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AUGUST 15, 2013

Do This | Entrepreneur – [link]. “If you can’t find ten people who say they’ll buy [your product], your company is b t.” Do This | Entrepreneur – [link]. When the Minimum Viable Product is Not Enough – [link]. Why Founders Fail: The Product CEO Paradox – [link].

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MAY 16, 2014

What Influences People To Buy Products or Services? 7 Magic Words (And 10 Negotiation Ideas) For Entrepreneurs | Forbes by Cheryl Snapp – crowdspring.co/1uUleyG. The 7 Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs | Entrepreneur – crowdspring.co/QIOBDJ. What Influences People To Buy Products or Services?

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JUNE 13, 2014

Why Your Product Must Deliver More in Less – crowdspring.co/1ihQ8si. Gallup: The 10 Qualities Of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs | Forbes – crowdspring.co/1v4fSjE. No Silver Bullets: Etsy’s Randy Hunt on Product Design | The Art of Ass-Kicking – crowdspring.co/1nzzDMV. – crowdspring.co/Uo7qiz.

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DECEMBER 27, 2013

Breaking the Ice: Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Jay Leno – crowdspring.co/1jcad8J. Breaking the Ice: Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Jay Leno – crowdspring.co/1jcad8J. Good tips for entrepreneurs on firing people who don’t fit – crowdspring.co/1fFt0n7. Managing a Growing Startup? 1fjR270.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

Why Fear Kills Productivity – crowdspring.co/1u8mL0k. 7 Things Successful Entrepreneurs Do – crowdspring.co/1pIQxNE. Making Failure More Productive | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/1vCXLVU. 14-Year-Old Entrepreneur on Meeting President Obama | Fox Small Business – crowdspring.co/1reRybq. – crowdspring.co/12gwMCO.

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MAY 17, 2013

Every Entrepreneur’s Least Favorite Question | HBR – [link]. 8 Successful Entrepreneurs Give Their Younger Selves Lessons They Wish They’d Known Then | Fast Company – [link]. “As a founder, your job isn’t to make a great product. It’s to build a great team that makes great products.”

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Small Business and Startups: The 3-Page Business Plan |crowdSPRING Blog – crowdspring.co/1ELemYv. 20 Awesome Productivity Tricks Anyone Can Use – crowdspring.co/1xb2r3X. Survival Tips for New (and Lonely) Entrepreneurs – crowdspring.co/1Gb9ayS. Why Entrepreneurs Love Change – crowdspring.co/1ESn5rU.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

11 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Managing Developers – buff.ly/1uX5b6b. 6 Ways to Make Your Product into a Habit – crowdspring.co/1wVgto3. Collection of Free Page-Loading Effects (Tiny User-Friendly Animations) | Designmodo – crowdspring.co/1wUNpAm. The Founder’s Guide To Selling Your Company – buff.ly/1xdNiAd.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Why Chicago Is A New Hot Spot For Entrepreneurs | Forbes by @tweetJohnHall - crowdspring.co/1dXCsTs. Ignore PR and buzz, use Google Trends to assess traction instead - crowdspring.co/1a6qa8N. Ignore PR and buzz, use Google Trends to assess traction instead - crowdspring.co/1a6qa8N. Corporate Logo Designs - crowdspring.co/1bPIq6E.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

Are you trying to build buzz, but don’t have the cash to launch a full-fledged PR campaign? I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. In other words, you should focus first on a great product/service, and only after you’ve achieved that worry about PR.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

These 44 Apps Will Make Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners More Productive – crowdspring.co/YGV8Dp. These 44 Apps Will Make Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners More Productive – crowdspring.co/YGV8Dp. 9 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read – crowdspring.co/1uMBxvF. 1qQ04Mx. .

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AUGUST 22, 2013

Get Out of the Way | Entrepreneur – [link]. Get Out of the Way | Entrepreneur – [link]. A third of all venture backed companies that went public in the last six years had at least one immigrant founder – [link]. Rejected by PR industry for being an ad guy | by Edward Boches – [link].

