Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2017

ONTRAPORT was named one of Forbes’ Most Promising Companies in America in 2013 and was ranked #102 on the Inc500 (and #10 in software) as one of the 500 fastest growing privately held companies in America. What could make your product even better? What could make your product even better?

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The company started in 2011 in Berlin, and was looking for an American or someone who’d worked for a long time in America to help with a planned US expansion, since the biggest market for the company’s services is in North America. How did they come up with the business name? Tell us about your products and services.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 21, 2018

The company started in 2011 in Berlin, and was looking for an American or someone who’d worked for a long time in America to help with a planned US expansion, since the biggest market for the company’s services is in North America. How did they come up with the business name? Tell us about your products and services.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

Although our in-person services were put on hold, our eCommerce products, including virtual services tripled in revenue. This lets us know how important our products and expertise in natural skin care are for people all over the world! Learning to pivot is the name of the game right now. Photo Credit: Ayanna Freeman.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

With my third business, I didn’t even try to be original—I purchased a custom framing franchise and piggybacked to success on someone else’s name. Today, that niche has grown into a chasm and YogaFit® has become the largest training school for yoga instructors in North America. Write it down on a napkin. Beth’s advice.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

However, this has not stopped him from investing in companies all over North America and Andreessen Horrowitz very suitably calls him the “Nomad VC.” Really, its a precursor to product/market fit. Along with sorting out your “founder fit,” find a fit with the right person.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2019

We’ve seen success with requesting just a first name when opt-in text messaging is used instead of email marketing. Depending on your size, products/services offered and customer preferences, you might gain more bang for your buck by focusing on mobile offers. Reconsider whether you need email marketing.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

So even before you get to product development (20% of revenue) or G&A (14% in 2019), you’re already looking at a narrower potential margin than you might expect from a marketplace or transaction platform. Fun Tidbit 1: Europe and North America are of similar importance in terms of revenue (40% EMEA / 41% N.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

More broadly, the medical cannabis market in North America will grow “ from $9.2 These perception issues may prevent many consumers (who might otherwise benefit) from giving cannabis products a try. What can you do to improve your cannabis products? Include the right content on product packaging.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 13, 2019

How did you come up with your business name? Perception Kayaks was named by its definition. Tell us about your products and services. The roto-molding we used is really what made us unique and we were the first to use it in North America. I turned to the dictionary! It’s what kayaking is all about.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 19, 2019

One of the biggest facets of my role is overseeing that news coverage for the UK and North America. KC: We do get pitched stories, and we consider those pitches the same way any team of journalists would — namely, is there news value? How do you decide what to promote and what happens to that content once you feature it?

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The company, which the founder cleverly named “Stitch Fix,” had a remarkably unique offering compared to other women’s fashion experiences. Most importantly, I became convinced that Stitch Fix was one of those rare companies where the unique product advantage also contributes to a unique business model advantage.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2011

In fact, the city's mayor recently touted Vancouver as having the highest number of entrepreneurs per capita in North America. Greater Vancouver accounts for more than 60% of the province's 600+ digital media companies, and it's also one of the leading centers for video game production. The Vancouver Startup Ecosystem.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

When we started, we had no idea what product or service we would offer to capitalize on that opportunity. How did you come up with your business name? As we grew, we recognized that our platform could help any type of local service business that needed their phone to ring with new customers, so we changed our name to Service Direct.

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Up and Running

JULY 15, 2019

The market is expanding so quickly that if you’re unable to get your products in shelves across multiple markets, you’re falling behind. So, over a few too many Rye Manhattans with a twist of lazy, the concept of consolidated production and manufacturing in cannabis was born to us.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

When we started, we had no idea what product or service we would offer to capitalize on that opportunity. How did you come up with your business name? As we grew, we recognized that our platform could help any type of local service business that needed their phone to ring with new customers, so we changed our name to Service Direct.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

After a stint as the President of North America at BBC Worldwide, Herb is returning to his roots in both digital and Latino. We = my father is from Colombia, South America, immigrated to the U.S. legally for medical school, served in the Air Force and then was a productive, tax-paying contributor for nearly 40 years.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 6, 2012

