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Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013!

crowdSPRING Blog

Now is the time to review your 2013 budget, strategies, and tactics as you consider whether you did as well as you might of and how you should adjust your approach for next year. Count everything your business possesses, not just the products in your stockroom and on the shelves, but all assets physical, virtual, and human.

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Responses to Negative Data: Four Senior Leadership Archetypes.

Occam's Razor

Four Negative Data Leadership Archetypes. They bring up that one time in 2013 when your analysis missed an important assumption. Data pukes do nothing to make an organization intelligent, while providing the feeling of competence and productive output. I had an opportunity to spend time with him and his leadership team.

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Why Your Business’s Purpose Should Be More Than Making Money

Up and Running

In 2013, India became the first country in the world to require corporate social responsibility. Begin with leadership. So obsessing over revenue rather than investing in a happy and productive work culture is actually a false economy. Because today’s customers tend to show greater loyalty to companies that do good in society.

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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

Both Sides of the Table

I first met Andrew Stalbow , the founder & CEO of Seriously in August of 2013. On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). He hit me from two very trusted sources.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Period, full-stop. And everyone else at WP Engine would tell you the same thing. So to everyone at WP Engine, let me repeat the message from one year ago: Look what we did !

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Female Founder Interview: Debra Sunderland – Conscious Leadership Coaching

The Startup Magazine

Her background in Psychology, competitive cycling, and a challenging upbringing provided Debra a unique set of tools and insights that she uses to teach others to strengthen their leadership skills. Debra: It was my near-death experience that occurred in a competitive cycling race in 2013 that inspired me to start my coaching business.

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Twitter Link Roundup #205 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 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.).