Getting your start-up message right
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Practical rules: lead with the founder moment that made the company exist, not a list of metrics; show how a product makes a life easier — e.g. Omni records and stores urban belongings and delivers a requested item on demand — and use concrete details to make it memorable (learned mnemonic cab + bear). For PR write ready-to-publish pieces and target contributors, not staff reporters; hack outreach with tools like Hunter or GPZ, use Amazon reviews to start conversations, and follow up persistently (dozens of times). start with why someone cares use contributors not staff writers
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Intro
- 5:03Strike the balance
- 6:45Details never facts
- 9:15Why do I care
- 11:34The attention start
- 14:20Being funny
- 16:34LinkedIn hack
- 17:52Amazon hack
- 19:24Be human
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