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Empower Your Small Business: what entrepreneurs can learn from zombies, is Facebook marketing a failure? The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Surviving The Startup Zombie Apocalypse - crowdspring.co/1cEi6AC. 15 Inspirational Books For Entrepreneurs |Entrepreneur - crowdspring.co/1hJWdQ5. crowdspring.co/1cSkCiT.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Page load speed matters for the success of your online business – [link]. Great post on confidence and success in entrepreneurs – [link]. Product/Market Fit is a Continuum | Startup Management – [link]. The Overlooked Reason Entrepreneurs Are Vulnerable To Depression – [link].

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Paradoxical Traits of an Entrepreneur | by Jody Porowski – crowdspring.co/1piN6X6. The 3 Myths Most Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves About Marketing | by Dharmesh Shah – crowdspring.co/1uyrQ4U. How To Think Like an Entrepreneur: the Inventure Cycle | by Steve Blank – crowdspring.co/1wkTR3b.

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DECEMBER 6, 2013

PR spam is as real and annoying as advertising spam - crowdspring.co/1ic7T0V. 55 Latest Creative One Page Website Designs | InstantShift - crowdspring.co/18Jd7rg. Inspiring Ways to Showcase your Products for E-Commerce Websites | InstantShift - crowdspring.co/18VaLJF. 110+ Sets of Free Social Media Icons - crowdspring.co/18jBpxH.

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APRIL 25, 2014

Growth rates for Apple’s four major hardware product lines – pic.twitter.com/apLp6PsiHX. Creative One Page Website Designs – crowdspring.co/1ms7jeq. Examples of Well Designed Contact Pages – crowdspring.co/1iDjynR. Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/RNp263.

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JUNE 13, 2013

Think Like An Entrepreneur | brass – [link]. What Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Get Wrong: 7 Lessons From The Rest Of The Ecosystem | Forbes – [link]. 10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Their Interns – [link]. Great products sell. 20 Single Page Web Designs to Inspire You – [link].

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MAY 9, 2014

With IPO Hopes Fading, Square And Box Face Reality Of Commodity Products | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/1rWbako. Why Users Aren’t Clicking Your Home Page Carousel | UX Movement – crowdspring.co/1nQ1J8r. 33 Spectacular Package Designs for Product Branding | SpyreStudios - crowdspring.co/1fr1Ogt.

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MARCH 13, 2014

9 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Their Customers – crowdspring.co/1loBthB. Good read for entrepreneurs & startup employees on liquidation preferences – crowdspring.co/1neVvzy. 9 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Their Customers – crowdspring.co/1loBthB. Thinking about buying some online ads?

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Great Landing Page Designs – crowdspring.co/1o4msVn. A Better 404 Page | Smashing Magazine – crowdspring.co/Y0Ywcj. 5 essential elements of a successful 404 error page | Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/1sb8MHT. The best new fonts, August 2014 | Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/Y0ZRj6.

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JANUARY 10, 2014

Growth versus capital efficiency (good read for entrepreneurs) – crowdspring.co/1bLmEhW. The Saddest SaaS Pricing Pages of the Year – crowdspring.co/1cN4ZGX. To Raise Productivity, Let More Employees Work from Home | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/19TzMWd. TL;DR might be misleading.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Five characteristics of a viral product – crowdspring.co/1aa5ZGk. The Daily Routines of 7 Famous Entrepreneurs and How to Design Your Own Master Routine – crowdspring.co/18q9ZDp. The Daily Routines of 7 Famous Entrepreneurs and How to Design Your Own Master Routine – crowdspring.co/18q9ZDp. 16owp3Q. .

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Four Key Lessons For Entrepreneurs And Small Businesses From The World’s Best Brands – crowdspring.co/19UwkHz. Four Key Lessons For Entrepreneurs And Small Businesses From The World’s Best Brands – crowdspring.co/19UwkHz. 10 Websites with Killer Landing Pages – crowdspring.co/18Gb5uS.

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JULY 25, 2013

Three things Startups and Small Businesses can do to impress and delight customers | Entrepreneur – [link]. Three things Startups and Small Businesses can do to impress and delight customers | Entrepreneur – [link]. An MVP is not a Cheaper Product, It’s about Smart Learning – [link]. – [link].

