Steve Blank

AUGUST 24, 2009

It was always a welcome change of pace to leave the brown of the unchanging desert and travel into town and have dinner with them and have a non-technical conversation about books, theater, politics, travel, etc. Is this behavior an outlier or is it the norm in the PR industry? Or is it just someones end of innocence ?

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 18, 2020

With small children prepare now and have a goodie basket of things such as crayons, coloring books, books, etc. Diana Ennen is the President of Virtual Word Publishing , offering PR and marketing services. Have Activities For Your Children Ahead of Time.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Covering a wide range of topics on social Customer Relationship Management (CRM), this ambitious book spans a wide spectrum of social business topics. From the Use Cases, the book proposes that a Social CRM methodology could be adopted. S = Strategy, the stuff that the book teaches. m = Measurement, a necessary evil.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. That’s why investors say they invest in people (bet on the jockey, not the horse), rather than the idea. The sales professional.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. That’s why investors say they invest in people (bet on the jockey, not the horse), rather than the idea. The sales professional.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

When your business, book or podcast needs additional support, sponsorship can make a huge difference. Regardless of whether you’re seeking sponsorship for a product, event, book, or podcast, the overarching aim of attracting corporate sponsors remains the same: you need sponsors that engage your audience. What do they dislike?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2014

It’s the easiest way to justify losing deals, put pressure on your to build the features they want and they always believe a competitors PR more than the reality they see inside your business. You can book them at budget hotels – but don’t go too far. Always make your own assessment of your competitors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Most VCs are book smart. In fact, book smart can be a negative. Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Connections?

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

While it’s important to keep up traditional communication and PR, business owners should also be extending their relationships through online forums – website, blogs, and social networks. Blog tours are like book tours, but without all the flying and cheap hotels and fast food temptations. Write A Book. They got great results.

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Rembrandt Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Are you using the power of PR, or public relations, to boost sales, awareness and credibility right now? This is just one example of the Power of PR at work, but it can catapult your success! I bet youre ready to learn more Well, many people believe that PR stands for press release. How are you using the Power of PR?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2012

The introspective book is Latman’s side of the story as to how and why Microworkz failed. And the book does makes extremely absorbing reading. He’s lost 11 jobs in 12 months, been sued by the attorney general of the state of Washington , and his name and reputation dragged in the mud.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Thus I was happy to see a new book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. That’s why investors say they invest in people (bet on the jockey, not the horse), rather than the idea. The sales professional.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

The entrepreneur can earn plenty of revenue – from subscription plans and publishing targeted advertisements, commission from courier delivery personnel, booking cancellation charges, and transaction processing fees from an Uber for courier app solution. Why would courier service apps always be in high demand?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

It’s the easiest way to justify losing deals, put pressure on your to build the features they want and they always believe a competitors PR more than the reality they see inside your business. You can book them at budget hotels – but don’t go too far. Sales people will always tell you how far ahead the competition is.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To grow a business, most entrepreneurs know that they should be implementing PR strategies. For this webinar, we were joined by Jennefer Witter, CEO and founder of the Boreland Group, and author of the new book, “The Little Book of Big PR: 100+ Quick Tips to Get Your Small Business Noticed.”

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Back in 2016, I read a book called Sprint by Jake Knapp, founder of Google Ventures. As advocated in the book, I felt the idea of using restraint would help me quickly execute on new ideas. And so, the concept for a digital PR service was born. And so, the concept for a digital PR service was born. Image source ).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

profitable and companies like Amazon who chose to focus on growth > profitability were not losing money on each book sale (ie they were gross margin positive). But often this doesn’t tell the whole story because often companies are also spending money on PR and other marketing activities in order to support the sales process.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2013

Drawing heavily from Robert Cialdini’s seminal work on influence , the book infuses insights from behavioural psychology with the emerging phenomenon of social shopping. Retention strategies are key here (read more about this in Joseph Jaffe’s book here ); 15. Help people to shop smarter together.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

Luckily for me, I found some books that enlightened my path. Four books helped me out a lot over the last few years: Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank, Running Lean by Ash Maurya, The Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris and Rework by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson. For me, these books were great guides.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

For example, if your publishing company is thinking of putting out a coffee table book in the U.S. You know you can produce such a volume; the processes you already use for publishing lavish books on baking cakes nearly all apply here.) One way to find out if anybody will buy the book is to go ahead and publish it.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Covering a wide range of topics on social Customer Relationship Management (CRM), this ambitious book spans a wide spectrum of social business topics. Metz provides a good definition in his book as follows: “The customer owns the conversation now, so companies need to change the way they do business. Defining Social CRM.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

Then I read, listened to tons of podcasts/audio books, saved 10K of my per diem traveling money so I wouldn’t have to go in debt to acquire products & launched. My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. Thanks to Emily Reynolds, founder of R PR Firm !

