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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank.

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Turning the microphone over

Startup Lessons Learned

George Floyd: In Minneapolis, George Floyd was held to the ground by a police officer kneeling on his neck during an arrest. Later in the day, I received a call from another friend, a Black woman who works in PR at Netflix. She responded by threatening to call the police."I'm He begged for the officer to stop torturing him.

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Twitter Link Roundup #105 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

crowdSPRING’s 12 Questions interview – Meet Kate Casey (Minneapolis, MN, USA) - [link]. Famous album covers held up in locations that look like the originals - [link]. 20 Innovative (Concept) Tablets We Wish Were Real - [link]. More stupid and frivolous patent litigation – this time against Kickstarter - [link].

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Transcript of Why All Business Owners Should Become Authors

Duct Tape Marketing

And I think you and I probably first bumped paths maybe close to 20 years ago around your service that I think still is around today called PR Leads. You’re still in the Minneapolis area, is that right? I find myself reminiscing these days about the old days and the folks that have been doing this as long as I have.

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Business Owners Share Their 2015 New Year’s Resolutions

Up and Running

See Also 20 Networking Tips from a PR Expert. Kristi Piehl, founder and CEO of Media Minefield, a communications firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has a great example of how to do this. Superhero Day at Media Minefield. Their resolution for 2015 is to continue to foster and build their robust company culture.

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Startup Lessons Learned 2011 streaming live

Startup Lessons Learned

The updated list of locations is below: Streaming Sponsor Africa Cape Town, South Africa: [link] Asia Chennai, India: [link] Pune, India: [link] Europe Athens, Greece: [link] Barcelona, Spain: [link] Belfast, Northern Ireland: [link] Berlin, Germany: [link] Brescia, Italy: [link] Brighton, England, UK: [link] Brussels, Belgium: [link] Bucharest, Romania: (..)