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9 Common Things that Stunt Business Growth (and What to Do about Them)

ConversionXL

Before we get to that though, I asked my LinkedIn connections about the #1 thing holding back their companies. It’s clear from the 80+ answers that many things hold companies back, so consider these nine a starting point in your quest to improve your business. (As So, what can companies do about it?

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I‘ve founded and run marketing agencies for 20 years, I’m running one now, and yet I hate the agency industry. Here’s what I’m doing about it.

Jeff Hilimire

Here’s the deal guys, marketing and advertising agencies, by and large, in most cases, and with very few exceptions…suck. And “them” = the main client contacts, their bosses, their bosses bosses, their board of directors (everybody has an opinion on marketing and advertising), and ultimately and most importantly of course, their customers.

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The Demise of the Mad Men

Seeing Both Sides

So while I'm in the midst of enjoying Mad Men, it was with great amusement that I hosted a dinner with a dozen or so CEOs of advertising agencies and advertising technology start-ups the other night. Agency CEOs seem to wish they were Wall St analysts or venture-backed CEOs rather than trapped as holding company leaders.

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Israeli Gaming in 2023: What to Expect

VC Cafe

This figure only includes studios, and doesn’t include gaming infrastructure and supporting services (advertising, payments, distribution etc) which serve the gaming industry. billion deal in 2022 (after an IPO for Ironsource that valued the company at $11.1 Israeli gaming startups generated $8.6 billion in 2016 ( source ).