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8 Ways That Blogging Will Kickstart Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Blogging is one of the best ways to do this and build a brand, even before you have a product or service. In this age of relationships, you, the entrepreneur, are a very important element of your new brand, and it’s never too early to start marketing the value of your expertise, insights and ideas. Let that ideal co-founder find you.

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7 Incentives For Testing Your Startup Marketing Early

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. Operating in stealth mode for an extended period tends to convince entrepreneurs to believe their own biases, and visibly fight the need to change. Optimize your web history and presence.

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7 Reasons To Avoid Stealth Mode For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs talk to customers and competitors talk to each other about the new trends and technologies they see. Operating in stealth mode for an extended period tends to convince entrepreneurs to believe their own biases, and visibly fight the need to change. Optimize your web history and presence.

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Stealth Mode Entrepreneurs Only Increase the Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe stealth makes sense for large companies who can be sued for “pre-announcing” a new product to stall the market or kill a competitor. But otherwise, startup companies should seek out publicity and the open sharing of information, from day one. These things can’t be done while in stealth mode.

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10 Keys to Making an Entrepreneur Website Credible

Startup Professionals Musings

In the past, if your startup had a website presence, the company was credible by definition. Until the company name is a famous brand, you are the brand. Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Put yourself on the site. People buy from people.

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Smart Entrepreneurs Plan Multiple Rollout Iterations

Startup Professionals Musings

The traditional mode of starting a company is to plan a serial process, where you complete only once all the steps, leading to the “big bang” launch of the company. Costs are low these days to set up a credible website, do some search engine optimization, start blogging, and start mining the social networks for interest.

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8 Key Rules for Starting a Business on a Shoestring

Startup Professionals Musings

Now you can match a big company with worldwide reach for a few thousand dollars. It’s a new age for aspiring entrepreneurs, where anyone with a dream or a hobby should be turning it into a business. Too many entrepreneurs still think plans are for investors, and investors are required to build a startup. Both are wrong.

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