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Choosing a Startup PR Agency

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Find-the-Nugget Angle Selection

Ignore the company's own messaging; find the single thread reporters care about and double down.

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Incumbent Anchoring

Position your product as taking on a household-name incumbent, never as a new category.

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The Contrarian Coverage-Gap Angle

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The Direct Funding Pitch

Pitch funding news by pattern-matching a beat reporter and stating the deal in three sentences.

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The Jargon-Strip Clarity Test

Say what your product does out loud in plain answers; if the writing can't match, strip the jargon.

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The Lightweight-First Outreach Opener

Open cold with a one-line 'are you open to ideas?' instead of a full pitch, to earn a reply.

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