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MAY 3, 2013

10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From High School Seniors – [link]. Risk Aversion Is More Common In Entrepreneurs Than You Think | Forbes – [link]. A Guide for VC’s When Talking to Women Entrepreneurs | Huffington Post – [link]. 17 Beautiful Product Designs | Designskilz – [link].

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

Like most entrepreneurs, I get my best ideas in the early morning. While I would like to say there was a very expensive marketing and PR campaign for our company that really was not the case. I sell thermometers and thermal imagers, and write reviews on popular products. How to best describe our product and what we stand for?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Most Creative and Fantastic Error 404 Pages – [link]. Five “Old School” (copywriting) Tactics That Could Ruin Your Sales Page – [link]. Good interview with @jasonfried about meetings, spam, productivity & culture – [link]. Five compensation-related mistakes startups make (and should avoid) – [link].

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Facebook Brand Pages Suffer 44% Decline in Reach Since December 1 – crowdspring.co/1gmLRHe. Uber Might Be More Valuable Than Facebook – crowdspring.co/1dmYBZs. “Consumers are embarrassed by their predilections. Eliminate embarrassment, increase sales.” ” – crowdspring.co/18mtZJQ.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

One of the least expensive and most effective ways that small businesses can grow is through the strategic application of public relations. PR can be executed on a modest budget, and the awareness and word-of-mouth that can be attained is priceless for a small company. Want 3 national press mentions in the next 12 months?

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MARCH 28, 2014

11 Inspiring Single Page Websites – crowdspring.co/1gyKMLd. Uncommon Navigation Solutions – Pamper Your Visitors with New Way of Thinking | InstantShift – crowdspring.co/1faQJdD. 12 UI Wireframe Stencils For Quick Prototyping – crowdspring.co/1faMXRs. 12 Mobile App Development Framework and Tools – crowdspring.co/1kY2fxN.

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JUNE 6, 2013

Tie Your Ego to the Product, Not the Process | Cap Watkins – [link]. “Real companies build real value by building real products that address real problems. Productivity’s Worst Enemy — And How to Conquer It – [link]. 8 awesome CSS tools for productive web design – [link]. End of story.”

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The image above is a fun interpretation of four famous brands and their imaginary slogans, based on public sentiment. The 10 Best Conference Call Services for Entrepreneurs – crowdspring.co/1eIUvyQ. 10 things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Coach – crowdspring.co/1bkxKuq. The Second Time Is Harder – crowdspring.co/18prpgk.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

7 Habits of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs | – crowdspring.co/1q9cIqW. Minimum Viable Product: Build a slice across, instead of one layer at a time. Why More Entrepreneurs Need To Make Health and Wellness A Priority | by @sujanpatel - crowdspring.co/1Gmyl1h. Tony Robbins… The CEO Whisperer – crowdspring.co/1sSkuW5.

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MAY 2, 2014

Larry Page: The Untold Story | Business Insider – crowdspring.co/1k8QdzZ. Cycling IS the new golf for entrepreneurs! Why a standard resume is not enough for hiring – crowdspring.co/1k6oLBD. I always find useful info for Small Business in Gene Marks’ NYT column – crowdspring.co/1fr34QU. 1hxDXdJ. .

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JULY 5, 2013

10 Lessons from a First Time Entrepreneur – [link]. Product Strategy Means Saying No | Inside Intercom – [link]. 10 Lessons from a First Time Entrepreneur – [link]. “Sometimes having the vision to see what’s ahead is more productive than trying to get there faster.”

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APRIL 11, 2014

Why the Best Entrepreneurs and Creators are Humble | The Next Web - crowdspring.co/1e9b5t3. 5 Lies That Come Out of Entrepreneurs’ Mouths | by Gene Marks - crowdspring.co/1g18f4s. Why the Best Entrepreneurs and Creators are Humble | The Next Web - crowdspring.co/1e9b5t3. Google, Apple or IPO: What’s Next for Square? |

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