Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To grow a business, most entrepreneurs know that they should be implementing PR strategies. For this webinar, we were joined by Jennefer Witter, CEO and founder of the Boreland Group, and author of the new book, “The Little Book of Big PR: 100+ Quick Tips to Get Your Small Business Noticed.” The first one is define.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Shira Sue Carmi, the founder of Launch Collective, reminds us that the business of launching a clothing brand is as important as the artistry: Fashion is amazing in the way it balances art and commerce, but it’s a business. There’s a terrific book about this from the founder of Nike, Phil Knight – Shoe Dog.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

This post was written by Sarah Milstein, co-host of The Lean Startup Conference. 1) Can you tell me more about your audience? Often, in very young organizations, those people are simply the founders. Based on attendee requests, some of our talks this year will be more in-depth and targeted to segments of our audience.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

” Melanie is also the Co-Founder of The Convoy and GroupUps, B2B marketplaces that help small businesses save money so they can invest more in themselves and their communities. We're always told it's not our job to tell the audience what to think or you know, what to do or how to feel about something.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Jocz , you may need to change how you segment your audience: Marketers typically segment according to demographics (“over 40,” say, or “new parent” or “middle income”) or lifestyle (“traditionalist” or “going green”). Think through options like family-friendly and kid-focused editions for an at-home audience. recession in 2009.”.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

Thanks to Brandy Runyan, Black Diamond PR Firm, LLC ! #2- Henrik and I co-founded Fisker Inc. Thanks to Niesha Kennedy, Kennedy Robinson PR ! #12- Ad and PR budgets were often the first to get the cut when companies needed to tighten their purse strings. 2- Develop world-class vehicles. Photo Credit: Dr. Geeta Fisker.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 4, 2023

Joe Flanagan, Founder, 90s Fashion World No, Too Many Lenders While the idea of sourcing capital from multiple smaller sources is an enticing one, the reality is far less pleasant. It also allows entrepreneurs to create awareness around their product or service and provides an opportunity to engage a larger audience of potential customers.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

You have traffic, and I pay for placement in front of your audience. Though, increasingly, you can target with great granularity (especially on social) and set up custom audiences to create a holistic full-funnel paid strategy. In addition, display allows you to target niche audiences based on interests. Social and Display Ads.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

data.world is the sixth startup that I’ve co-founded and led. I’ve given advice in this area to many entrepreneurs, and I pose this lesson to you as food for thought (the right answer very much depends on the unique nature of the startup and its co-founders). SXSW is the place of startup launches?—?Twitter when we had strength.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

1- Based on our target audience. At the launch of the company, the core email community (people with a lot of technical understanding) was our target audience. At the launch of the company, the core email community (people with a lot of technical understanding) was our target audience. PR and Prose. 7- While on vacation.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. and before that, Co-founder and Senior Vice-President at Clearview Networks, Inc. and SVP, Branded Content & Audience Creation at nitetime.net. He is known for being able to monetize the social web.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

There’s a tremendous wealth of insight in his answers and the way he engaged the Reddit audience. How do I find good technical co-founders? Phenomenal Reddit AMA … I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – [link]. The link is in the Other section below. Quora – [link].

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

It''s the story of your particular view on hiring your tech co-founder and how it paid off. If the only story is that you got funded, that''s not as interesting for 25 reporters to cover versus each of them covering something uniquely crafted for their audience and interest. 4) Collaborate with other startups.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The Founders Lie About Comfort Zones – [link]. Investors Need to Lose Their Egos and Founders Need to Gain Some Confidence – [link]. 10 adjustments to make when working for a Big Co. The Anti-Social Era: Lessons Learned from Vimeo Founder Jake Lodwick – [link]. Your Brand is What You Do – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 6, 2017

Shira Sue Carmi , the founder of Launch Collective , reminds us that the business of launching a clothing brand is as important as the artistry: Fashion is amazing in the way it balances art and commerce, but it’s a business. There’s a terrific book about this from the founder of Nike, Phil Knight – Shoe Dog.

Small Business Administration 48

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

2 – Advertising Agency & Boutique PR and Advertising Agencies. Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. Thanks to Natalie Harper, Harper PR. #3 Image Credit: Natalie Harper.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

The newly formed teams then work for the entire weekend, with the help of some experienced mentors from the industry, who volunteer their time to share advice on product, technology, legal, PR and other issues. Very cool concept and I want to thank the founder Adil Mohammed for inviting me to take part in it. Articulate your idea.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 31, 2014

Yoav Vilner is the CEO and co-founder of Ranky.co , a growth hacking and online marketing team. Their benefits were clear – being read by a whole new audience, promoting themselves through the article and perhaps even earning a couple of bucks…. And as such, you are no stranger to guest blogging. Fast forward to 2011.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. Paid - if your product monetizes customers better than your competitors, you have the opportunity to use your lifetime value advantage to drive growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle). I have seen Ian Rogers speak before and when he does he usually has the audience on the edge of their seats.

