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Starbucks As Race Uniter: P**s Everyone Off Equally

Venture Chronicles

It didn’t help when head PR honcho at the coffee purveyor, Corey DuBrowa, deleted his Twitter account after the deluge of negative reaction. Hashtag campaigns have jumped the shark and I believe that people are actually a lot smarter than advertisers give them credit for. I can’t explain why they are predominantly men.

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Twitter Link Roundup #216 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

The Best PR Advice You’ve Never Heard – from Facebook’s Head of Tech Communications – crowdspring.co/1j0R45o. Interview with a crowdSPRING designer (from Nigeria) … 12 Questions: Meet Tayo Adetola – crowdspring.co/1gLmF8t. 7 Proven Secrets of High-Converting Checkouts | Copyblogger – crowdspring.co/1ektPA7.

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50+ Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

When I returned to Nigeria from Germany looking to create a dedicated (online) hotel booking agency for Nigerians, I wanted my company to communicate in the simplest terms possible what our value proposition was. We are committed to delivering affordable and convenient bookings to our customers anywhere in Nigeria. No one else.

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