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5 Costly Branding Mistakes

UX Planet

By Mary Moore, copywriter at Shakuro Branding holds the promise of propelling your venture to new heights, capturing hearts, and securing your place in the market. For startups and product owners, the stakes are high, and the path is treacherous. For startups and product owners, the stakes are high, and the path is treacherous.

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The Startup Brand Fallacy: Why brand marketing is mostly useless for consumer startups

Andrew Chen

Brand marketing is mostly useless for consumer startups. Startups build a great brand by being successful, finding product market fit and scaling traction, etc. Early startups should opt out of all of this. and think that’s what caused their success: Great brand. How does brand help these cohorts?

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Top 5 Startup App Development Companies in 2021

The Product Coalition

Here we provide a brief overview of the best app developers for startups for 2021. From day one, most startups are concerned with the question “How to find the best technology partner.” To make things easier for you, we have compiled a list of the best app development companies with immense expertise in working with startups.

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Small Cosmetic Brand Product Managers Are Changing The Business

The Accidental Product Manager

New beauty brands have shown up in the market being driven by millennial buyers who buy more cosmetics and skin care than any other demographic. These brands have seen huge growth over the past few years, grabbing market share from the big, established names. The gains made by new brands have not been confined to the prestige niche.

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After building hundreds of startup brands, Arielle Jackson shares 6 early marketing missteps to avoid

The Review by First Round

For the past 7 years, she’s helped hundreds of companies build their positioning and brands from the ground up, both as our Marketing Expert in Residence here at First Round and in her own consulting work. Today’s episode is with Arielle Jackson. Read This First. Today’s episode is with Arielle Jackson.

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Strategic Debt Is the Silent Killer of Startups

The Product Coalition

Startups also have a silent killer. Still, because startup life is so hectic — it might feel like business as usual. The reason I’m talking here primarily about startups is that they are much more volatile than larger companies. For startups, this can be the end. We are a startup, after all.

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This Brand Strategy Can Make Your Startup Look Bigger Than It Is

First Round Review

As a founding partner of Rock Health and seasoned consultant, Leslie Ziegler has helped brand dozens of startups. Here's what the success stories had in common. Continue reading at First Round Review »

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