crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 18, 2012

Books, magazines, blogs, and The New York Times. I consider it to be the best newspaper in the world and it is my primary source for information on everything from politics, to world affairs, to economics, business, sports, and politics. Maybe an index page organized by category? And I read.

New York 72

New York Software Review Technical Review Design 72

Board Effect

AUGUST 23, 2019

According to Aon Insurance and Risk Management, out of over 50 categories of risk, reputational risk is the number one concern across the globe. To look at the reverse effects of reputation, Aon recommends that organizations look at the four Ps within their companies — products, policies, people and politics.

Reputation 40

Reputation Management Azure Government 40

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 2, 2014

My friend Russ Fradin is one of those people and my bet is that most of the folks who read my blog don’t know Russ. We have invented a category and are the clear leader in it. We don’t need to be friends, go to dinner, hangout or anything like that, you just have to work hard, be extremely competent and low politics / b t.

Entrepreneur 132

Entrepreneur Angel Investor Cofounder Founder 132

Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2020

Ensure your business completes every question in the listing for maximum exposure including: · Company/product photos (upload at least 3 photos) · Hours of operation · Business category · Business description · Services offered A survey from BrightLocal noted that 79% of people trust online reviews as much as a personal recommendation.

B2B 62

B2B SEO HTML Startup 62

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2018

Being told “no” was fine, but hearing that “no” after I had burned political capital teeing up references was humiliating. In young categories, a smart founder recognizes that investment in a competitor is usually a good thing for them. We remember the people who stuck their neck out and burned some political capital and did it fast.

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Founder Early Stage Software Review Deal Flow 75

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

What about appealing to a certain lifestyle category? For the reader of this blog that owns a young digitally-native brand, my guess is that retail isn’t an actionable part of the strategy yet and you’d be better served optimizing DTC for now. What is the typical return rate in your product category?

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. A FB ad targeted at one person (my wife) - Gabriel Weinberg , May 14, 2010 The other day I gave a presentation with Steve Welch on the use of social media in politics. You could just outspend.

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

People weighed secret information more heavily than public information when making recommendations about foreign political candidates.” That bond divides people into three categories: Insiders, Aspirants, and Outsiders. Most companies run drip campaigns for content: Regular blog posts, video series, etc., Experiment 2.

Customer 108

Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 108

www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

Strategies Data-Driven Marketing Marketing Automation Marketing to Latinos Conference Call Local Retail Sports & Entertainment Politics & Advocacy Automotive CPG Financial Services Healthcare & Pharma Agency Spotlight. More Categories. Actionable marketing tip: Build owned media in the form of a blog and video.

Social Media 86

Social Media Media B2C New York 86

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

People weighed secret information more heavily than public information when making recommendations about foreign political candidates.” That bond divides people into three categories: Insiders, Aspirants, and Outsiders. Most companies run drip campaigns for content: Regular blog posts, video series, etc., Experiment 2.

Customer 101

Customer Differentiation West Virginia Campaign 101

Steve Blank

AUGUST 24, 2009

If you’re a startup raising money or just want to see your name online, there’s not a better blog on the web. His wife, about my age, could have been a poster child for the stereotypical California hippie surfer, with politics that matched her style – antiwar, anti government, antiestablishment.

Silicon Valley 191

Silicon Valley PR Technical Review RSS 191

Board Effect

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

There are many outlets to experiment with: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, websites, microsites and more. Ask your designated web monitor to create a rubric that identifies responses that are negative, positive or neutral, or those that fall into specific categories. Don’t make the mistake of spreading yourself too thinly.

Reputation 45

Reputation Technical Review Management Social Media 45

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

So I think it’s for people that are trying to do a political movement together, it allows them to get on the same page and be organized so that they’re more powerful than they were individually. Let me direct you first of all to my blog. It’s a very soft, polite way of saying no. I think you know that.

