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How To Find PR Opportunities For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

But PR can play a significant role in determining the kind of customers you attract and the level of brand loyalty that you enjoy. The most effective way to kickstart PR for your business is by subscribing to HARO (Help A Reporter Out). Once you subscribe to HARO, you get new PR requests from journalists multiple times in a day.

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Your 2015 guide to summer reading for startups

The Next Web

Suggested by: Brittany Berger , Content & PR Manager @ Mention. Suggested by: Brittany Berger , Content & PR Manager @ Mention. Suggested by: Brittany Berger , Content & PR Manager @ Mention. The Burned-Out Blogger’s Guide to PR by Jason Kincaid. Everybody Writes by Ann Handley.

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Do Less. More.

Both Sides of the Table

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. Hire fewer employees until you’re bursting at the seems with work for the ones you have.

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How to Launch Your Own Startup Part 4 (money, culture and becoming a manager)

The Next Web

Today, in steps 10-12 I want to discuss with you raising your first round of money, hiring to develop and maintain your company culture, as well as defining your role in the management of your startup. But never give away shares without vesting. Learn how to hire and maintain your company culture. 10-20% for employees.

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Twitter Link Roundup #92 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

How to Hire a Graphic Designer – [link]. How to Hire a Graphic Designer – [link]. Interesting but punitive provision in Skype’s option plan allowing repurchase of even vested options at grant price – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We He suggests granting the options on day one but making sure they vest only upon satisfactory completion of the project. Learn how from the experts at PR Newswire.

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Target market advisory boards

Austin Startup

A strong advisor can walk you in the door to the same number of companies as 2–3 new sales hires. This amount should vest over some period of time — 2 years is typical — and should be subject to the completion of concrete goals and commitments. Never discount the power of a warm intro.