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Here’s How to Do PR on a Budget

Both Sides of the Table

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. They get pitched by so many blowhards that more genuine people who aren’t in it for just a story stand out from the crowd.

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Living the Roller Coaster Life: How I Transformed Turbulence into Triumph

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I quickly realized after joining a Forum that EO wasn’t just there to help you get rich but to support the complete entrepreneur, from wealth creation to emotional support, community, and education. Finding Strategic Support Running a business is no easy feat. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Moving Beyond Learning Differences to Support the Next Great Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This was the shared dream of Rick Fiery and Tom Bergeron, the co-founders of InventiveLabs , a multi-track research center that supports Inventives, people who have non-traditional learning styles and are looking to make their passions a reality. I have taken both of those and have learned more here than I did in either of those classes.

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The Ideal Pitch Deck is a Story, a Science, and an Art

StartupNation

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story. Angel investors and venture capitalists have also learned to expect a standard pitch deck as the first filter when evaluating a company to invest in.

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How Much Money Should You Raise From Venture Investors?

Dream It

When pitching investors, remember that your ask is like porridge; it follows the goldilocks ratio and has to be just right. Investors want to see founders supported, rewarded, and aligned to continue creating future enterprise value. So the question remains: what is the appropriate amount of funding founders should request?

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Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping

Entrepreneurs' Organization

My first pitch was not to investors or potential clients; it was to my fiancée, convincing her to delay our wedding plans until Equifund was up and running — a promise that took significantly longer than the anticipated six months to fulfill. and more articles from the EO blog. I also did not have a business partner.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

So my biggest recommendation of “what&# to blog is a series of articles that will be helpful to your community. Take one topic and break it up into 10 bite-sized articles. I have board meetings, company pitches, internal partner meetings, etc. Show that you’re a thought leader. Keep the list electronically.

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