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6 Growth Challenges That Every Good Startup Will Face

Startup Professionals Musings

Scrappy guerilla marketing based on personal contacts and word-of-mouth campaigns gives way to more expensive customer acquisition using advertising, trade shows, and a marketing agency. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm.

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6 Reasons Your Hockey Stick Growth Curve Can Go Flat

Startup Professionals Musings

Scrappy guerilla marketing based on personal contacts and word-of-mouth campaigns gives way to more expensive customer acquisition using advertising, trade shows, and a marketing agency. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm.

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Is Your Business Ready For Curves In The Road Ahead?

Startup Professionals Musings

Scrappy guerilla marketing based on personal contacts and word-of-mouth campaigns gives way to more expensive customer acquisition using advertising, trade shows, and a marketing agency. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm.

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6 Growth Slowdowns That Can Quickly Lead To Disaster

Startup Professionals Musings

Scrappy guerilla marketing based on personal contacts and word-of-mouth campaigns gives way to more expensive customer acquisition using advertising, trade shows, and a marketing agency. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm.

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6 Growth Barriers Most Startups Don’t See Coming

Startup Professionals Musings

Scrappy guerilla marketing based on personal contacts and word-of-mouth campaigns gives way to more expensive customer acquisition using advertising, trade shows, and a marketing agency. You suddenly need to enhance your in-house social media efforts with a public relations firm.

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Twitter Link Roundup #215 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Guerilla tips for raising venture capital | VentureBeat – crowdspring.co/P6hM3O. My guess: poor results & low demand – crowdspring.co/1gY63vJ.

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5 Mistakes Your Startup Can’t Afford to Make

The Startup Magazine

Some people can go about their startup alone, and that’s fine if your company can actually operate as a one-person show (at least, until you grow in demand). Simply push information out via social media as a way to generate interest. Mistake #1: Choosing the wrong team. In fact, you don’t even have to spend a lot of money.