crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 6, 2015

2015 is here, and you’ve got plans for your business. To give you an idea of what other business owners are planning to do in 2015, we asked entrepreneurs to send us their resolutions. Here’s a compilation of business resolutions for 2015. In 2015…Simplify. In 2015…Grow. How did 2014 go for you?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2015

For its initial foray into the Southeast Asia technology space, the startup accelerator will kick off a search for ten technology startups across Southeast Asia to participate its inaugural six-month accelerator program which begins in August 2015. trillion,” says Annie Parker, co-founder at muru - D.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 20, 2023

He is co-founder of Monograph Capital, a life sciences venture firm in London and San Francisco, and was previously CEO of the Rhodes Trust in Oxford. Charles is the co-author of the bestselling book Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything and The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 28, 2014

It’s also been said that by 2015, 90% of all web video consumption will be by 18-34 year olds - a generation with tremendous online shopping power. A study by Wistia found the average play rate for “ business videos” hosted on their platform was roughly 30%. It’s not the technology. We’re really adamant.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 14, 2017

Up from 55% in 2015. The following podcasts have a diversity focus within technology. Austin Fire Show Host: Rao Mubariz (Moby) Hayat A podcast detailing the journeys of entrepreneurs, creatives, and kickass people in the fastest growing city in the US. that are led by women, POC, and LGBT founders. You’ll laugh.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Founded by Adrian Pica and Agata Kukwa , the founders poured their combined experience in the tech and communication fields into 150sec since they came on the seen in 2015, and helped the burgeoning tech scenes in cities such as Tallinn, Budapest, Warsaw, and Praguetech, reach a global audience. Adrian Pica Co-founder of 150sec.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Product management is very much the dream occupation of the liberal arts college student (such as I was) who aspires to an impactful career in business and technology rather than academia. A PM basically sits at the center of UX, technology and business. You may have heard the quote: ‘The PM is the CEO of their product.’

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Every time there is a big technology exit (usually via M&A), I attempt to quickly unpack key takeaways from the transaction. venture capital to date (more on this in a separate post), unfortunately relegating billion-dollar exits as “ho-hum” events to the technology crowd. 1/ Cash Is King: The $1.4B

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 4, 2016

While 3D printing technology had been around for 30 years, there were no desktop 3D printers. But this technology had not been brought to the desktop at a $2,000 price point. By the end of 2015, Formlabs shipped their Form 2 printer, which is a spectacular product. In the fall of 2012, Formlabs did a $2.95

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Rob Go

APRIL 13, 2015

I hosted a group of HBS students in a tour of startups in downtown Boston a couple weeks ago. We ended the trek chatting with Paul English, the co-founder of Kayak at his venture foundry Blade. It’s a reminder to me of something that my partner Dave often encourages us to focus on: technology leverage.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

21, 1991: Even Oprah Winfrey’s detractors should give her credit for forging a career now worth billions after starting out as a less-than-popular local morning talk show host from a traumatic background. Oprah Winfrey at Academy of Achievement , Feb. Beh Weng Wei at Tech65.org Jessica Jackley Flannery at Big Vision Podcast , Oct.

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2016

Once you do that, Tim Frie, co-founder of Norman & Page Real Estate says, “You have just as much opportunity as any other agent at any other firm. “I host a weekly real estate show that is published to YouTube and Facebook. The only real piece of technology that might not be common sense is a database.

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Austin Startup

MAY 24, 2017

We were named “Best Bossy Babes” of 2015 by The Austin Chronicle, Tribeza’s Top 10 to Watch in 2016 and we were selected by The White House to attend the United State of Women Summit in June 2016 for our work in Texas.” I went to the first meetup BossBabes ever held in 2015, at Friends and Neighbors in East Austin. They are killing it.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2016

Can you tell is why you started Akervall Technologies and a little about your business background? We proud ourselves of being a company on the cutting edge of technology. We also have a scientific team, consisting of three chemical engineers in addition to Jan, who is the founder and the inventor. Probably not.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 26, 2015

by Jake Gasaway, co-founder of Stitch Labs. Additionally, Millennials were raised and shaped by technology, and are the most “connected” generation, never far from a smart phone, laptop, or similar device. A few great suggestions include: Host a faux-Black Friday sale ( see Amazon’s #PrimeDay ).

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2015, Eddy Lu and Daishin Sugano launched GOAT , a marketplace for the exchange of sneakers. Without the proper technology to match people who wanted a ride with people who could provide that service, taxi and chauffeur companies were drastically underserving the potential market. Julie Wainwright founded The Real Real in 2011.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Leveraging technology and the online nature of GenZ soccer players, DashTag introduces the Dash Soccer League, a sport experience that doesn’t feel outdated. Answering questions on behalf of the Dashtag is Dirk van den Berg , the CMO and co-founder of this startup. He is pictured above on left (in blue shirt).

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

When co-founders Hannu Rajaniemi and Nikolai Eroshenko realized their work was applicable to a coronavirus vaccine, too, they changed direction immediately. And then co-founded Helix Nano Technologies, or HelixNano, which I am now the CEO of. HelixNano was founded to develop cancer vaccines.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Fullfunnel co-founder Andrei Zinkevich says, “ABM is not that complicated, and it’s also oversimplified.”. To do this, they worked with Fullfunnel.io , to host a virtual summit. We needed a way to co-create one cohesive message for our key accounts.” — Hillary Carpio, Director of ABM, Snowflake.

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Designmantic Blog

MARCH 6, 2018

Here are some of the most interesting facts about female founders as well as startups. She serves as the CMO of Post Planner and the host of the Brand Authority Podcast. Tamara’s name is synonymous with technology and marketing. In 2015, Facebook anointed her as the Small Business and Facebook Marketing expert.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

A photo posted by CEO Blog Nation : I am CEO (@ceoblognation) on Sep 16, 2015 at 10:40am PDT. #1 There was also an opportunity to use technology to build a much more efficient business – one that could pass savings from those efficiencies onto borrowers. 1 – Simple, Easy to Remember. Image Credit: Mark Essien.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Brunner (@heatherjbrunner) | Twitter Preston James Co-founder & CEO DivInc Preston is at the center of everything Diversity & Inclusion in Austin. An early Human Rights Campaign board member and longtime Austin LGBTQ leader, Eugene co-chaired President Obama’s & the DNC’s LGBTQ Leadership Council.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

It started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and Design. In the bayarea, TEDx Bay Area Women organized an event hosted at SAP in Palo Alto, California. Founder of JackCards.com. Since then its scope has become ever broader. In any case, the valley is small.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

It started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and Design. In the bayarea, TEDx Bay Area Women organized an event hosted at SAP in Palo Alto, California. Founder of JackCards.com. Since then its scope has become ever broader. In any case, the valley is small.

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