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What Startups Can Learn About PR and Crisis Management

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But I thought I’d use the situation to talk more broadly about some PR lessons you might learn for your own business and also incorporate some situations I’ve faced recently with some portfolio companies. My golden rule of public relations is that “if you don’t shape your story somebody else will.&#

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Steven Blank Kills It at Greycroft CEO Summit

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We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. Key take aways: the CEO has got to be committed to leading PR personally or it won’t be successful.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

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My favorite line about using blogging for PR I heard from Brian Solis who said, “PR doesn’t stand for press release, it stands for public relations.&# When you think about your blog, think about which members of the public you most need relations with.

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Want to Know What Marc Andreessen’s Magic on Twitter is? Hint: It’s Not Tweetstorming

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77 percent of Americans said that C-suite executives who engage on social media create more transparency for the brand, and 80 percent agreed that social media has become an essential aspect of PR and communications strategy for C-Suite executives. That sounds right to me. Transparency. Authenticity.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

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As Brian Solis is fond of saying, “PR stands for public relations, not press release.&# That’s right. I have a very detailed article that covers stuff I won’t cover in detail in this post. Summary notes and then I’ll extend: Should you blog?

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