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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

The “Infrastructure Phase” of the Internet … Before we had an Internet startup explosion we needed infrastructure which spawned the original tech startup community in Silicon Valley. The “Three C’s” of the Internet … The infrastructure and web services phases of the Internet are built.

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10 Famous People Who Flourished After Being Laid Off

YoungUpstarts

It’s hard to believe that the man who created Mickey Mouse and co-founded one of the biggest motion picture production companies ever faced rejection, but in 1919, Walt Disney was fired from his job at the Kansas City Star because he supposedly lacked imaginative ideas. Mark Cuban. Oprah Winfrey. ” 5.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

I still had to host that workshop with all the other names but I strategically directed everyone to Everipe and we’ve had a ton of compliments on it since. We workshopped a lot of names, polled friends, and searched the internet. So, I ended up naming the business after the place where it was born — Kansas City, Kansas.

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10 Reasons Podcast Guesting is the #1 Killer Content Marketing Tactic of All Time

Duct Tape Marketing

The fact that two people (the guest and the host) have each other’s undivided attention for an involved discussion creates a bond that can turn into collaboration. For example, in my own experience, hosts have offered to make personal introductions to other influential podcast hosts. High content production value.

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9 Unlikely Entrepreneurs Who Changed The Market

YoungUpstarts

Before starting the multinational Internet and software corporation with Larry Page, Brin was a student at the University of Maryland, studying mathematics and computer science. In 1919, Disney was fired from his job at the Kansas City Star because he lacked imaginative ideas. Sergey Brin. Oprah Winfrey.

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SEO for Growth

Duct Tape Marketing

For today’s show the microphone has been turned as the host for this week is Douglas Burdett, founder of Artillery Marketing and host of the Marketing Book Podcast. To do that, your content needs to be at the top of Internet search results and this book will explain it all.

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How Decisions Define Our Business Destiny

Duct Tape Marketing

Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast was brought to you by the MarTech Podcast, hosted by my friend Ben Shapiro, is brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals with episodes you can listen to in under 30 minutes.