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Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles – Cliff Allen

SoCal CTO

In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A. I moved into writing software to analyze audience data, and wrote a lot of computer graphics software.

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Why Pioneers Have Arrows In Their Backs

Steve Blank

The irony is that in a retrospective paper ten years later (1998), [ 2 ] the authors backed off from their claims. In 1998 Goto.com , a small startup (later Overture, now part of Yahoo ! ), created the pay per click search engine and advertising system and demo’d it at the TED conference. The only problem is that it’s simply not true.

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How Startups Can Beat Seasonality

YoungUpstarts

Off season public relations and engagement plan. In 1998 Karkus invested in and consulted to the vaccine company ID Biomedical when it was valued at $25 million dollars and on the verge of bankruptcy. So not only are you limiting spending during a slow revenue period but now you’re staying relevant in the off season.

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Marketing 101: Branding your offering in a competitive environment

crowdSPRING Blog

In 1998, Google was the new kid in an established (if not quite mature) market for Internet search, and by 2004, it was by far the leading Internet search engine, handling almost 85% of the search requests on the web. Related posts: 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!).

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started R Public Relations on a wing and a prayer, but my reputation in the public relations world has followed me to success. It was 1998 and the internet wasn’t exactly readily available. It sounds simple now, but in 1998 it was unheard of. I took a giant leap and went into business for myself.

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Twitter Link Roundup #74 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

“The median net return to VC fund investors has not been positive for any vintage year since 1998″ – [link]. Avoid Decision by Indecision – [link]. Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice – [link]. Seed Stage Valuation Guide – [link].

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I tried selling my knowledge and services in marketing and public relations and it worked! I’m very proud of the work I’ve done with Black Leopard Public Relations. My parents did not wish to see me as struggling artists and thus I was enrolled in Bachelor of Business course in Australia.