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Here is a good explanation of the difference between sales and marketing and an explanation of how viral marketing works. Enjoy!

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The business:  Novelty Men’s Underwear
Sales:  10,000 units for the last year totalling about $200,000 gross revenues
Marketing budget: Zero
Asking:  $300,000 for 20%
Company Valuation: $1.5 million

The counteroffer: $300,000 for 100% if Arlene will take charge of marketing.
Arlene refused so there was no deal.
Let us hear your comments!!!

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I just received an email from Vivian Prokop, CEO of the CYBF – Canadian Youth Business Foundation on winning the prestigious “Country of the Year Award” by Kauffman Foundation and Enterprise U.K., founder of the Global Entrepreneurship Week. The announcement was made at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where CYBF [...]

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