techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Yes, you have good working knowledge of accounting, an idea of how to bring in sales leads, run a marketing and PR campaign, recruit people and build a great company culture, but that won’t help you build a product that customers want. We respect your anonymity feel free to directly email us. Your tip here. tips@techcrunch.com.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." Get in touch: Twitter Email Facebook Linkedin Additional resources Startup LessonsLearned, All Seasons : Every post from the blog, in one 600+ page PDF. When we build products, we use a methodology.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

10 Essential PR Tips for Startups. Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. Sign up for her course on “ PR for Startups ” to learn more about getting media coverage for your fledgling business. People generally don’t like to be part of blast emails, and journalists are no exception.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Whats striking about these stories, if you get past the PR hype, are two very important themes: These prodigies were self-taught, and had a fundamental fascination with technology from a very young age. these devices all need human instruction to enable correct and desired operation. Want to learn more about me? Try About the author.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

In the meantime, I think we have a good explanation for what all those PR dollars are being spent trying to obscure. Get in touch: Twitter Email Facebook Linkedin Additional resources Startup LessonsLearned, All Seasons : Every post from the blog, in one 600+ page PDF. Dont fall for it - its a trap. Great post! Very useful post.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

In a startup, these channels of communication are critical to understand for advertising, launch and PR purposes. That Feedburner page lets you subscribe if you want to give your email address. In particular, Ive focused on the two channels of communication that were most commonly suggested in the first survey: conferences and books.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

This "success theater" is occasionally useful for PR or getting through a tough board meeting. This "success theater" is occasionally useful for PR or getting through a tough board meeting. Once again, we revisit the topic of Actionable metrics and their nemesis: Vanity metrics. But how do we know which metrics to look at?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Get in touch: Twitter Email Facebook Linkedin Additional resources Startup LessonsLearned, All Seasons : Every post from the blog, in one 600+ page PDF. Want to learn more about me? Try About the author. Trying to learn more about lean startups? See Four Myths about the Lean Startup or The lean startup.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The higher the vanity ratio, the more effective the PR. It helps companies with PR. And companies crave positive PR and control over their message – all for rational reasons. The higher the vanity ratio, the more effective the PR. It helps companies with PR. It sells newspapers and magazines.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

Thanks for sharing Sophie Dupont Business Development Director SD-Efficiency Paris - France. Subscribe via email. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Thanks Again Michael Kassing MarkTend.com. Andrew Burgert. Thanks for the insights Philippe. Anonymous said. Andy Greenawalt. Thanks for the great post.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Even if you must launch to your customers, avoid the urge to also launch in extra places, just because your PR firm can do it at the same time. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help. Help you raise money.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Brand visibility is a measure of how frequently consumers see your brand through channels such as search, social, and email. By analyzing trends in brand awareness and comparing these to brand marketing efforts across regions, they found their efforts in Germany we’re proving more fruitful than those in France and Spain: Image Source.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

This is completely analogous to the situation elsewhere on the internet, where launching a new website, product, or service with PR is getting harder and harder. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Do you have a way to notify them by SMS or email when something notable happens?

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Subscribe via email. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Subscribe in a reader. Add RSS feed. Cracking The Code on Facebook. SaaS 13 Index*. The Index reflects the performance of 13 public saas companies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

What happened when we got early press (circa 2004) in violation of our own no-PR rule. Eric, Please email me. Get in touch: Twitter Email Facebook Linkedin Additional resources Startup LessonsLearned, All Seasons : Every post from the blog, in one 600+ page PDF. The Lean Startup View more presentations from Venture hacks.

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Babbling VC

MAY 13, 2010

Even the governments are doing their part, like it or not, as is the case in France and Germany. Your chance of getting my attention for your business plan is significantly better if I can connect your email with a face. Sources of support and capital such as Seedcamp have established themselves. So why the lack of energy?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

about the earliest days of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, it’s worth checking out this post from serial entrepreneur Steve Blank. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print! Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

We go to mixers, buy fancy offices, focus on PR, and try to one-up each other. If you're interested please send me an email. Unfortunately, I don't see your email address in that comment. I think its wasteful. Instead, lets focus on building companies that matter , on creating real value for customers, and learning.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 27, 2009

Journalists, PR firms, investors, and the public at large love a scrappy come-from-behind story about two guys in a garage who figured out how to take down Goliath. Get in touch: Twitter Email Facebook Linkedin Additional resources Startup LessonsLearned, All Seasons : Every post from the blog, in one 600+ page PDF.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Droid X Feature Comparison [INFOGRAPHIC] iPad By the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC] LinkedIn Explores What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur [INFOGRAPHIC] September 1, 2011 by Ben Parr 15 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share Where does the ideal startup founder come from? Whom is he or she connected to? Publisher Platform (P3).

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

And no matter what the latest trends indicate, you will eventually have to spend money on PR and marketing. But the cost of PR and marketing is going to outstrip that within a couple of months of being up and running! One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Engineers are offenders in this category too, but so is any gender-segregated activity, like an all-female PR or marketing team. Engineers are offenders in this category too, but so is any gender-segregated activity, like an all-female PR or marketing team. Diversity is not the only requirement for making good group decisions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 20, 2011

In France, the decline was 4% – [link]. Showcase of Excellent Graphic Email Newsletter Designs – [link]. Interesting perspective about possible problems at Twitter – [link]. TV advertising is back, says @edwardboches – [link]. US newspaper revenues faced a 30% decline 2007-09. Eye-Catching Print Ads - [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Even worse, entrepreneurs are faced with a constant barrage of vanity metrics from competitors and other companies engaged in PR. That’s what you pay PR firms for: to get an article written that is entirely factual and yet still provides positive spin for your company. The PR firm helpfully left out that context.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 23, 2011

I have been getting emails and tweets all day from people upset that they cannot get into Startup Lessones Learned 2011 - either here in SF, where we're sold out, or in one of the more than 100 simulcast locations around the world, many of which are sold out, too.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

What the PR stories tend to leave out is that we can get attached to every part of our vision, even the dumb parts. What the PR stories tend to leave out is that we can get attached to every part of our vision, even the dumb parts. Unfortunately, startup success requires getting them all right. Want to learn more about me?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

For example, World of Warcraft never needs to send you an email reminding you to log in. Some percentage of them do (A), and these result in a certain number of emails sent (B). Each friend thats tagged gets an email that lets them know theyve been tagged. Its stamped on your emails, landing pages, UI elements - everywhere.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Launch with a PR blitz, including mentions in major mainstream publications. As with many Silicon Valley failures, a flawless PR launch turned into a flawed customer acquisition strategy. Conduct constant focus groups and usability tests. Build the product in stealth mode to build buzz for the eventual launch. Try About the author.

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The Next Web

MARCH 3, 2014

Italy, France and Germany are now in our top 15 download countries. Next: A one-woman PR team. So when we first tried to get some press for our initial launch, I had my doubts about my ability to generate substantial PR. My first foray into PR was a bit naive. What a splurge! You get the picture. Own your story.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Why do you think outsources have been happy to generate all this PR the past few years about people losing their jobs to India? Get in touch: Twitter Email Facebook Linkedin Additional resources Startup LessonsLearned, All Seasons : Every post from the blog, in one 600+ page PDF. Want to learn more about me? Try About the author.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

They don’t participate heavily in the forums, and they don’t send email when they are dissatisfied. They scream, yell and swear on the forums -- first of all out of frustration and secondly because, unlike the help tickets, emails and phone calls, that actually works. Then the reality of our problem hit us. Desperately.

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