Since then, I have been immersed in a non-stop whirlwind book tour of North America, filled with as many events, interviews, and talks as I could physically manage. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. Its only flaw is its name. Happy New Year! For iGAP participants only.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Even the major brands are offering products online. Tip 3: Consider Taking Advantage of New Trends & Products | Jonathan Weinert. One growing product category in North America the past few years is electric bikes. More and more options are becoming available in the online marketplace. that have been successful.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Even the major brands are offering products online. Tip 3: Consider Taking Advantage of New Trends & Products | Jonathan Weinert. One growing product category in North America the past few years is electric bikes. More and more options are becoming available in the online marketplace. that have been successful.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Even the major brands are offering products online. Tip 3: Consider Taking Advantage of New Trends & Products | Jonathan Weinert. One growing product category in North America the past few years is electric bikes. More and more options are becoming available in the online marketplace. that have been successful.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2018

This was in 1993, and I was the chief marketing officer at Frito-Lay North America. Because I’d made a name for myself as an innovative marketer in consumer financing, I was then recruited by GE, which still had a consumer finance brand at the time called GE Money. What was it, and how did it come about?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

It’s not surprising that North America dominates the ranking (Germany, with 10 brands on the list, comes in second). Thinking different is more than just having a great tagline or a great company name. People want to deal with people – not faceless brands or boring products. Collaborate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

What all this doesn’t mean is that you should roll out your product in every country at the same time. But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

In 2010, SailPoint closed two strategic corporate transactions to broaden its product engineering and services teams and further expand its global footprint. SailPoint also added six new delivery and reseller partners in North America and Europe, expanding its geographic reach and centers of expertise.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

It is a place to grow as an entrepreneur by learning new skills, meeting other entrepreneurs, and getting feedback from local thought leaders—just to name a few. 3) Lean Startup Machine - A three-day workshop that teaches entrepreneurs and innovators how to build disruptive products. Startup Funding'

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2016

She struggled early on trying to get customers to see her vision for maintaining aviation manuals and other records on the cloud rather than on paper: Kerry : Just a couple short months after that final testing (of Comply’s 365 product using a Kindle) the iPad came out and I looked at that. ” I was laughed out of every boardroom.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $20 million of VC. billion, with 275 million in North America alone (source: Internet World Stats) and an astounding global penetration of 33% of the world’s population. The Exit Problem.

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searchengineland.com

MAY 30, 2012

These are two named algo updates from 2009/2010 and familiarity with them indicates some duration of hands-on search. Just a small point on Q9, this could be addressed best with Google+ Local (formerly Google Places – can’t believe it’s changed it’s name again!). Join us at an upcoming SMX event: North America.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

One of the best ways to promote your business and increase its name recognition is by joining business organizations and/or communities or associations. NFIB is one of North America's most effective small business advocacy groups. The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an exclusive group for business owners under the age of 40.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 11, 2017

For many brands on a limited budgets, they have turned to leveraging industry influencers as a way to market their products and promote holiday deals. Tell us about your products and services. . Brands can now breakthrough the clutter and insert themselves directly into influencers’ content; like modern day product placement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

What all this doesn’t mean is that you should roll out your product in every country at the same time. But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Any type of company can create a “Best Place to Work” culture — also known as a WOW factor workplace — when leaders commit to being role models who train and inspire employees to create extraordinary products and deliver impeccable service at a great value (regardless of the price). Those were things she taught us along the way.”

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2020

Any type of company can create a “Best Place to Work” culture — also known as a WOW factor workplace — when leaders commit to being role models who train and inspire employees to create extraordinary products and deliver impeccable service at a great value (regardless of the price). Those were things she taught us along the way.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

He's also the founder and host of Traffic and Conversion Summit, the largest digital marketing conference in North America. Customers happen differently depending on the entry point of the, you might have fundamentally different value in growth engines for your different products in your product line. powered by

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Every time you post with your business ID, your business name (and web page link) you’re putting yourself out there in front of potential customers. Give away your product or promotional item on Twitter. Ask a question about a product on your website or blog. Get a Twitter account in your business name. Twitter Giveaways.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

And it's the same thing for individuals because at that early stage of a business, when you don't yet have a product, even sometimes when you don't yet have customers, you don't yet have traction and sales, how are you going to judge it? The only country that the book hasn't come out yet until now is in the US and Canada in North America.

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