crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Find a link to the full article, with suggested days, times, and other helpful facts, in the Small Business Section below. Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. What Makes People Happy?

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

Endeavor recognizes that although entrepreneurial activity already exists in Miami, it remains difficult for founders to reach scale. that cities such as San Francisco and New York have built. Thanks to Rikki Novetsky for help drafting this article. Contributed Articles Florida Presentations and Conferences'

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Winter Break week for my kid more time with her, and when she’s with her friends, more time with New Yorker magazines. Here are a few essays, articles, blog posts, etc that I’ve enjoyed recently. What Happens When TikTok Is Your Marketing Department [David Segal/New York Times] – Was it organic?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2015

While the standard is that ownership is determined based on each owner’s contribution to the LLC, the Articles of Organization or the company’s Operating Agreement can change this, so the amount any owner invests does not necessarily determine the member’s share in profits (or losses) of the company. For more, please visit www.mrllp.com.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. Decathlon Capital.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Regular expressions are used in SEO; without going too deep, you can check out this SEJ article about regex in SEO to understand what it means. We picked up this name because I, as the founder, consider myself a nerd. When we were searching for business ideas, my co-founder had an idea to use a Google translator.

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Up and Running

APRIL 28, 2020

For John Rood, the founder and President of Next Step Test Preparation, keeping more regimented work hours is key to staying on track. If the intersection between lighting and productivity interests you, be sure to read this article. Hubstaff co-founder Jared Brown has figured out a workaround that works for him and his family. “My

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

To draw titular inspiration from a New York Magazine article entitled Ellen Pao and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove (we’ll talk more about Pao later on), I entered into this topic less with the desire to try to “prove” a specific point, but rather to explore an issue that continues to rise to the top of conversation in the entrepreneurial space.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 2, 2018

Mehta elaborated on this in an article from the New York Times , where he said that extreme quiet could sharpen your focus, which prevents you from thinking in the abstract: This is why if you’re too focused on a problem and you’re not able to solve it…you leave it for some time and then come back to it, and you get the solution.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

As part of of our Founders Series , The Startup Magazine presents the following first person feature by Judah Parness, aka Skeeter Gumdrop, Co-Founder of Rent-A-Christmas, an entrepreneurial venture disrupting the way consumers decorate for Christmas. Find a winning idea.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Jack Tankersley, a long time mentor of mine, co-founder of Centennial Funds, and co-founder of Meritage Funds, wrote me a very long response. When we syndicated the purchase of the Buffalo, New York cable system, we literally called everybody we knew and raised an unprecedented $16 million, a breathtaking sum in 1980.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

Brant Barton, my co-founder, and I had left Coremetrics to start it together. Brant, as my skeptical co-founder (a trait that I really valued as his business partner), asked, “But what if this is a biased population?” The journey for Bazaarvoice was similar?—?it it was completely irrelevant at the beginning.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 7, 2010

for Harvard Business Review) Im excited to have just published the first of several articles on entrepreneurship for the Harvard Business Review online. Although much of it will sound familiar to readers of this blog, whats new is my first step towards the " new entrepreneurship " that is my goal for 2010. Without further ado.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 2, 2018

Mehta elaborated on this in an article from the New York Times , where he said that extreme quiet could sharpen your focus, which prevents you from thinking in the abstract: This is why if you’re too focused on a problem and you’re not able to solve it…you leave it for some time and then come back to it, and you get the solution.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Work from Anywhere: 9 Handy Portable.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 19, 2014

Not to mention, networking can help you land a job, earn a promotion, perhaps introduce you to your future co-founder and help you remain a valuable asset to your employer and industry. After publishing the article, a staff member from one of the brands I mentioned, Marc Eck?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 11, 2018

The New York Times had a critically acclaimed article on fake followers that focused attention on a well-known “dirty secret” of influencer marketing. There has been a lot of media coverage about influencers using unethical means to bolster their follower count to look more influential than they actually are.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

In the mid-1990s, a good friend of mine, Gene Kim (founder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails: A Business Novel ) and I were in graduate school together in the Computer Science program at the University of Arizona. I wrote an article for the IEEE Spectrum called The Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence is Open.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. Here' the article: [link] Seriously, thanks. 38 New Social Media Resources You May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" Great article youre now in my rss feeds :) October 2, 2008 4:37 AM kamilski81 said. While reading this article Ive been thinking about my role as "CTO". Hi Eric, Great article - Ive added you to my regular RSS reads. Great article!

