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24 alternatives to Salt of the Earth - 14: How Peter Shankman Earned Millions by E-mailing his Friends

Shankman founded HARO from his living room, with his cat

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Salt of the Earth - 14: How Peter Shankman Earned Millions by E-mailing his Friends launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Salt of the Earth - Marty Raney▲56
Marty runs the Alaska Stone and Log Company
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Salt of the Earth - 20: David Nevogt about founding Hubstaff and publicizing a revenue dashboard▲56
David Nevogt about Hubstaff and making his revenues public
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The Startup Catalyst: Ep. 04 - Rechung Fujihira, CEO and CoFounder Box Jelly▲54
Launching Hawaii's first co-working space
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Salt of the Earth - Bravado Spice - Two funny guys built a hot sauce company▲55
Bravado Spice gets in 300+ retailers, starting with a tweet
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Startupland▲118
The story of Zendesk: From idea to IPO
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Community Building on the Web▲86
Secret strategies for successful online communities
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Salt of the Earth - 12: Michael Miqueli, San Antonio Broker Services▲60
Building a trucking empire
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Going Deep #85 - Sean Ammirati▲53
Studying the sweet science of exponential growth
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SellPersonal - Aaron Hillegass CEO of Big Nerd Ranch▲60
Aaron talks about his path from working w/Steve Jobs to CEO.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Salt of the Earth - An Olympic Hopeful Googles her way to Business Success▲54
Stephanie Bruce Rothstein is a founder of Picky Bars
2016 · its alternatives →
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Snapzu▲81
Start your own web community, grow it, and make money.
2015 · its alternatives →
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The Growth Show - The Surprising Benefit of Sharing Secrets: An Interview With the Founder of PostSecret▲65
PostSecret's founder on the value of sharing secrets.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Salt of the Earth - Jason Fried▲68
Jason is the CEO of Basecamp.
2016 · its alternatives →
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"What Kai Does" — Make Money Online [Ep #30]▲61
Nick interviews Kai about what he does.
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Frontcourt: Moz's Accidental Journey to $40m with Rand Fishkin▲62
Rand Fishkin on his entrepreneurial adventure
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Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders - From Havard to the Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg▲88
From Harvard to the Facebook—How it all started
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Growth Everywhere - Affecting Billions; The Inventiion of the Magnetic Credit Card Strip▲71
Interview with Ron Klein, the grandfather of possibilities
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EconTalk with Russ Roberts: Interviewing Ryan Holiday▲66
The role of ego in biz our personal lives, and history
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Bullshit Product Generator▲179
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Growth Kung Fu Interview: How do you successfully apply to an accelerator?▲74
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Growth Everywhere - How Bizo Became Worthy of a $175M LinkedIn Buyout▲62
Hire the right people to build a stellar company
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Growth Kung Fu Interview: Building a hardware business is hard. Or is it? with Bay Mclaughlin▲66
Asian Startup Growth Stories and Insights
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