crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Marketing: Website Design Best Practices and Tips – [link]. Small Business Marketing: Website Design Best Practices and Tips – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

and tips for buyers looking for logo design. Today, we’ll cover web design marketing best practices and tips for small business. If you need help, you can leverage crowdSPRING’s community of more than 67,000 designers and writers for your custom web design. Keep the site design simple, fresh, and unique.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 27, 2010

and tips for buyers looking for logo design. Today, we’ll cover web design marketing best practices and tips for small business. If you need help, you can leverage crowdSPRING’s community of more than 67,000 designers and writers for your custom web design. Keep the site design simple, fresh, and unique.

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Small Business Web Design Marketing 122

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

We had two prospective clients this past week where their overall site design was good enough that they didn’t need a full redesign. You may have a great product or service and great design on your existing site, but you know you could be doing better. Good design isn’t. Good design is problem solving.”. –

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 21, 2020

I was born without a left hand, and because Open Bionics innovated on affordable and sophisticated 3D printed prosthetics, my life has improved drastically, in big ways and small, and most importantly, I will be able to take better care of my daughter who is due in November. All the high-end designers and liquor companies followed.

Entrepreneur 149

Entrepreneur St. Louis Technical Review Mobile 149

Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The Big Brand System blog is where marketing and design converge to make your business better. When Pamela Wilson isn’t busy as the Director of Special Projects at Copyblogger Media, she’s offering solid tips to improve your brand design and marketing strategy, often at the same time. Don’t miss her updates.

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Software Review Intellectual Property Montana Technical Review 168

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 31, 2011

His response was unintentionally evasive: My background is in SaaS so I designed it with that customer persona in mind. Here’s the most common one which I got just this week: I’ve read somewhere in your blog about how you had a very large organisation as the first customer for your software. I bought ads for $0.05/click

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Customer Software Review SEM Technical Review 279

Hearpreneur

JUNE 4, 2021

After doing some market research, I realized that there was a market for the handcrafted greeting cards that I make, and in September 2019, MsCraftprincess Designs was formed. Coone, MsCraftprincess Designs LLC ! #2- I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003. We like to say that we create paper hugs.

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Entrepreneur B2B Database Technical Review 135

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Maybe it was the slow loading time, the poor design, the frustrating lack of clarity – no matter the case, I’m sure you can relate. The third common strategy that many companies employ is to simply not do UX Research, leaving usability decisions to the judgment of designers and product managers. This is inevitable.

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Software Review Technical Review Video Naming 48

ConversionXL

APRIL 23, 2019

As per Wikipedia , it’s “the art and science of organizing and labeling data including websites, intranets, online communities, software, books and other mediums of information, to support usability.” Create customer personas and write user stories to design your site for real people. What is information architecture?

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Architecture Metadata Vertical Design 114

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

My Experience Back in 2002/2003 I spent hours writing a sales letter and emailing it to 15 local design firms, offering my services as an outsourced development staff (I coded in PHP,NET and Java at the time). I increased by rate nearly 30% in 3 months due to the amount of work coming my way. 3 Rob on 09.29.09

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Software Review Developer RSS Software Developers 53

www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

SAY Medias Alex Schleifer is the lead designer for ReadWriteWebs re-design (currently in process) and his quote above captures why mobile websites are enjoying a renaissance. After launching iOS and Android apps in January 2011, Technology Review ran into development, sales and other difficulties. © 2003-2012 ReadWriteWeb.

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HTML Technical Review Software Review Semantic 69

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

In fact, by using analytics software that relies on a different way of measuring risk, the San Diego firm is becoming known in some circles as “the Moneyball of venture capital,” according to David Coats, a co-founder and managing partner. Site produced by Andrew Koyfman with design from Rob Hunter. venture investments since 1987.

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San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 10, 2011

I did get a free month as an incentive to try the service out, but I also arranged a deal where my readers can get 2 for 1 for their first month by using the code ducttape. Just so we’re clear, I don’t receive anything for promoting this tool, I just think it’s the right one for this use.) 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Small Business Marketing Software Review Social Media 59

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. Second, the debt note requires a fixed due date (or “maturity date”) for repayment of the total amount borrowed, plus interest. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. → Learn More.

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Equity San Francisco Technical Review Angel Investor 87

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. Ravikant explains that this feature is designed to encourage more startups to raise funding from legitimate investors via AngelList. Hyperlinks and images must be manually coded using html mark-up. HTC One Review. → Learn More. We respect your anonymity.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006. However, it is far more unpredictable at the individual level.

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

That I’ve had a few “exits” and instead of hunkering down and writing code for 6 months I opted to talk to a few of my buddies at the yacht club and purchase a primed and growing social network for somewhere in the mid-seven figures. No inquiry as to why they never installed the code.

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Acquisition Software Review Fresno Algorithm 63

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

Ted Rheingold: In 2003 I owned and ran a web service business called OneMatchFire , and made a number of image sharing products for customers (or as side projects). I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself. Arin Fishkin did all the original graphic design. How did the site come about?