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Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Rocket Science was just another one of those companies (with better PR). And then every few years, another technology fad would pop up, and people who had never worked on games in their lives decided that they knew better than we did and tried to tell us how they were going to change everything. Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

While Metaverse rose to fame initially due to Facebook’s name change into ‘Meta’ to express their ambition to become a Metaverse company within 5 years (and perhaps deflect some of the negative PR), there are now many large companies, startups and brands working on their metaverse strategy. What is the metaverse?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

by Diana Ennen, President of Virtual Word Publishing and author of “ Virtual Assistant, The Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA “ PR and marketing can be overwhelming and many don’t do it as often as they should because they are afraid of doing it wrong. Mistake #1 –Missing the Boat. Here are just a few.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

For example, if you’re going to build a travel planning website (as many, many startup entrepreneurs do) your basic research would be: How much do people spend on travel books / guides today? How much money will airlines companies, hotel companies or event companies pay me as a referral or for booking?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

Sloan’s book My Years with General Motors , written half a century ago, is still a readable business classic. To be precise, my mistake” Musk recently tweeted, Sleeping on the factory floor to solve self-inflicted problems is not a formula for success at scale, and while it’s great PR, it’s not management.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I think you’ll end up with a newer lawyer who’s trying to build her book of businesses. But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. Sure, they’ll take you on. But try getting the time of the A players. You’ll get the scraps.

Southern California 318

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The Next Web

JUNE 21, 2015

And I don’t know about you, but there’s nothing I love more than relaxing with a great book on the beach or laying in the grass at a park. We have books specifically for people at startups, a few specific to certain job functions, and a bunch that anyone working in the professional world can learn from. That, my friends, is a win-win.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Every startup will use some kind of software: book keeping, word processing, presentation. DIY Marketing and PR. Hiring a PR firm can be very costly, and if you’re passionate and knowledgable, you could be your own spokesperson. For more information on greening your spaces, check out Energy Star, a program run by the U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Visit DTM world slash scale to book your free advisory call and learn more. Book your call today, DTM World slash scale. (01:05): They're things that are pr, they're great PR and marketing, but they're not necessarily scalable. It's time to transform your approach. This is John Jantsch.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 16, 2018

It will give you the advance bookings and orders before the launch. Later you can go for PR through media and press, local news and other traditional ways. Give them a place to talk you and give their suggestions and reward them with competitive pricing. Start marketing before launching.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 6, 2024

Visit DTM world slash scale to book your free advisory call and learn more. Book your call today, DTM World slash scale. (01:05): I'd never written a book, but I had them on my show to talk about their books. That was the whole goal of it, promote their books. Now, I can tell you that this is my background in pr.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 1, 2015

Spanning the breadth of using content to generate leads, acquire prospects and convert customers, the book straddles content marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), social media and other related areas. The following words of advice from FreshBooks (featured in the book) are probably worth considering: Tell your story on social media.

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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2014

The growth of her startup is all due to her own efforts: “I wasn’t able to afford a PR firm. I’ve even slid a few into dating books at Barnes and Noble to see what kind of traffic they’d drive. You can also use websites like Help a Reporter Out, My Local Reporter, and ProfNet to do some easy PR outreach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. That’s why investors say they invest in people (bet on the jockey, not the horse), rather than the idea. The sales professional.

Technical Cofounder 144

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In his latest book, “Can Your Customer Service Do This?: 18:52] How can people reach out to you or get a copy of your book? Visit DTM world slash scale to book your free advisory call and learn more. Book your call today, DTM world slash scale. (01:02): So the PR friendly one is, I created a manufacturing company.

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