Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

I got my start programming on an old IBM XT; it was thanks to MUDs that I first discovered the internet. Thanks to Suns amazing PR blitz, there was tremendous demand for experts on Java, and I did my best to convince people that I was one of that mythical breed. Im one of those people whos been programming since they can remember.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc. Paid - if your product monetizes customers better than your competitors, you have the opportunity to use your lifetime value advantage to drive growth. Amazon PostRank

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Whats striking about these stories, if you get past the PR hype, are two very important themes: These prodigies were self-taught, and had a fundamental fascination with technology from a very young age. No logins, no codes, just raw uncensored internet access. School hostility to phones, nerds, and other things they dont understand.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

For example, I recently created a customer validation exercise around the Lean Startup Workshop. In the meantime, I think we have a good explanation for what all those PR dollars are being spent trying to obscure. It allowed me to assess the market demand for that offline product before I had the final product baked. Great post!

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

FM KQED live-streams over the internet here : [link] Forum is also broadcast on Sirius XM satellite radio (channel 135 NPR Talk) I know for many of you 10AM is not the common time you're sitting by the radio with nothing better to do than call into a live radio show. There are several ways to tune in: In the Bay Area, tune your radio to 88.5

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

It connects to the internet to automatically download the necessary codes. In a startup, these channels of communication are critical to understand for advertising, launch and PR purposes. One of my favorite gadgets at home is the Harmony Universal Remote. They want to do activities. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 15, 2011

Now Or Never When I started my public relations business, McDuling PR, back in 2007 it was a pretty big step for me. But, rather than adding these additional revenue streams to McDuling PR , I created a whole separate identity – and Stratosphere Me was born and launched in February this year!

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Growthink Blog

JULY 3, 2012

Events, particularly when they are physical (versus online workshops or webinars) are very powerful. Particularly in today's internet/virtual age, being able to meet your customers, prospective customers, partners, investors and others face-to-face is very powerful. This strategy is event marketing. Which simply means holding events.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Labels: internet , Portfolio. internet. (6). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Cracking The Code. Monday, February 12, 2007. on a scale of 1-4). Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 8:53 PM.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

This "success theater" is occasionally useful for PR or getting through a tough board meeting. This "success theater" is occasionally useful for PR or getting through a tough board meeting. Once again, we revisit the topic of Actionable metrics and their nemesis: Vanity metrics. But how do we know which metrics to look at?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Take a look and let me know what you think. Take a look and let me know what you think. Amazon PostRank

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The higher the vanity ratio, the more effective the PR. It helps companies with PR. And companies crave positive PR and control over their message – all for rational reasons. The higher the vanity ratio, the more effective the PR. It helps companies with PR. It sells newspapers and magazines.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 29, 2021

When Clare DeNicola and I decided to start a full-service marketing and PR firm 10 years ago, we knew we didn't want to take the usual agency branding route: put our names on the door. Or they'd been taken on the internet. Thanks to Danielle Sheerin, Dear Babe Boutique LLC ! #13- 13- After several brainstorming sessions.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 16, 2017

You’ve got your startup in a good place, you know what differentiates it from competitors, and your messaging is on point — so now you’re ready for a huge PR push, right? Before you call your PR agent, consider these questions first. Chances are if you’re considering a PR push, you’re ready to share your startup with the world.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Even if you must launch to your customers, avoid the urge to also launch in extra places, just because your PR firm can do it at the same time. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help. Help you raise money.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

This is completely analogous to the situation elsewhere on the internet, where launching a new website, product, or service with PR is getting harder and harder. On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. Dont do PR upfront, dont put out a press release. My advice: dont launch big.

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www.startupsmart.com.au

MARCH 8, 2011

If not, your PR efforts will suffer. Ideas2Market Masterclass Workshop - Toowoomba The Ideas2Market Masterclass workshop is designed for existing businesses that are looking to grow, improve and foster sustainability. Register | Login ); Editors Note Do you understand the media and have a great story to tell? This full day.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

You may also choose to sell a workshop or consultation for audience members at a special price. For one of my positions, as the National Communications Manager for an international real estate company, I had to provide workshops for business owners within the group on public relations, and I just got used to it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

What happened when we got early press (circa 2004) in violation of our own no-PR rule. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Amazon PostRank

