• Use numbers 1-9 only • The full grid is 9x9 cells • The full grid is broken into 9 regions, 3x3 cells each • Each region can contain only one of each number 1-9 • Each cell can contain only one number • Each row and column should contain only one of each number 1-9 Sudoku Basics
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Has over 20,000 locations worldwide.
Why is word-of-mouth so effective? Because it’s relationship-based marketing by proxy. You are traveling on bonds that already exist, rather than spending your marketing dollars trying to build one from scratch. The sheer power of this style of marketing led the punk poet John Cooper Clarke to declare, “Word-of-mouth is a force of nature.” If there’s any major company that understands this, it’s Starbucks. If you’re in the United States, there’s an 80 percent chance you live within 20 miles of one of their coffee shops. What started as a neighborhood startup in Seattle grew to a company that ...
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Has averaged two new stores a day since 1987.
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Employs over 130,000 people (or “partners,” as they call them).
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Has a brand that is so recognizable, it no longer puts the company name on its coffee cups.
And the crazy thing? It did all that primarily without traditional advertising.
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