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How to create a 1M+ views Instagram Reel for your startup

NZ Entrepreneur

Matt Miller, founder of BrakeAce , made a Reel for his startup that got 1M+ views in ten days. He shares his learnings for startup founders here. If you’re a busy startup like us, it’ll be impossible to keep short form creativity elevated long term. Matt Miller is the founder of BrakeAce.

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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

Both Sides of the Table

This came to mind a couple of years ago when I had the chance to sit down with the president of South Korea and she asked a small gathering of 19 tech & business leaders for opinions about how to make the Korean economy more “creative.” Could big business accept its own creative destruction?

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Why Half of all Startups Fail and the Surprising Secret to Success

Smart Hustle Magazine

These steps apply to entrepreneurs, particularly to tech startup founders. Confusion about what marketing is drives the majority of the problems founders face with it. For years at Issuu , it appeared we were a solution for publishing digital magazines, because these were the examples our marketing team highlighted.

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Entrepreneurs Relish The Challenge More Than Money

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Image via Flickr (Creative Commons). A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” Most successful entrepreneurs have been written up on the Internet, or in magazines, or books. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know are living on Ramen noodles. Read entrepreneur stories.

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Opinion: It’s a startup world

NZ Entrepreneur

It is our startup sector which will drive this innovative progress. Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. To generate growth in a startup, it is almost always necessary to raise external capital to run the necessary. In order to understand startup governance, you need to understand risk and reward.

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Entrepreneurs Relish The Challenge More Than Money

Gust

Image via Flickr (Creative Commons). A question I sometimes get from startup founders is “What do I talk to these guys about?” Most successful entrepreneurs have been written up on the Internet, or in magazines, or books. On the average, the entrepreneurs I know are living on Ramen noodles. Read entrepreneur stories.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. The people with the time, energy & creativity to build organizations like TechStars need to bring their ideas to fruition. It’s awesome.