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder SMS 48

www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

Ive spent 20 years developing and managing software projects. But, over time, I noticed that the productivity losses that result from working too many extra hours start taking a bigger toll faster than most software managers realize. In terms of knowledge workers, a programmer produces more good code and fewer bugs when well-rested.

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Software Review Technical Review Widget Los Angeles 90

Up and Running

OCTOBER 20, 2014

You are defined by a line item in an accounting ledger, says Matthew Reischer, CEO of the website Lawyer Reviews, a site that welcomes feedback on lawyers across the country. “An That was the case for Felena Hanson, who founded Hera Hub, a co-working space designed around female entrepreneurs, after she was laid off. “I

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Maybe that involves a customer appreciation program to reach out to every existing customer personally at least 120 days before their contract comes due. Or maybe it involves creating and communicating a special pricing plan, designed to secure early renewals and lock in a longer renewal term.

Marketing 54

Marketing Social Media Software Review Small Business 54

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Copyright protects works such as image, writing, software code, photographs, poetry, movies, music, video games, videos, plays, paintings, sheet music, recorded music performances, novels, sculptures, photographs, choreography, and architectural designs. What does Copyright protect? What is a “Work-Made-For-Hire”?

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Marketing Software Review United States Email 48

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Copyright protects works such as image, writing, software code, photographs, poetry, movies, music, video games, videos, plays, paintings, sheet music, recorded music performances, novels, sculptures, photographs, choreography, and architectural designs. What does Copyright protect? What is a “Work-Made-For-Hire”?

Marketing 48

Marketing Software Review United States Email 48

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Copyright protects works such as image, writing, software code, photographs, poetry, movies, music, video games, videos, plays, paintings, sheet music, recorded music performances, novels, sculptures, photographs, choreography, and architectural designs. What does Copyright protect? What is a “Work-Made-For-Hire”?

Marketing 48

Marketing Software Review United States Email 48

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

They can call a meeting with all the stakeholders in the room and then just let them fight it out – this is design by committee and it rarely yields anything beyond mediocrity. Their code base had diverged and it was extremely slow and costly for Microsoft to be implementing Word separately for each platform: Windows, DOS and Mac.

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Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. It can be difficult -- without experience building software -- to make an informed choice which is most suitable. PHP is insecure? Ruby on Rails doesnt scale?

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Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 40

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

User experience design and research. Case study: Icon design. Back in 1998 when Times New Roman was still widely used on the web, my then boss made sure we always designed our web sites with Arial, as she hated the look of serif fonts on the web. Alex Poole. Site français. Skip to content. Deliverables. Applications.

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2013

The end goal of information architects is to come up with a structure / design that balances the users’ desires with the business’s needs. Your website should be designed for somebody, not everybody. Goals might be things like read a blog post, check account balance, book an appointment, download software, take a test and so on.

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Architecture Metadata Vertical Global 128

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Corner Piece Productions doesn’t have its own website currently, but here’s the site for West of Her, which picked up five Best Narrative Feature awards over our festival tour this summer, along with rave review from critics across the country, and is set for wide video on demand distribution this year. 11 – Lesson Learned.

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Naming Entrepreneur LLC Software Review 48

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

From Strategy to Development Whether you are out-sourcing or developing in-house there are two ways to build a system: Give your developers a rough idea of what to build and keep iterating the design as they build it; Give your developers detailed documentation of what to build. Secondly you need some software to create flow charts in.

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Web AJAX Software Review Development Team Review 40

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The problem is that many programmers have loads of talent with no product sense and business students have great designs with no way to implement them. Programmers feel exploited when they build out a product that is successful but are reluctant to admit they wouldn’t have been able to design the product themselves. Who knows.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

It was 2003 or right about then, and I was walking across the Green Street Mall in Brisbane, thinking that I was no longer interested in Magic the Gathering as a card game. I changed the design a few times. The person who owns this blog is Michael Pollack, and he was a web designer and small business fan. Deciding to Sell.

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Technical Review Software Review Prospectus Audience 76

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 23, 2016

My husband Bob became a home inspector in 2003, after a long career in IT. The working name during prototyping for our hiring software was Higher Stack. While the company was still in its infancy, another infant was also due. I started my internet marketing and web design business more than 16 years ago.

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Naming Ohio Entrepreneur LLC 48

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Chapter 4: Brand Identity Design: the Building Blocks of Your Brand Identity. Chapter 5: Designing Your Brand Identity. Put another way: a designer’s job isn’t to design a brand. Designers design the brand identity (explained in Chapter 5 ). Chapter 2: Creating Your Brand Strategy. style guide.

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Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

“Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. Zucker, a veteran news executive, will succeed Jim Walton, who has had the job since 2003. The networking company will close the deal early next year with Cariden Bay, which specializes in software for planning, designing and engineering computer networks.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93