Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 18, 2023

2:29] Would you go as far as to say a primary marketing message talking about what a great team you have and how great people like to work there, is really not a bad attraction message for customers either is it? [4:46] 21:06] What has virtual remote work from home done to this dynamic? [23:19] They're all working the same routes.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Every new year and right after the ball drops, it’s time to go to work. It's very easy to get cozy with what you know and just focus on what's working at the time. As a result of the pandemic, not everyone has managed to hold onto their work. This will help those who lost work due to the pandemic. 1- Expanding skillset.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 22, 2013

I remember our lunch with great pleasure, so when Christy and I had a brief conversation about her reaction to Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur , in encouraged her to write a guest post with her thoughts on the entrepreneurial couple and when it’s time for couples counseling. . It was 2005.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

What I enjoyed was that Derek did his homework on me and allowed me to talk about a lot of personal topics, which I rarely have the chance to do. And his entire life, I never knew this – he didn’t have toes on one of his feet. Life is so easy for our generation, and we don’t know how much people struggled before us.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 17, 2016

Dave’s note: This week, let’s welcome an expert in employment background checks, Chris Dyer, CEO of PeopleG2, to help us explore one dicey subject that gets lots of entrepreneurs and managers into trouble by being completely unaware of what they cannot ask a candidate in an employment interview.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2023

The decisions that we make every day in business, either intentionally or that are foisted upon us that change the destiny of our companies and careers forever, which is a pretty big topic. Just the simple fact that the route you take to work in the morning could affect your whole day, could affect your whole life. What is it?

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

Students observed how executives worked, interviewed them, and wrote up how real managers solved problems. Entrepreneurship Becomes a Subject in Business Schools. Finally, the canvas provides students with a map of they what they learn week-to-week through their customer discovery work. (I Working Memory and Reflection.

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abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

If you are looking past or through Covid — and why not, all of Wall Street is — the topic du jour in Silicon Valley is Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs. Let’s do a quick walk-through of the three options a company has to transition into life as a public company. What are they, and do they matter right now?

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2010

This is a subjective list (as all such lists should be) and I can’t claim that what I find useful, you will too. So I considered resources that I use on a regular basis, that provide real value to me in my own life as a startup co-Founder and that I think others will benefit from. This is what I get when I read Paul Graham.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

With more research, you can find another hundred books on the subject, and a hundred more will be written in the future. There are so many ways that can help a person achieve business success, but spending adequate time and research on the topic, I have come across a list of 3 most essential things that I found in every article and book.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2013

The end goal of information architects is to come up with a structure / design that balances the users’ desires with the business’s needs. The end deliverable might be things site maps, site-flow diagrams, and wireframes to convey how the site will work from a practical perspective. Do they have what I am looking for? Who needs it?

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2018

People in more traditional lines of work often forget that it applies just as much to them as anyone else. Instead, advertising of all sorts is better used to inform people about individual variations on a topic they’re already familiar with. He’d want to begin with a central hub that showcased his work.

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Up and Running

JULY 18, 2014

I’m definitely excited to be the guest presenter today and working in conjunction with LivePlan. At Tax Alli, we pair you with real life accountants and use cloud software to make small business accounting awesome. The corporation pays you a reasonable wage for the work you do. Hello everyone & welcome to today’s webinar.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2022

John Jantsch (01:11): So in, you know, probably the premiere book on this topic, I'm sure you're familiar with Robert Shield, Dini's Influence. But what happened is I was researching and working on my PhD cuz that's really how this all came about, was I was looking at the influence factors and what motivates consumers.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 21, 2015

From 11-year-old jazz prodigies to business advice based on New York City trash , TED Talks present a range of topics based on the concept that great ideas can be shared in an average of 18 minutes or less ; ideal for busy entrepreneurs. How to Make Work-Life Balance Work ( 9:57 ).

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 21, 2021

Being an entrepreneur is no easy task but with the hard work comes the freedom that being your own boss brings to your life. This freedom is especially important if you’re a woman as it gives you the opportunity to do things on your own terms and attain better work-life balance. Life Coach. Photography.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 5, 2012

Jobacle.com : Visitors here have a blog and a podcast available for absorbing sometimes unorthodox advice about office life and protocol. work : Candace Moody with WorkSource dishes out the dirt on both successfully scoring a gratifying job and making sure it doesn’t go anywhere anytime soon.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

It's a controversial subject, but one that so many companies are coming to terms with right now. Every company I meet these days is grappling with this topic, from ESG to employee activism, to so much more. And in some ways, it's actually been quite nice as an alternative way of working. So I feel very fortunate in that regard.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2012

