Hearpreneur

MAY 28, 2016

It doesn’t matter if it has been said before and repeated numerous times, quotes can give you the fire you need to be a better entrepreneur or learn how to handle a difficult situation. Below are some of those quotes sent in by entrepreneurs throughout the country. #1 Thanks to Mihaela Lica Butler, Pamil Visions PR. #2

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MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. That marketing can be PR or SEO or influencer distribution or other forms of “unpaid” marketing. Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 3, 2010

How to Manage Your Own PR – [link]. How to Manage Your Own PR – [link]. How to Manage Your Own PR – [link]. Presidents: Washington to Obama – [link]. Illinois leg. enacts 25% tax credit for investors in tech/biotech startups – [link]. Illinois leg. The Net Worth of the U.S.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Why it’s important for entrepreneurs to temper confidence with regular reality checks was the focus of the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Chris Schroeder is an American entrepreneur, advisor and investor in interactive technologies and social communications. . You are the entrepreneur.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

Great post on confidence and success in entrepreneurs – [link]. The Washington Post – [link]. | The Washington Post – [link]. The Overlooked Reason Entrepreneurs Are Vulnerable To Depression – [link]. Product/Market Fit is a Continuum | Startup Management – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

What can entrepreneurs learn from politicians? While rejecting the negative approach we see so often in politics, entrepreneurs can and should learn from those politicians who compete by emphasizing the values they represent, the superiority of their ideas, and the benefits that come with their service. Photo: Mike Licht.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 11, 2020

He’s also the founder of an emerging tech PR communications company called Cultivate Strategies. We’re just going to talk about a number of PR-ish topics. How would you describe sort of the quintessential PR practitioner today? How would you describe sort of the quintessential PR practitioner today?

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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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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Because many great entrepreneurs work with lawyers in registering their companies they have their ear to the pavement on the earliest of company formations.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 29, 2020

An article he wrote for the Washington Post , published on March 28th, when America was still reeling from the exponential growth and the CDC was telling the public not to wear masks, was the first real call to arms for masks. And so I.For my Washington Post story, I really wanted to anchor it with a specific example of this.

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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. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha. Bring your questions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2013

The Best Cities For Women Entrepreneurs? The Non-Entrepreneur’s Guide to Startup Funding | Forbes – [link]. Building an audience for first-time entrepreneurs – [link]. 5 Influential CEOs Weigh in What Makes a Good Leader | Entrepreneur – [link]. The Truth About Founder Burnout – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

Does It Pay to Become an Entrepreneur? 4 Tips for Overcoming the Top Challenge Young Entrepreneurs Face – [link]. Interesting insight about stress and how presidents age so quickly | The Washington Post – [link]. Startup Business Development 101 | A VC – [link]. Forbes – [link]. Google Revenues: $14.4

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2022

He lives on a beautiful island in Puget Sound, Washington. I love trees so, you know, a lot of times I kinda laugh and say, weeds are just flowers with bad PR firms. And I would say that the entrepreneurs around us are probably some of the most self-reliant people there are, but, but we can't do it alone. I, I really I'm.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

As entrepreneurs, more than any other industry, we’re in the meritocracy business. If women face structural barriers to becoming entrepreneurs, then those few who are able to overcome those barriers are probably exceptional to begin with. Or, maybe it is true that women make better entrepreneurs than men.

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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." I highly recommend this book for all entrepreneurs, in startups as well as in big companies. Ive only had luck sharing it with other entrepreneurs who are actually struggling with their product or company.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Heres what I do know: The future strength of our economy depends on its ability to create, support, and sustain entrepreneurs. (If If you are somehow not convinced of this point, Ill let Fareed Zakaria explain ) We know who the next generation of entrepreneurs are going to be. Nerds are not entrepreneurs. They are nerds.

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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. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha. Bring your questions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 3, 2012

What Small Business and Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Roger Federer – [link]. What Small Business and Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Roger Federer – [link]. How Young Entrepreneurs Turned a Tweet from Richard Branson into $1 Million – [link]. More than 50% of entrepreneurs in the U.S. – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Many entrepreneurs who start technology companies are product people, technologists or savvy business people who worked previously for a larger company. Most start-up entrepreneurs have little or no sales experience. This is the easiest one for most entrepreneurs. But most good entrepreneurs do this naturally.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

He lives on a beautiful island in Puget Sound, Washington. So, you know, a lot of times I kinda laugh and say, what weeds are just flowers with bad PR firms? Look, if you're anything like me or every other entrepreneur out there, you're 2023 is probably off to a rock and start. I mean, he is like, what?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Since I first started writing about vanity metrics , I’ve met more and more entrepreneurs who are struggling with a simple question: how can I tell a vanity metric when I see it? Even worse, entrepreneurs are faced with a constant barrage of vanity metrics from competitors and other companies engaged in PR.

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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. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha. Dont fall for it - its a trap. Great post! Bring your questions.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Our sponsors continue to support the conference as well as deserving entrepreneurs. Our sponsors continue to support the conference as well as deserving entrepreneurs. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 4, 2010 Stop lying on stage Entrepreneurs crave information about successful startups, and they should. Many journalists and conference organizers attempt to fill this demand by giving successful entrepreneurs the opportunity to tell their stories: in magazines, on blogs, and on stage.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

Our job as entrepreneurs is to invent the future, and any optimization technique – including split-testing, many design techniques, or even usability testing – can lead us astray. What the PR stories tend to leave out is that we can get attached to every part of our vision, even the dumb parts.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Any entrepreneur with a decent reality distortion field can find metrics that make it look like theyre being successful. This "success theater" is occasionally useful for PR or getting through a tough board meeting. Entrepreneurs: Beware of Vanity Metrics - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review : The idea is simple.

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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. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2009

Clueless about the chess game being played in Washington, I was just a minion in a corporate halfway house in between my military career and entrepreneurship. After what I assume were a few phone calls back to Washington, the rules said they couldn’t destroy my notebook, but they couldn’t keep it at the site either.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

You should know that there are thousands of entrepreneurs who read this blog, some of whom are working on new platforms that will see the light of day someday. By participating, you've helped the next generation of entrepreneurs avoid the mistakes we made at IMVU. About PR; DevTokens; inventory trouble, harrassment; etc etc etc.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2016

In the beginning, the brave entrepreneurs that entered the space simply had to exist. Differentiation took a backseat to PR, in some ways. Meanwhile, in Washington, this billboard is visible for all to see. Demand was high and supply was spotty in places.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

There is a huge opportunity for the blockchain technology to transform multiple sectors (boosting GDP and overall economic growth by double digits) especially as the Trump administration looks to bring a “business like” focus to Washington. History shows us how closed systems destroy innovation and tax entrepreneurs to death.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

As Brian Solis is fond of saying, “PR stands for public relations, not press release.&# That’s right. I was an entrepreneur. Unless, of course, I’m posting comments on a blog like TechCrunch or the Washington Post. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Some search.

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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. Dont do PR upfront, dont put out a press release. My advice: dont launch big.

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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. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha. Lean Startup Circle - a mailing list of dedicated and helpful entrepreneurs.

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