Breakups hurt. But they can hurt real good, too. History is replete with breakups that greatly benefited both parties. Whether it’s personal or business — like your relationship with a marketing and advertising agency — it might all boil down to knowing when you have a dead shark and conceding that it’s time to move on to new waters. Breaking Up: The Start of Something Great is a condensed history of great breakups — from the Precambrian era, about 4 billion years ago, through Brad and Jennifer. The universe is constantly contracting and expanding, and things need to break apart for something new to be created. Whether you’re ready to leave your agency today and move on, or are just wondering if the change will be worth the heartbreak, you’ll learn something in Breaking Up: The Start of Something Great.

1. BREAKING UP:
THE START OF
SOMETHING
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2. Maybe after reading our last SlideShare, on
how to go about breaking up, you’re ready
to pull the plug on your current marketing
and advertising agency.
Maybe not. Breaking up can be tough. We get it.
But sometimes, you really need to let go.
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3. RIP
“ A RELATIONSHIP, I THINK, IS LIKE A SHARK. YOU KNOW? IT HAS TO CONSTANTLY MOVE
FORWARD OR IT DIES. AND I THINK WHAT WE GOT ON OUR HANDS IS A DEAD SHARK.”
- Annie Hall
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4. SOMETIMES, YOU NEED TO CONCEDE
THAT YOU HAVE A DEAD SHARK …
AND MOVE ON TO NEW WATERS.
It feels like the end of an era.
Which is, in fact, what all great breakups are.
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5. BECAUSE EVERY GREAT BREAKUP HOLDS
THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOMETHING TRULY
NEW AND DIFFERENT.
It’s been that way forever.
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6. THE PRECAMBRIAN ERA
The continents, once more closely bonded than white on rice, began to split apart.
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7. ENTIRE NEW CULTURES
EMERGED AS A RESULT.
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8. “SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS FALL APART SO BETTER THINGS COULD FALL TOGETHER.”
- Marilyn Monroe
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9. ONE THING THAT GREAT
BREAKUPS DEFINITELY TEACH US
IS THAT YOU’VE GOT TO GET BACK
ON THE SADDLE AND RIDE.
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10. The same is true in business …
Sometimes, partners reach a point where
their mutual relationship no longer serves
either party. They split up and everyone
benefits.
Like Brad and Jennifer did.
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11. EXPEDIA DUMPS TRIPADVISOR
The value of both companies skyrockets over the next year.
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12. WHETHER IT’S A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP
OR A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, IT MIGHT ALL
BOIL DOWN TO KNOWING WHEN YOU HAVE
A DEAD SHARK … AND CONCEDING THAT IT’S
TIME TO MOVE ON TO NEW WATERS.
You won’t be the first. You won’t be the last.
Life will get better.
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13. WHEN YOU’RE READY TO DIVE INTO
NEW WATERS, CALL US.
We know every hidden rock and
unsafe current.
We’ll guide you to waters rich with market
share, abundant in brand awareness, and
teeming with sales leads.
thestarrconspiracy.com
info@thestarrconspiracy.com
817-204-0400
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