You Only Think They Work For You

Steve Blank Podcast by Steve Blank

Feb 21, 202600:11:45Business

When I was a new VP of Marketing I got a painful lesson of who my PR (Public Relations) agency actually worked for. Later I realized that it was true for all of my external vendors. And much later I realized what I reall...

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