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Why Some Startups Win

Steve Blank

When organizations are small (startups, small teams in companies and government agencies) early employees share a mission (why they come to work, what they need to do while they are at work, and how they will know they have succeeded). My new head of Public Relations quickly learned that my admin could answer calls from the press.

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10 Big Ideas For Small Business Marketing

YoungUpstarts

However – agile small businesses who figure this out early could have a major advantage. And it’s not just directed at the government, either. And yet, according to our research, only 14% of small businesses outsource their marketing, public relations, and advertising. Trust is precious.

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Twitter Link Roundup #35 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model – [link]. Government Continues To Embrace Crowdsourcing – [link]. Build a technology company without a tech cofounder – [link]. Why you should have a co-founder – [link]. Innovate or die, bitches (about the Adobe/Apple brawl) – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #35 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model – [link]. Government Continues To Embrace Crowdsourcing – [link]. Build a technology company without a tech cofounder – [link]. Why you should have a co-founder – [link]. Innovate or die, bitches (about the Adobe/Apple brawl) – [link].

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10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Politicians

crowdSPRING Blog

This usually takes the form of public relations – news conferences, press releases, public appearances are leveraged to keep the person or the issue in the public eye and push the priorities and ideas of the politician into the public conscience. Politicians adjust.

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15 Entrepreneurs Discuss Why they Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

We decided to start something we felt would have the greatest positive impact on fellow business owners, an Agile Methodology consulting company. We quit our jobs, pooled our money, and set out to help companies implement Agile – a highly efficient, organized, and empowering way to run your business.

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Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA

Steve Blank

In the 1920’s individual states were beginning to censor movies and the federal government was threatening to do so as well. Ironically, it was Valenti’s skill in hobbling competitive innovation that negated any need for studios to develop agility, vision and technology leadership. and Public Relations.