crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2013

It compares a 2013 smart phone (an iPhone) to what you had to carry just 10 years earlier (in 2003) to have some of the same tools (camera, video, music, etc.). Top 5 Web Design Tips That Optimize your Site’s Conversion Funnel | InstantShift – crowdspring.co/1f2ACzT. 1gkGdoX.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I have conversations with entrepreneurs and other VCs on a daily basis about fund raising, the prices of deals, how much companies should raise, etc. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. There is no such thing as a uniform price.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

There’s an old saying that if I’m talking with you and I start the conversation by saying, “whatever you do, DO NOT think about Elephants &# then you can’t help but thinking about elephants while we’re speaking. This is part of my series on Raising Venture Capital. Small story. I used to work in the UK.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

We thought making our values and expectations clear could have a positive impact on driving the conversation and actions inside portfolio companies. The VC Inclusion Clause #MovingForward was originally published in Both Sides of the Table on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2022

When I left in 2003 we agreed that my final title could be focused on Product and Marketing, since that’s what I was interested in pursuing next. And finally, two conversations to have with yourself. Even if the job didn’t work out exactly the way you hoped, was joining the company the right decision ?

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Your conversion rate is not what it could be – and you know you need to do something about it. If you just go ahead and redesign your site, chances are that it will fail – conversions / revenue per visitor actually go down. Should you redesign the whole website? Probably not though. It depends.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. I have this conversation all the time. If I have to call our co-investors to ask for $4 million more it will be a tough conversation.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 31, 2022

2003) suggests that individuals experience a cognitive-affective state, i.e., psychological ownership, in their interactions with objects when the individuals feel as though the target object is “theirs” “But wait, this is my company!”. It’s the concept of psychological ownership. And I’m all in.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 4, 2020

About Temple Health and Bioscience District (THBD) The Temple Health and Bioscience District (THBD) was created as a result of legislation passed by the State of Texas in 2003 and approved by Temple voters to establish the facility in 2009.

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A Crowded Space

MAY 3, 2018

Award-winning author and journalist David Kushner wrote the book in 2003, but the lessons and trends discussed are as timely now as ever. Unbeknownst to me, id Software was a pioneer of two mega trends in the gaming industry: free-to-play and eSports.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. It’s clear that AngelList wants to help bring much of the transactional conversations and introductions that happen at the early stage of hiring and fundraising via word of mouth or in meetings online. → Learn More. Wednesday, April 24th, 2013.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2016

By some estimates , humankind now captures the same amount of data in any two days than in all of history prior to 2003. Speech analytics is becoming more common, particularly as conversations are increasingly recorded and stored as part of interactions with call centers, as well as with each other. Datafication of speech.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2016

We couldn’t imagine a world in which we had kids and then in just one day — April 29th 2003 — we couldn’t imagine a world in which we didn’t. A Letter to My Son on Becoming Independent was originally published in Both Sides of the Table on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2014

For those who don’t know, I wrote the book Open Innovation in 2003, and followed it with Open Business Models in 2006, and Open Services Innovation in 2011. This post follows directly on Steve’s earlier excellent post, Why Companies are not Startups. Lessons Learned: Internal ventures face a different context than do external startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2015

By some estimates , humankind now captures the same amount of data in any two days than in all of history prior to 2003. Speech analytics is becoming more common, particularly as conversations are increasingly recorded and stored as part of interactions with call centers, as well as with each other. Datafication of speech.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JULY 15, 2013

It was at that time that I reconnected with Raj De Datta, a fantastically talented repeat entrepreneur with whom I had gone to Harvard Business School from 2001-2003. 2013 big data startups Bloomreach founders SEO'

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

It was only around 2003 that the first podcasts appeared, but actually what made Podcasts mainstream, was the show Serial , an investigative journalism podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, which started as a side project of the National Public Radio’s (NPR) show “This American Life”. makes a long conversation feel short. itunes.apple.com.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

People are generally impatient when browsing websites and slow load times do impact conversions (getting people to buy your products or services). If your 2010 website has content dated from 2003, your visitors may quickly leave your site. Consider Site Load Times. Keep the content fresh and current.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

