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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Brandy Runyan, Black Diamond PR Firm, LLC ! #2- 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. My very first job I was working as a jewelry designer in the diamond district in New York.

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Startup Lessons Learned 2011 streaming live

Startup Lessons Learned

The updated list of locations is below: Streaming Sponsor Africa Cape Town, South Africa: [link] Asia Chennai, India: [link] Pune, India: [link] Europe Athens, Greece: [link] Barcelona, Spain: [link] Belfast, Northern Ireland: [link] Berlin, Germany: [link] Brescia, Italy: [link] Brighton, England, UK: [link] Brussels, Belgium: [link] Bucharest, Romania: (..)

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

For some of my thoughts on Lean Startup Machine, see A month is fifteen weekends and The real entrepreneurs of New York City. One caveat: if you come by, you are automatically volunteering to be subjected to some intense customer development.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

After years working in fashion PR/Marketing in NYC and Milan, and then as a co-founder/owner of a Brooklyn-based rock ’n’ roll play space for kids under 5, I found myself becoming overly excited about my friends starting new businesses. I assumed that if New York State approved my incorporation application than the name must be fine.

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10 Entertaining Things to Check out While You’re Waiting in Line Today

Up and Running

The New York Times also reported just two months ago that violent crime has drastically dropped in the United States in the past 20 years. Have you heard about these Uber awkward PR blunders? These PR blunders are good reminders of the mistakes you want to avoid making as a business, regardless of your size. You go girl!