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When Big Companies Are Dead But Don’t Know It

Steve Blank

The company had innovated, found a business model, grown successfully but now even as revenues continued to grow, the company was slowly but surely dying. The company’s two co-founders had created a new technology and an innovative business strategy. There’s nothing harder than making radical changes when the numbers look great.

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How Decisions Define Our Business Destiny

Duct Tape Marketing

He is the co-founder of McKee Wallwork, a nationally recognized marketing advisory firm that made the Inc. Recent, an episode featured Max Novak, the founder of Nova Cast, where he talked all about how podcast booking campaigns create value for listeners and for brands. And you can listen to it all on your lunch break.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do.

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Transcript of How to Prepare to Sell Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

He is the founder and CEO of Stackify. Matt Watson: Based in the Kansas City area. We didn’t talk about this ahead of time, but that’s what I’m standing in Kansas City, Missouri recording this. As a founder of a company, a CEO of a company. Go check it out. Podcastbookers.com. Does that make sense?

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Transcript of How to Get Found Using Local SEO Tactics

Duct Tape Marketing

He was one of the founders of a conference called Local You and now is a co-founder of getfivestarts.com a review service that helps local businesses. He is the undisputed king of all things local search, in fact, he started a blog back eons ago called understanding Google maps and local search. So Mike, thanks for joining me.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. PaidContent.org Founder Launches Travel Media and Data Company. MOST READ on FOLIO: F+W Acquires Aspire Media. Executive Management.