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2015

I also spoke with Michael Hutchens , CEO & Cofounder of BPM Global , which helps organizations more efficiently build and maintain financial models. My recommendations in this article are focused on making sure that investors understand what you have created. I published a summary version of this article at Entrepreneur.com.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 11, 2018

The New York Times had a critically acclaimed article on fake followers that focused attention on a well-known “dirty secret” of influencer marketing. There has been a lot of media coverage about influencers using unethical means to bolster their follower count to look more influential than they actually are.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2020

In the past, large numbers of Philly’s top students flocked to California, New York, and Chicago after graduation. Compare that figure to New York City ($75-$84), Seattle ($40+), or Los Angeles ($39), and it’s clear why startups benefit from locating here. New York City and Baltimore are each 100 miles or less away.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

Andy Mathieson, a founder and managing member at Fairview Capital , was particularly supportive. Finally, after launch, 30 professional money managers, having read articles on the company, contacted kaChing out of the blue. They were interested in the tools and new distribution medium kaChing provided.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

All of the incentives described in the article focus on making it easy and highly desirable to launch your product: [He] claimed that launching projects is the natural state that Googles internal ecosystem tends towards, and its because they pump so much energy into pointing people in that direction. Focus on launching.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Instead, we do everything possible to validate the founders belief. Only after a major, public, and expensive failure would they try a new iteration. Most people cant sustain more than a few of these iterations, and the founders rarely get to be involved in the later tries. Very well written article.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Work from Anywhere: 9 Handy Portable.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Eric, Excellent article about an essential technique for startups. To help find the right keywords, Ive written an article on my blog Web Startup Help that details How to Do Keyword Research for startups. Ive linked to your article from mine. November 12, 2008 9:35 AM aiyipianni said. December 28, 2008 6:28 PM Anonymoussaid.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Family relationships influence founders and their startups. Daniella Yacobovsky , co-founder of online jewelry retailer BaubleBar , and Jane Moritz. a food entrepreneur who owns Challah Connection , an ecommerce site specializing in Jewish gift baskets, joined me in Sirius’ New York studio. I wanted to be there.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

female founders. founder friday. Lessons learned from female founders and women entrepreneurs. WHATS HOT: EVENTS NEWS LEARN CAREER VIDEOS ESPAÑOL. Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White on Building a Successful Startup » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder. Scoring Founder “Dates” On My Own.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

I was lucky to sign on as advisor and investor the founder of a very high-profile consumer Internet site who happens to also be a former engineer, who I will call Richard. The first thing I did was to find an advisor who I could trust.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2009

The core of the article is my first attempt to articulate the key metrics (in graph form) that I believe demonstrate customer value. You can read the article to find out why. You can read the article to find out why. Thank you for this excellent article. Thanks for the article. Retention cohort analysis.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Thats why I prefer to think of them as two co-equals: the problem team and the solution team. And Im thankful that Scrum/Agile doesnt address everything too. :) I think in my original article I mentioned how there is a wide (tho narrowing) gap between the world of product managers and the agile world.

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David Teten

JULY 8, 2016

What is the best way to create maximum workout options in a New York apartment? I spent a fair amount of time researching the best system for the workout room/playroom in our new apartment, which we designed around fitness. (“Playroom” really means “room for adults to work out in and occasionally let children into”.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 A new version of the Joel Test (draft) (This article is a draft - your comments are especially welcome as I think through these issues. I am an avid reader of Joel, and your article here is a great addition to his already brilliant check-list. Please leave feedback!)

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

ChicaneDesign Great article Brett! We have utilized most of these aspects at www.chicanedesign.com I would love to hear your feedback on anything else suggested Isaak bonaparte Good article. Nice Article. MapQuest Founder on the Past, Present. View More » Startups Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social N.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

It was actually my co-founder Will Harvey who taught me to present this data in the simple format weve discussed in this post. Thanks for writing this article. I saw you speak yesterday at the FB garage and it reminded me of this article. Labels: customer development , split-test 7comments: Editor said. Great post Eric!

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