mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. Interested in more Startup resources? Check out Mashable Explore , a new way to discover information on your favorite Mashable topics.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

In that same spirit, here are some suggestions for tactics you can use to increase the leverage of your product development efforts: Free and open source software (and even hardware ). When you participate in an open community like these you take advantage of tremendous amounts of effort. Dont fall for it - its a trap.

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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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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

I'm working with a PR/Communications gurus who is trying to focus me on a name, that when you hear it, it tells people what it is you are doing. Frances McInnis is a journalist and crossword enthusiast based in New York City. Some of the things you mention I have done. Others, were great ideas.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Far more common is a need to acquire customers through a series of steps like SEO, SEM, PR, Social Marketing, direct sales, channel sales, etc. This human touch can be as light as email follow ups, or as much as inside sales people doing multiple sales calls and demos. that will cost the company significant amounts of money.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

You dont /have/ to build vendor lists and out-source. Posted by: Peter Cooper | September 10, 2007 7:23 AM It wouldve been nice to hear a mention, or at least suggestion, of the role open source software plays in the development process - even if to say it shouldnt be used. Posted by: Dave | September 10, 2007 7:44 AM Hey Peter.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. And no matter what the latest trends indicate, you will eventually have to spend money on PR and marketing. million in venture financing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

4 reasons why PR firms are taking over social media – [link]. Excellent post by Seth Godin on the challenges of dealing w/ email, social networks, etc. Government releases open source code – [link]. Is Social Media Becoming Boring? – [link]. Hulu ad segmenting – [link]. – [link].

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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?

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

For example, Redmine — an open source developer productivity tool — is commonly installed at individual companies. It only needs to include two things: a working, monitored email address and a PGP key. It’ll email you if something is out of date. You use bcrypt? And that’s what they did.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 10, 2012

Good advice from Becky McCrayabout managing your email inbox – [link]. Source Sans Pro: Adobe’s first open source font family – [link]. Saying “No” To Customers Can Save Your Company – [link]. 5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Olympic Athletes – [link].

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

You may have existing code lying around from earlier projects, or be able to use open-source components or libraries to make your life easier. The same goes for payments, analytics, emailing and more. Every startup needs PR, but this is even more true of flips. However, this will impact the value of your IP. Create Buzz.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2009

It had no PR agency. Bill Perry the founder of ESL, is now acknowledged as one of the founders of the entire field of National Reconnaissance , working the NSA and the CIA in programs to intercept and evaluate Soviet missile telemetry and communications intelligence. ESL had no marketing people. It shunned publicity. Now In Print!

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Will it kill these SV types to admit building HTML front-ends to open source products? There was something very right about Zed Shaw’s rant regarding open source licenses. So frequently embarrassing failures are masked by spinning PR or fudging numbers to give the illusion of success.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You need to hear this from someone who has used.Net extensively, and then happily walked away from it to go open source: You are a wanker. And before you say.net is only for windows, checkout https://github.com/mono , it’s not an open source application. It’s an *freaking open source*.net

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 3, 2012

Lean Marketing Tips: Increasing Lifetime Value With Email Campaigns – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Increasing Lifetime Value With Email Campaigns – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Increasing Lifetime Value With Email Campaigns – [link]. Tips for Designing Email Newsletters – [link]. – [link].

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Feel free to include your URL and email for anyone to contact you. Got any iPhone or iPad app ideas?

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