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

We can extend our clients' reach tremendously, and for low cost, by using the internet and social media to distribute and link to the "assets" we create. More general resources are: Tracy Williams at Olmstead Williams for PR. Like a lot of service professionals. Is social media having much of an impact on what you do?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

Now my digital products, blog, classes and workshops serves women all over the world teaching them how to use yoga as a tool to juggle their busy life and kids without burning out! The beauty of working in PR is that you get to learn how other companies and industries operate. Thanks to Keya F. Williams, Nourished Mother Creations. #7

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

I mean, if you remember when the internet began, the first thing a lot of people tried were communities, right? Because if you have this community of 70,000 people, she just, they just are eager to buy her courses, her videos, her events, her coaching, her workshops, because they believe in her. There's gonna be no PR spin.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2016

The PR Masterclass : How to develop a public relations strategy that works! SEO 2016: Learn search engine optimization with smart internet marketing strategies. Online Events– This includes events such as webinars, demonstrations, and workshops conducted using online tools. PRNewswire – Press release distribution service.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

Id been on the internet since I was playing MUDs as a kid, but by 1999 I felt Id already missed the boat. We go to mixers, buy fancy offices, focus on PR, and try to one-up each other. Looking back, what strikes me the most is not how much Ive learned - its how much time I wasted on stuff that turned out to be utterly unimportant.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Internet businesses are harder and harder to name since the dot com is still the leading TLD. When we were deciding what to call our new PR agency we started by writing down a bunch of words that describe what we do, that we felt passionate about. Thanks to Michael Harris, Uproar PR ! #15 Thanks to Mike Okhravi, DocChat ! #7

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 27, 2009

Journalists, PR firms, investors, and the public at large love a scrappy come-from-behind story about two guys in a garage who figured out how to take down Goliath. Some aspects of the vision remain, but often in a significantly modified form. But the story usually features visionary protagonists who had it figured out from the start.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Develop a speaking career – either by holding your own workshops or by speaking at outside events. Kerry McDuling Get your bonus copy of my book "How To Start An Internet Business & Make Your First $1,000 Online" Download Here. Have you built a business from a life experience, and if so, what was it?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Engineers are offenders in this category too, but so is any gender-segregated activity, like an all-female PR or marketing team. Engineers are offenders in this category too, but so is any gender-segregated activity, like an all-female PR or marketing team. Diversity is not the only requirement for making good group decisions.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books. In March of 2009 EliteEditing.com launched, and I would run back and forth to an Internet café five blocks from my office to manage work coming through and to take business calls. That’s it. That’s what we do.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Even worse, entrepreneurs are faced with a constant barrage of vanity metrics from competitors and other companies engaged in PR. That’s what you pay PR firms for: to get an article written that is entirely factual and yet still provides positive spin for your company. The PR firm helpfully left out that context.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

What the PR stories tend to leave out is that we can get attached to every part of our vision, even the dumb parts. What the PR stories tend to leave out is that we can get attached to every part of our vision, even the dumb parts. Unfortunately, startup success requires getting them all right. Amazon PostRank

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

After years working in fashion PR/Marketing in NYC and Milan, and then as a co-founder/owner of a Brooklyn-based rock ’n’ roll play space for kids under 5, I found myself becoming overly excited about my friends starting new businesses. 28 – My Husband’s Detached Garage Workshop. Image Credit: Carey Balogh.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

You could try and drive home that positioning with an expensive PR campaign, superbowl ads, and whatnot. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Amazon PostRank

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

DECEMBER 10, 2010

How I Learned PR Firstly, I would like to point out that a lot of this I learned through trial and error. However, if the new hardware superstore held workshops especially for women who were keen to get involved in some DIY – now that may be of interest. I am not actually a trained Publicist, or Public Relations practitioner.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Three years later, you can’t throw a stone on the internet without finding articles starting to talk about the importance of craft in content. I was prepping for a workshop I was creating, feeling daunted because there was so much to do in so little time. Thanks to Niesha Kennedy-Robinson, Kennedy Robinson PR ! #9-

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Launch with a PR blitz, including mentions in major mainstream publications. As with many Silicon Valley failures, a flawless PR launch turned into a flawed customer acquisition strategy. Conduct constant focus groups and usability tests. Build the product in stealth mode to build buzz for the eventual launch. Amazon PostRank

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