People are generally impatient when browsing websites and slow load times do impact conversions (getting people to buy your products or services). If your 2010 website has content dated from 2003, your visitors may quickly leave your site. Consider Site Load Times. Keep the content fresh and current.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 18, 2011

Keepstream – tool that allows you to organize and publish an archive of things on Twitter such as events streams, specific conversations or a product launch and then embed the conversation on your site. Also makes a great way to share a conversation about a client to help them understand the buzz.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 3, 2011

Lead generation in this content driven social model is still a metered blend of advertising, public relations and referrals, but social is the mechanism driving the discovery and the conversation surrounding this powerful form of lead acquisition. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2011

Sure, people converse with their friends and fans, but the real power of understanding how to network lies in reaching out to people you don’t already know and finding common ground to expand your network.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 5, 2016

In 2003, it was spun out of the Kauffman Foundation into a separate non-profit but, at the 20th reunion in Kansas City, the Kauffman Foundation made a new gift to the Kauffman Fellows Program to accelerate the midwestern venture capital ecosystem. We talked about topics like authenticity and mental fitness.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2011

The Picture Perfect Ideal Customer Filling the Gap Between Generation and Conversion Finding Your Ideal Client Posted by : John Jantsch on Jun 27, 2011 | 6:55 am Category : Marketing Strategy Tag : ideal client Popular Posts Adding the Facebook Like. Does this have some truth for you? Note: There have been some updates since I published th.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 21, 2011

While most businesses use a marketing model that tends to lean heavy on the desire to go from know us to buy from us, any business that fills each of these seven touchpoints will be well on their way to finding and keeping customers that become part of the lead generation and conversion team.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 30, 2011

I had a great conversation recently with Derek Sivers , founder of CDBaby and author of Anything You Want. jepoirrier via Flickr It’s not that the owner’s thinking is flawed, it’s that most of knowledge, mission, vision and basic how to do stuff stays locked up there.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 13, 2011

The entire post in question can be read below) What I’m suggesting mostly is that it’s not that giving away free content or hosting free online seminars is a bad thing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 13, 2011

Free Weekly Marketing eNewsletter Years Worth of Posts Here Select Month July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 (..)

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Hearpreneur

JULY 12, 2017

I started anthonyBarnum because I love public relations and the people who do it; because there really weren’t opportunities for me at other firms in Texas back in 2003 when the economy was still struggling; and, because I believed there was a better way to do PR. What does your business do? . That’s what drives anthonyBarnum.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 25, 2011

You should also add a series of routine systems and tools to all of your campaigns, calls to action and Web pages as striking the right balance of elements, colors, words, and images can send your conversion rates soaring with very time and money invested. Below are some tools to consider adding to your arsenal. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2011

Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi. 5 Steps to Successful Fac. Currently Facebook boasts somewhere in excess of 400 mi.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

I lost my husband Rob to depression in 2003, when he was just 42 years old. I knew I had to change the conversation. “I Thanks to Tomoko Omori, Go! 25-“’I understand’ were the most comforting words after my loss”. Photo Credit: Vonnie Woodrick.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Last week, we hosted a webcast conversation, Lean Startup for Growing Companies , with Eric Ries, Wyatt Jenkins of Shutterstock, and Ari Gesher of Palantir. Hiring, recruiting, and training (or perhaps fostering – the correct term to use was hard to settle on) played a big role in this conversation. But those are constantly changing.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Oracle real Application Clusters, Qualys QualysGuard, SAP Business Objects Broadcast Scheduler, SAP Business Objects Crystal Enterprise 8.5, SAP Business Objects Crystal Enterprise XI, SAP Business Objects Crystal Reports 8.5, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, Citrix Presentation Server 4.5, Oracle PeopleSoft 8.9, Oracle PeopleSoft 8.8,

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I didn’t start actively networking until I started my business in 2003. End the conversation with, “It was so nice to have spoken with you. Keep up the conversation. Talking with strangers sometimes leads to awkward pauses in the conversation. You can gracefully end the conversation without looking like a boor.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. It’s like open shared IM conversation with everyone. Since 2003, my thoughts have often manifested in a blog post. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder.

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