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We couldn’t believe it. My friend Darshan and I were absolutely amazed to see a picture of our dorky, 16-year-old selves on the front page of the business section of The Chicago Tribune. In 2001 we had...
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My father, probably like yours, always wanted me to reach for the stars. He took me to Wimbledon as a 10-year old to marvel at the likes of Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf. He told me that if I dreamed...
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Your company spends a whole lot of money to spread awareness at a conference. You should be testing different engagement strategies to make the best of it.
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Create a fake version of your product idea and get objective feedback before diving in.
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When we first started getting contacted by VCs in 2010, we were probably as excited as school kids going to recess. After learning that our first product, a research and citation tool called EasyBib,...
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Email, unique, and actionable tips to get more email addresses for your business.
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How comedy can improve your marketing. Lessons from someone who went from McKinsey consultant to comedian
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5 ideas to seriously improve your customer support foundation. It's quite obvious in retrospect.
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Open offices aren't what they are made up to be. Here's the good and bad, and how to make them work.
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If content is king, distribution is queen. Start thinking about how you'll get the word out about the content you worked so hard to create.
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Sometimes branding a content or features can have a much strong impact, rather than being lost in the mix of your site
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Babies have a survival extinct. We can learn a lot from them to run a better business.
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