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10 Essential PR Tips for Startups

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10 Essential PR Tips for Startups. Sign up for her course on “ PR for Startups ” to learn more about getting media coverage for your fledgling business. Then research which journalists at that publication cover the vertical in which your startup or its news would fall. Facebook Timeline: 10 Stunning Designs [PICS].

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

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We did find some specific industry verticals where the model works (some high schools, some boxing and mixed martial arts events, some exclusive conferences), but not enough to warrant a large market and an independent company. Too much PR, too early. And they’re largely right. Post-Mortem Title : Leaving IonLab.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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It’s like arguing against vertical software. As much as I love Linux (and would love to make it my primary OS across all of my development systems), it simply lacks the market share necessary to warrant the investment of my efforts. Kinda muddies the waters from a PR perspective, and quite possibly with the folk at Sand Hill.

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