crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

I’m rarely surprised when a young entrepreneur or small business owner hasn’t fully identified how their new business will make money. But I’m always surprised when that entrepreneur or small business owner has a tough time describing the potential customers for their new business’s products and services.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 11, 2024

[10:56] Explain the parallels between business and medical symptoms as you highlighted in your book [12:51] Talk about making time your friend and how this is a challenge a lot of small businesses face [15:17] How does one get to the point where they can comfortably work less and achieve more? [17:28] This is John Chance.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Small Business. SMALL BUSINESS. more in Small Business. Harvard professor Noam Wasserman and WSJ small-business editor Vanessa OConnell took reader questions about avoiding start-up pitfalls on Sept. Small Business » Subscriber Content Read Preview. Loading… Careers.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2015

” These were by far the worst interviews of my life and it was so bad … that some guy leaned across the desk and said, “I’ve got an idea for you. Miriam Altman got her career start through Teach for America teaching in the New York City public schools. ” If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 16, 2013

This week’s Small Business Spotlight has an answer to that and is headed up by a crowdSPRING community mainstay– Spencer Brown! I buy post-consumer and industrial trash from landfills, recycling centers, and industries across America. 3 Dealerships and new markets in America. It’s also expensive. We find out.”

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Labs. Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. Welcome to Small Business Labs. Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Emergent Research.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

The first is expanding the business by entering new geographies. Most of the work we do is completed over the phone or by email. Based upon the results of recent trips to key cities in the US and overseas, our data shows that business travel is critical to our continued growth and industry leadership. Photo Credit: Lana Elie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And then I did a brief stint at AutoNation, America's largest automotive retailer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. And we launched Message From America with Sony, where you could come in and tape a DVD and send it to your soldier or sailor or marine that was being deployed. Stanley McChrystal's Team of Teams. (29:34) Carl Liebert : Yeah.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Exclusive to new customers—upgrade and grow your business with ActiveCampaign today! Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John (00:00): Welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. So now when I'm building startups, I'm really shrewd and very lean and I can build things very quickly and I'm very resourceful. (12:46):

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Beyond just those who will be hearing about the lean startup for the first time, Im expecting to shake a lot of hands and have a lot of interesting side conversations. Its impossible to resist the urge to plug Virgin America as much as possible. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

I want to be able to backpack through Central America for 3 months when I feel like it. You choose the date when you want to receive it, enter your email and it’s done. It’s kind of cute and it really is fun to receive emails from the past. It was entirely internet based, over email and Skype. Give it a try.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

We use email; we use Word; we use task manager; we use a file sharing tool. Edwin: Small to medium, so I have people that have teams of five people in their company, 20 people in their company up to 200. Jason: For example, like in America, small business is up to 150. Jason: Okay. I’m just clarifying.

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Up and Running

JULY 26, 2017

Learn more about validating your business idea and product concept here. The MVP concept, popularized by Eric Rice of Lean Startup , assumes that before going all in and pouring significant sums into product development, you test the grounds with a “beta” version of your product. developers’ rates of $100-$200 per hour.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Thanks to Alexandra Caffery, Fresh n’ Lean ! #8- Running a small business can feel overwhelming at times, but one of my favorite ways to stay motivated is to turn that anxious energy into something productive. I stay motivated by reminding myself that I don’t want to go back to Corporate America. 8- Talk to people alot.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Nudge, hosted by Phil Agnew. It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. (04:26): Like this show? So yeah, it's done really well.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

First and foremost, I lean on my crackerjack staff to help me get through the day to day and keep everything we do optimized and efficient. A question came up asking how often we should place ads, send emails, communicate with our customers, etc. This means you’re going to have to follow up, remind, advertise, email, etc.,

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

Lean methodologies have changed the way science is commercialized in the U.S. government has embraced Lean methodologies to reinvigorate its innovation efforts was the focus of the latest episode of my SiriusXM radio show, Entrepreneurs are Everywhere. America is full of entrepreneurs, inventor and dreamers. How the U.S.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

1:44) We discuss running the Mavs, a completely shuttered organization that can't pivot the way a small business could, and what the team is doing to connect with fans (3:28) Mark's work and family life during the pandemic. ( Mark and I have been on many related email threads in this covid crisis trying to work on relief efforts.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

government is discovering that Lean innovation can help them serve the country better and faster. The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. Small Business Administration. Javier Saade.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2015

Recently, Palo Alto Software CEO Sabrina Parsons hosted a webinar for our Bcast members on how to use LivePlan to create a better business plan, pitch your idea to investors, and track your business. As a successful small business owner, Sabrina wanted to show off how LivePlan’s many features can help boost your business.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Navigating the transition between a salaried employee and running your own consulting business can be tricky. People often ask: How do I get clients for my consulting business? Can I start a consulting business while working full time? How do I become a small business consultant? We just emailed the guide to you.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 27, 2020

People get hundreds of emails a day, and our video emails get on average a 90% open and response rate. We have to lean in on what makes an organization and value proposition unique, and then share this widely. There is no win in doing what everyone else is doing, especially if it does not serve our business or your customers.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Corporate America could learn from this. We’d love to see these given the number of businesses you see and ultimately invest in. I was about to become the first person in America to sell condom key chains. Sent you an email as well. Post-Mortem Title : Why Wesabe Lost to Mint. Company : Wesabe. Cancel reply [.].

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Act in 1958 guaranteed that for every dollar a bank or financial institution invested in a new company, the U.S. Having the first earth satellite launched by a country that been portrayed as a third-world backwater with a bellicose foreign policy shocked the U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 26, 2017

68% of potential startup founders worry about funding their business ideas. Crowdfunding, one of the fastest growing funding resources for small businesses in America, may be worth your consideration. Updates should also be shared by email and social media. If so, you’re not alone.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Share your point of view on Twitter, or email us to let us know! Send us an email: Bcast@Bplans.com. For a lot of small businesses, they start to think they’re making some sales, they’ve got a product. Jonathan: I’ve got a story about how to infuse your personality into the business.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2009

However, the mistake would be to confuse the interest in consumer facing companies with mass interest in the rest of corporate America. It may happen, but its not there yet. (As As a test search twitter for tweets about non-consumer companies on the Fortune 500.) Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

As someone who grew up using and ultimately becoming frustrated with the limitations of Microsoft tools, and grew up submitting and hating small-business expense reports, I hope I can convince you that we’re fighting for the same goals. For that, I’m truly sorry. Even if our tools and techniques might differ wildly.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Their email marketing programs are, literally, leaving money and customer love on the table. The Google Small Business page on Facebook is an example of a B2B strategy. billion monthly active users on Facebook, the theory is that it is a good way to get to the 28 million small businesses in America ( more impressive SB facts ).

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