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6 Reasons Startups Should Skip the Big-Bang Launch

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, for startups, it usually makes sense to announce your solution on social media and blogs even before you have built the first one. All investors want to see real evidence that the dogs will eat the dogfood before they give any credibility to your hockey-stick projection curves. Maximum agility for required pivots.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

Both Sides of the Table

In essence Muhammad thinks the “growth hacking” is a charlatan term for online marketing that consists of a bunch of everyday tasks that all online businesses should be doing: SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, Social Media, Referral Marketing, etc. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?

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How to Find Hundreds of Business Ideas

Up and Running

When you play unicycle hockey, you typically use a unicycle, an ice-hockey stick and a tennis ball. To cater to a unicycle hockey player’s needs, Unicycle.com, headquartered in the UK, has decided to stock ice-hockey sticks. James Shields uses an ice hockey stick during a serious unicycle hockey competition.

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How to Conduct a Trademark Search for a Business Startup

ReadWriteStart

Brainstorm a name for the mark or sketch a logo design. It is an excellent idea if you generate several different logos or names just in case the first choice is in use already by another person or entity. Resources that you can scour include: social media sites. domain name registries on the internet. Make a Trademark.

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Transcript of Is Podcasting for You?

Duct Tape Marketing

It came out right after blogging, it was kind of hot and then social media just killed it because everybody got into that, and now everybody wants to be a podcaster. I also do another live show every week called The New Media Show. Rob Greenlee: It’s great to be here, Jon. Thanks for the invite. I always laugh.

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