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In the valley or in Boston, lawyers will often *defer* up to $25K until funding in return for 0.5%-1.0% PR/Marketing. For startups, PR firms are a waste of money. The best early PR is a product that people actually love plus a genuine story to tell from the founder. Better to do personal outreach to blogs/local media.

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Cracking The Code: Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII.

Cracking the Code

26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. ► 2007. (10). ► 10/04 - 10/11. (2).

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Publicity Stunts: When Good Ideas Go Bad

crowdSPRING Blog

But for every successful PR stunt that is launched by a wide-eyed marketing team, there are dozens of unsuccessful efforts littering the road. Here are 5 legendary examples of PR efforts gone horribly, terrible, awfully wrong. PR Destroyed It. fail has never had better friends than these! We Built This City.

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed.

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

www.entrepreneur.com

Answers Ask Entrepreneur Home Business Operations Business Opportunities Sales & Marketing Advertising & PR Finance & Accounting Franchises Home Business Human Resources Internet/E-Commerce Legal Issues Starting Up Technology Most Recent Answers How Can I Streamline My E-Commerce Operation? July 31, 2007 |. What is Sweat Equity Worth?

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

Feld Thoughts

Next, there is the wonderful PR quote about the SBIC that says “Since the program’s inception, SBIC “success stories” include the funding of companies such as Apple, Costco and FedEx when they were burgeoning small businesses.” I’d be happy to meet with you. We’ve had plenty of other exits, but these are the big ones.

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15 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

When not in Italy leading and conducing culinary tours, I teach cooking locally in the Boston area to individuals who are new to cooking and not used to cooking at home. I had the idea to start Blue Compass in 2007 because I saw the need for a service. They face lights up when they see what they are able to do!

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