87xE1. Why Chicago needs to stop playing by Silicon Valley’s rules | by Adrian Holovaty – crowdspring.co/1f87594. What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now? – crowdspring.co/1f7WXgp.

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Twitter Link Roundup #288 – Necessary Stuff For Small Business, Startups, and Designers!

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The 20 Jobs With The Biggest Salary Increases This Year crowdspring.co/1MrJksN. Chicago’s Design Meat Market – Print Magazine crowdspring.co/1JRFqsb. How to Map Out the Business That You Want to Build crowdspring.co/1g7wvIh. How to Make Sure Your First-Time Manager Succeeds crowdspring.co/1MKG9PP. 1JRFs3h crowdspring.co/1JRFs3l.