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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

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So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . Email updates frequently. And as Rob points out – if you email members with short updates more frequently they are more up to speed when you do need them to weigh in. Make your emails actionable. That in itself is quite a challenge.

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11 Quick Tips to Get More Value out of Your Board

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Yesterday I wrote a blog post about what the role of a board actually is. Communicate frequently and proactively The most effective CEOs that I’ve observed send regular, short, board update emails every few weeks or monthly just to give the board a sense of what is going on. Of course it’s not required and many don’t do it.

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8 Tips For Startups Preparing For The Media Spotlight

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These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. Wear solid colors, and make your look true to your brand and yourself. People judge you and your company in the first few seconds. Handling different media formats.

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Tips to Help you Think About Sales at Your Startup

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It’s important enough that I dedicate a tab on my blog to startup sales & marketing. should you email before you call? 51:00 One more tip from Suster on the sales world. It’s the lifeblood of any organization and yet most startups don’t have any sales DNA on their teams. Telesales versus field sales?

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A Post Startup Execs Should Forward to Your Spouse or Partner. 12 Tips for Making it Work

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Anyway, as I winnowed my way through the comments section of my blog post on relationships I realized my own wife has posted a response! Here are my top tips (and I still use these with Mark!). Don’t email him unless you have to. Emailing – even when well intentioned – just adds to this to-do list.

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Here are 10 Tips from BuzzFeed to Make Your Content Go Viral

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I’ll write a post on how to give feedback to employees and then I’ll get emails from people telling me they forwarded it to their whole team. Offer the ability to react / comment - In the blogging world it’s clear that having a good comment system like Disqus is critical. Good comment community = viral blog.

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6 Tips To Market Your Idea Before Building A Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities. Start actively blogging on your own site, as well as on industry forums. Entrepreneurs who wait to be found are destined to spend a lot of time alone.

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