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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

While I would like to say there was a very expensive marketing and PR campaign for our company that really was not the case. PR gets a bad rap for spinning stories, but I believe that telling great, authentic stories is the real heart and soul of communications and public relations. 12- Symbolise bridge between marketing & PR.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Too much PR, too early. Author : Jordan Cooper. A couple of friendly amendments: * Two commenters on a May 2004 blog post, Whither Trepia? While we certainly made more than seven mistakes during the nearly four-year life of Monitor110, I think these top the list. Too much money. Not close enough to the customer.