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Build Success from a Struggling Agency with a Multimillion-Dollar Pivot

Duct Tape Marketing

and Mexico and hosts the popular podcast Operation Agency Freedom, which focuses on marketing and entrepreneurship. And we got to around a couple hundred clients on retainer, and along the way I had built a team in Mexico. (01:58): It was unheard of for people to go down into Mexico. He oversees operations in the U.S.

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Are You Hiding Behind Your Business Name?

YoungUpstarts

Even if you aren’t a corporation or an LLC, your state government may have rules about what business name you can use. If your name is John Smith and you run a business called Smith House Painters , then you’re using a business alias (also known as a “trade name”). Why Have a Business Name? Why Must I Register?

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How to Navigate the New Era of Customer Expectations

Duct Tape Marketing

I mean, it's so easy to buy and so fast to buy on Amazon that now if I go to any other shopping experience, I'm like, oh God, I got to put in my name. Scroll back to top Sign up to receive email updates Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. Jay (04:22): Yeah, it's absolutely true.

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My January Holiday Vacation Reading

Feld Thoughts

We then decamped to Mexico last week for warmth, sun, beach, and books. News flash: there are a lot fewer people at a fancy resort in Mexico in the third week of January. I particularly enjoyed how the author called people and companies out without naming them. It was a good reading week. Uncanny Valley: A Memoir : Loved it.

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To Infinity and Beyond: How Entrepreneurism is Making Space Tourism Viable

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 the American Society of Civil Engineers convened with business people in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to discuss the technical and financial feasibility of space tourism, then still a hypothetical concept. Named after Alan B. In 2000, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos established Blue Origin.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

Both Sides of the Table

MiTú, based out of Los Angeles, was founded in 2012 by three veterans from the Hispanic media world: Beatriz Acevedo ( recently named on the 25 most important digital media players on The Hollywood Reporter !) , Doug Greiff and Roy Burstin. MiTú will use its $10 million to build out new production facilities in LA and Mexico.

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Learning Spanish and Liking Horses

Feld Thoughts

I hated my French III teacher, fought with her, called her an inappropriate name one day, and got kicked out of class. I recently spent two weeks in Mexico. That was the end of my French language experience. I have no recollection of why I chose to learn French instead of Spanish.

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