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What is the best way to market an ecommerce start up?

Ania Kuskowski Owner at Pursebox.ca

December 2nd, 2014

I recently launched an ecommerce store. Sales are decent, but not where I'd like them to be. We have no physical retail location, so I have to do... More

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When is the right time/stage to hire a PR firm?

Lucas Jaz

April 8th, 2016

I generally don't believe in PR firms adding value and especially so early on. But a company I'm advising has raised $10M total and they are contemplating... More

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Planning press for launch

Anonymous

August 2nd, 2013

Hi all, Does anyone have any suggestions/resources for the best way to plan a public "coming out of stealth" launch? I've recently heard that there... More

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Kickstarter Campaign Launched...what next? How do we make it happen?

Saurabh Palan Everything HARDware at Nascent Objects

November 7th, 2013

Hi We launched a KickStarter campaign this week. Followed all the advice, had the first 100 buys lined up, but all hell broke loose when we launched. It... More

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Examples of great press kits?

Jack Byer Cofounder at Stealth Startup

February 17th, 2016

Putting together a digital press kit and would love to see examples of best in class press kits. Also interested in important do's and don't from... More

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Any experience with startup PR services like Publicize or CrowdBooster?

Alex Eckelberry CEO at Meros.io

November 19th, 2015

I'm looking at ditching the classic agency model and using one of these new types of services. I'm curious if anyone has any experience they'd like... More

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When is the right time to raise seed round - when you need it, or when you can?

Eli Aleyner Principal, Business Development - Cloud & Mobile @ Pivotal

October 4th, 2014

A project I'm involved in received national attention last week. Including stories in major news-papers and TV channels. The... More

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What are the best places to get a few hundred beta users?

Sachin Agarwal Founder, Braid (braidhq.com) - lightweight project and client management built into Gmail and Google Apps

May 23rd, 2016

We use a WordPress theme for our braidhq.com marketing site, so we're ineligible to be featured on BetaList. We've gone through their Submit.co list... More

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Recommendation for a very good PR agency fluent in digital?

Anonymous

January 21st, 2016

Ideally a smallish agency that would take the time to understand our (unusual) business model. Not so important where they are... More

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How to get PR pitches answered?

Anonymous

November 8th, 2015

Going to do press for a new product launch next week. We have a few writers we already know and will do research on the right ones to go after, but... More

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