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6 Medical Professionals Who Are Killing It On Social Media

YoungUpstarts

Social Media is a funny place. Enter the new breed, the doctor blogs, the general medical academic blogs, and the nursing blogs taking social media by the horns and making waves. KevinMD – KevinMD is a website founded in 2004 by physician Kevin Pho. His YouTube channel boasts over 5.4

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Companies struggle to compete while reconfiguring legacy distribution channels, pricing models and supply chains.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

ConversionXL

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. Your brand values should permeate through your entire business and marketing strategy , from external interactions (including social media content) to internal culture (more on that in a bit). Marketing: Which channels are they active on? million followers.

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The Common Thread Between Batman, The Romans & One of Facebook's Angels

Growthink Blog

A fantastic article in Fortune Magazine this month - " The Temptation of Facebook ," talks about the early days of the social media giant. Of most interest is the story of Mr. Peter Thiel investing $500,000 into the company in 2004, at an effective valuation of $4.9 Scalability is Next to Godliness. Thiel acted on what he saw and felt.

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Why We’re All Still Talking About Social Media

Duct Tape Marketing

Why We’re All Still Talking About Social Media written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Social media didn’t go away – it just moved. The fact is, if you plan to benefit from social behavior, you must alter your thinking around the proper use of social media for each stage of the customer jounry.

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5 Myths About Building A Successful Brand And Business

YoungUpstarts

by Rachel Strella, founder of Strella Social Media. Some tips for helping you get you there include: Have a good website to serve as your business’s online hub (ideally, one with an Open-source CMS that’s feature-rich and offers the opportunity to take advantage of integrations, such as those for SEO and social media).

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

so it shouldn't be long till they hop across the Channel. The JEI program was created in 2004 and is managed by the Ministry of Research. They themselves receive both public and private funding, which they use in turn to provide financial support to startups through incubators and other established channels. The Funding.

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