Backed by profiles of real life Chinese whom Doctoroff interacted with over the years as well as adequate statistics, the tour de force of today’s China helps one understand what makes the contemporary Chinese tick. Back in the recesses of one’s home, the cheaper and more cost-effective local brands like Haier or Anta may abound.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 21, 2010

Sure, they might disagree with someone’s approach (Ferriss likes to work short weeks, Gary V. likes to work long weeks), but they talk about it like adults and ultimately agree to disagree. I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. 2 Micha? #4

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Transformify

AUGUST 30, 2017

With the emerging stream of technology taking over every aspect of work and life, we become. constantly subject to change the way we do things. So, Welcome to the future of work! of life and work. Learning is never a one-time thing, as many of us know, working in a business environment comes with.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 27, 2019

So I would say the kind of the prototype type user for Skillshare is a freelance designer, that maybe is working a little bit in online work, has some local clients as well, but is coming to Skillshare to keep current and see what’s hot, what’s new, learn new pieces of software, learn new techniques, et cetera.

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2019

is the average number of characters in an email subject line. of subject lines contain Emojis. 60% of email marketers use sentence case in subject lines. Why do blog posts and email marketing tools continue to prioritize surface-level testing, like subject lines (i.e. But why are these statistics the ones we collect?

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Well, we’ve done the work, and below are your answers. In their post-mortem, on this topic, they wrote : Our analysis was supported by articles in the Wall Street Journal and the NYT, as well as the Mei Moses art index, which suggested the art market was countercyclical and had a low correlation to the S&P.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

The startup didn’t work out, but I found ways to be around it, whether it was on the sales side in Goldman for a few years. And in board meetings that you have today, are there any topics you see coming up for discussion that perhaps didn’t come up one or two quarters back? Jonathan Siddharth . That makes sense, David.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Body of Work: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together. The world we live and work in today is a far cry from the Cubicle Nation of yesteryear. For anyone wondering whether it’s possible to take their business to the next level while still maintaining a balanced family life, the answer lies within.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 21, 2017

My editors value impact stories—articles that typically start a conversation and/or serve as a jumping-off point for a lot more coverage on a specific topic within a beat. They are usually the result of a steady stream of smaller reports on a topic, which are also important for a site like Recode to maintain momentum and freshness each day.

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 30, 2014

When I get an idea during the day for a blog post, I’ll email myself the idea to be entered into WordPress later (if I’m away from a computer) or I’ll simply enter the title of the post into WordPress and a few notes in the subject so I remember the idea. Like the photo in this post on balance.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 29, 2017

Since then, the term has taken on a life of its own. One of my favorite quotes on the topic comes from Paul Graham of Y Combinator who once said… Paul Graham , Y Combinator : “Whenever you hear anyone talk about ‘growth hacks,’ just mentally translate it in your mind into ‘b t’.” (via Yet, it still feels very elusive.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Josh, you’re working with small business owners every day. It’s really a privilege to work with folks like you but business owners and accountants have had to wear twenty different hats for decades and the fact is you don’t have to wear all of them anymore. I definitely hear the analogy in my life.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

They are creating alliances such as realizing that work is a team sport, not an individual sport. And they are working with people on developing lifetime relationships as they are collaborating, as they’re going through and transforming the work world. These are all good transformations. I’m intrigued. How should I respond?”.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

I’ll tell you the honest truth: listening to customers is gruesome, uncomfortable, and painful work. We tried to be low-key about the roll-out of these changes, so as not to call attention to it, but our silence on the subject simply served to make room for conspiracy theories about what was really going on.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2014

LLC operating agreements cover a lot of very important topics. There are a number of reasons you might do this—for example, you could incentivize owners who are doing more work to receive a higher percentage of profits—but the way you divide ownership interests ultimately depends on your vision for the LLC and your unique circumstances.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 6, 2016

I’ve never been to a better conference in my life. 20% of optimizers have been working in the industry for less than one year. Humans do “mental accounting,” a subjective coding and categorization of economic outcomes. Multiple choice works best. We succeeded. Lack of time. Lack of resources.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Some coaches are already on the hot seat after just one game, and they along with the players are subject to considerable scrutiny in the press and social media. Let’s list a few thoughts on this topic: Whether you prefer lean startups or fat ones, as I do, it’s still important to de-risk every decision you make as best you can.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Early on, things were working out nicely. Man, this free plan is really working out,” I thought. Obviously, this approach of making users choose a paid plan at signup has worked well for them so far. Obviously free plans have worked well for companies like Wufoo, MailChimp, and FreshBooks, so we know they can work.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 4, 2012

While there are many factors that come into play when building a business, I believe that most important ones have nothing to do with innovation, balance sheets, finance or marketing. ChodHound via Flickr Success, however you choose to define it, is a continual work in progress. Now, this can work for you or against you.

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