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Dermot McGrath

For startups jostling for space in an already overcrowded market, PR can mean the difference between adulation and anonymity.

Doing some basic background research can enable startups to steer clear of these technologically illiterate agencies. “I would advise startups to take a good look at the agency's press releases and see if they deliver news or just paragraph after paragraph of eye-glazing industry jargon,” suggests Charles Epstein, President of New York PR agency Backbone Inc.