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Don't Be Overwhelmed, Sell Something

Let me tell you a story:

A few weeks ago, a post-Series A biotech company called and said, “We need a public relations agency.”

My stock answer is, “We’re not a PR agency. We help clients grow. Public relations is just one of many growth tactics. Let’s figure out if that's what you really need.”

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The Biostrategy Canvas

Biostrategy confers the ability to incorporate biology or biotechnology into a business, to survive and thrive under rapidly changing conditions. Biostrategy begins as an idea, is expressed in words, then gets translated into actions.

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Blog Post Zero

When I started Messaginglab in 2001, I had an idea to become a branding shop that would help companies at the very beginning of their lives. I, and my partner at the time, knew (and continue to know) that building a killer brand was difficult.

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