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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Then I read, listened to tons of podcasts/audio books, saved 10K of my per diem traveling money so I wouldn’t have to go in debt to acquire products & launched. I started R Public Relations on a wing and a prayer, but my reputation in the public relations world has followed me to success. Image Credit: Ray Higdon.

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Building a Business Your Team and Customers Love

Duct Tape Marketing

I first wrote about this model in my first book called The Radical Leap, which came out in its first edition way back in 2004. And on the website at stevefarber.com we’ve got a lot of great resources, video and audios, and the blog lives there and I’ve got digital learning experience and lots of really great stuff.

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Why You Must Change Your Content Marketing Approach

Duct Tape Marketing

I produced my first eBook in 2004 or so and now feature ten, including some I’ve licensed from other writers. Audio/Podcasts – Last year, we launched our first podcast and have seen amazing results. ” As a result, I am creating more visuals and making any written content more succinct. In short, less truly is more.”

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

It even penciled for Google in 1998, and it still worked well enough that Facebook chose to establish its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in 2004. It’s hard to recruit against a profitable enterprise with a “wow” campus, unmatched employee benefits, and a reputation that’s leagues beyond your tiny new company.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

Both Sides of the Table

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Only when a platform felt its reputation might be impinged did they escalate to crack down on their newfound monetization.

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