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6 Marketing Tips To Attract Customers To Your Rollout

Startup Professionals Musings

A couple of years ago, I saw a classic primer on the key elements of great online content that I like, in “ Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition ,” by Michael Stelzner, founder of SocialMediaExaminer.com. If you want to connect with customers, put aside your writing formalities. Then write it down.

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Why Titles Matter a Lot if You’re a Blogger

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I never saw it go out with a “tip @techmeme” on Twitter. When I first started writing this blog several years ago I had less followers than you have right now. But the realist in me knew I couldn’t write daily nor could I convince you to think to check out my blog with regularity. I should know.

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

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He did it yesterday, “Mark, I’m going to write a blog post following on from your VC’s aren’t dumb. He is very pleasant when he calls and writes. In Rob’s spare time he always seems to be going to a boxing class or some other competitive, physical activity. .” I know it sounds obvious.

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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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"The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. Bill’s advice reflects Microsoft’s hardnosed culture, which encourages internal competition and a ruthless pursuit of the truth. One Of The Most Important Startup Skills. "The " [Tweet this quote].

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Nine Startup Tips From Walt Disney

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Industry pundits generally spend their time writing about what they see in the rear view mirror. Like many successful entrepreneurs, Walt destroyed his competition by changing the rules of the game rather than abiding by the industry incumbents' conventional rules. Entertain Yourself. "We " [Tweet this quote].

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Who Should be on Your Startup Board?

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seed and they are writing $1.25m of it you can expect them to require a board seat) The competitive landscape (If you have several sources of capital you can likely politely decline the board request or can grant them a seat but ask for it to be “common appointed” and those revokable if you need in the future).

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10 Entrepreneur Tips Dodge Million-Dollar Mistakes

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Don’t focus too much on the competition. Never write something you wouldn’t want to come back to you. Look for the thoughtful challenge to your ideas, and practice active listening, when you are selling your vision. High three-digit intelligence has value.