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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

pexels A war chest is virtually always a competitive edge in all aspects that count, including employing key staff, public relations, marketing, and sales. Due diligence is often skipped or done on the fly while making direct investments because of the short time available to the investor.

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Is Your Press Release Hurting Your Business?

Rembrandt Communications

Probably not, so… Do your due diligence when it comes to press releases and publicity. Do your due diligence. Your busy and you don’t have the time or money to do public relations. Your release may be a generic template, packed with errors and show up on all kinds of websites all over the world.

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What Is Really Going On With Your Press Release?

Rembrandt Communications

When it comes to public relations, you get what you pay for. While you may receive “great deals” in your inbox that discuss fantastic news distribution at low prices, do your due diligence before moving forward. (so much for having a competitive edge with your news!) If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!

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7 Keys To Scaling Your Startup To Be The Next Unicorn

Startup Professionals Musings

Working with the media is required, both social as well as the press, through public relations and internal channels. This involves working with outside business advisors, doing your due diligence internally, and creatively integrating outside processes. Drive productivity and engagement through shared values.

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10 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Leverage Networking in Business

Hearpreneur

Start by looking to see if they have a ‘who’s coming/see who’s registered’ link on the website so you can look up who is attending and conduct due diligence on them through Google, LinkedIn, etc. You can meet prospective clients/customers, employers, employees, thought leaders, etc.

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Twitter Link Roundup #179 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Good reminder from Fred Wilson that your instincts should sometimes guide you when due diligence does not – [link]. Very insightful interview by Great Discontent with Jason Fried of 37signals, covering many interesting topics – [link]. 4 Ways to Get Customers to Open Your Emails | Entrepreneur – [link].

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The Entrepreneur’s Wish List from VCs [part 1]

VC Cafe

Examples: insurance, health care, hosting, public relations, marketing materials, finding and hiring talent, etc… Buying power, negotiation power, economies of scale were all mentioned in different variations. Share due diligence on a space or an existing space. [not necesarily in order of importance!].