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The Next Web

MAY 1, 2013

Streaming live on The Next Web, Pancake Labs founder Jim Belosic will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. Jim Belosic is the co-founder and CEO of Pancake Labs, a software company based in Reno, Nev. PT), when Jim will answer questions from the audience live via video chat. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, May 2. ET (12 p.m.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

For starters let me use “CEO” as a proxy to include her “inner circle” which might mean co-founders or might just mean senior execs of the business. The Mind of the Founder. The mind of a founder is wired differently than most people. The startup CEO was not the original founder.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Beauty brands relay on social media strategy as much as traditional PR! This resulted from working hard to make sure each post was geared toward our audience and letting them know we care about them. We decided to ask them what their best business accomplishments as we head into the fall: #1 – Busy Season.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2012

They connect with people whose content they’re interested in: family and friends, co-workers, fellow hobbyists, groups with shared interests or causes. If you have serious goals, however, such as building an audience for marketing purposes, you need to do all of that and more.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

This led me to realize there were two huge gaping holes in the industry, not just in terms of the way the industry served its customers – although undoubtedly this was a problem – but more importantly, inefficiencies and wastage that were always going to stop the private jet industry being accepted by a wider audience. Image Credit: Nancy D.

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

. (this post was originally published in Harvard Business Review and is co-authored with Nadav Benbarak of Okta.). James Currier, founder of Ooga Labs, identifies three general types of acquisition channels: Owned Media: Email, Facebook, Craigslist, Twitter, Pinterest, Apps. Earned Media: SEO, PR, Word of Mouth.

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

. (this post was originally published in Harvard Business Review and is co-authored with Nadav Benbarak of Okta.). James Currier, founder of Ooga Labs, identifies three general types of acquisition channels: Owned Media: Email, Facebook, Craigslist, Twitter, Pinterest, Apps. Earned Media: SEO, PR, Word of Mouth.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 28, 2010

Are you a business co-founder who just suddenly realized that just setting up a company Twitter account isn’t driving as much traffic as you had hoped? Feel like you need some meat on the bones the customer acquisition strategy investors have been asking about? Mandatory RSVP Here!

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Flickr co-founder and now Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield subscribes to the belief that simple is better. Anyone can write a value statement, but only a few companies find the one that is both painfully obvious and resonates with their target audience. Create the message that resonates. Tap the hive mind.

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Product Cofounder PR Lead Generation 132

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The higher the vanity ratio, the more effective the PR. Paul quotes one of his founders like this: “Thats the actual beauty in the off-the-record-ness: you hear just how screwed up most of these successful startups were on the way up.&# It helps companies with PR. It makes successful founders famous.

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San Francisco Lean PR Metrics 167

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Only after you’ve done all this can you consider whether or not it makes sense to pay for any marketing such as SEM, PR, trade show expenditure, etc. You can appeal to your audience directly and build support. He mastered the art of going direct to his audience via Twitter. Engage with your audience.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

Listing the co-founders initials and adding Realty would project the same old. I chose DevBev Co. Thanks to Devin Beverage, DevBev Co. ! #6- My co-founder and I came up with our company name by getting really drunk one night. I help them flip their message to focus more on their target audience.

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Naming Cofounder Wisconsin Entrepreneur 110

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

But part was a recognition that we could gain substantial competitive advantage by leveraging a community of like-minded visionary customers to serve a wider (and more mainstream) audience than we could alone. In the end, I believe they co-created our product with us. Dont fall for it - its a trap. Great post!

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

“If you can fix a problem for someone and do it better, quicker, and/or cheaper than your competitor, you’re off to a good start.” – Gabriel Kuperman, founder and CEO of CuePin. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I advised Paul to find a scientist with enough credibility in this field, and invite him/her as a cofounder / Chief Scientist. I asked him to create a couple of success stories to validate the assumptions, and then do a very focused PR campaign in the blowing center industry. You can listen to the recording of today's roundtable here.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 6, 2015

Now that he knows his target audience and how to reach them, it’s time to narrow focus and go for maximum impact. See Also 20 Networking Tips from a PR Expert. Elisabeth Santana, co-founder and CEO of a floral design company in Manhattan called e.j. In 2015…Give back. Superhero Day at Media Minefield.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2018

The 85,000 farmers in the cooperative are co-owners in the company. Brand perception is how your audience perceives your brand. The Stanley brothers – founders of Charlotte’s Web – know this well. Ever since President Nixon declared a war on drugs in 1971, cannabis has gotten some pretty bad PR.

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