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Silicon Valley Software Review Internet Technical Review 204

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 3, 2013

To make the collection a useful as possible, I chose 10 exciting startups for each of 9 categories – based on factors ranging from concept to design to traction (in my estimated order of importance). To round out the list, I added 10 more hot startups without regard to category. Category-Busting Startups.

Software Review 60

Software Review San Francisco Startup Technical Review 60

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

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LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia 75

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

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LLC 75

LLC Ruby Social Media Startup 75

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

But instead of spending the time to move these unprofitable customers politely to some other company, (hopefully a competitor) founders tend to want to do it immediately. If you’ve had taken the time to fire them politely with a bit more panache and patience, they’re likely to break less furniture as they leave. Order Here.

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Customer Silicon Valley RSS California 201

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Second, people who give the best answers to questions are featured as “experts&# on the Answers homepage and in each category of questions. Submissions once a day till Nov 26, 2010 per category Top 5 per category will advance to finalists round Good luck to everyone!

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

Have a blog and update it at least once a week. Negative SEO exists NOW… A good example would be a client of mine who employed several dubious (and cheap) SEO companies to backlink for him, they created blog posts and articles that where extremely spammy and backlinked the same anchor text in every article back to his website.

Algorithm 93

Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 23, 2011

One of the questions that I get asked the most from people who are starting blogging is, “How did you start to make money online?” Blogging about a topic that you care about is not enough. It does not matter whether it is sports, money, business, politics, or entertainment. My blog would not do this.

Reputation 79

Reputation Technical Review Software Review Finance 79

mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

How do you find that perfect Twitter handle or that ideal epithet for your blog, website or startup — one that’s snappy and memorable, and that you won’t hate by next year? Descriptive names, such as Stuff White People Like or Blogging Basics 101 , immediately convey information about what you do. How Do I Start? The downside?

Naming 94

Naming Technical Review Social Media Startup 94

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 24, 2010

This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups. The instructions are laced with stern, upper case warnings that if the invoice doesn't follow the proper format, lacks item category labels (found in document B), or is submitted during the wrong hours, it will be ignored. Do not mention why!).

Software Review 233

Software Review Technical Review Sales Software 233

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

There are also tons of tools for creating your own microsites, Facebook apps, social networks, blogs and more. Submissions once a day till Nov 26, 2010 per category Top 5 per category will advance to finalists round Good luck to everyone! Do a web search to find platform-specific tools. PM OK, agree.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It helps them audit existing content portfolios (blog posts, landing pages, etc.) Now try and create blog post ideas around both of the above. For example, if you offer an affordable solution in a notoriously expensive software category, you may be perceived as an entry-level platform for startups or small teams with smaller budgets.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

With eBay APIs, developers can display eBay listings, get bidder information for sold items, get the current list of eBay categories, leave feedback about users, and submit new items for sale. Blogging Lists. Politics Lists. World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Google Facebook. Trending Stories. Like Tweet. Back to top.

API 68

API Cloud Web Social Media 68

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

A huge mistake I see is that VC tells an entrepreneur no based on a set of reason that this VC felt weren’t right with the business (market size, traction to date, too many competitors, no big exits in the category or whatever easy excuses VCs have developed to politely say no) and the entrepreneur lets this get inside his or her head.

Revenue 236

Revenue Valuation Portfolio Restful 236

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

More Web Development Resources from Mashable: - 10 Intermediate and Advanced Tips from PHP Masters - 5 Website Designs That Blew Us Away - HOW TO: Make Your WordPress Blog More Like Tumblr - 10 Beginner Tips from PHP Masters - CSS Inventor Talks About the Web’s Visual Future [VIDEO] Image courtesy of Flickr, Michos C.

Developer 73

Developer Software Review PHP Social Media 73

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

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Web 111

Web Design Social Media Software Review 111

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

” The name is important for discoverability , whether in Google searches (10% to 50%+ of site traffic, depending on the category), the App Store (especially painful in iOS6) and other text-based discovery channels. Blogging Lists. Politics Lists. World Videos Featured: Facebook. Trending Stories. Think Again [VIDEO].

Naming 84

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

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Web 111

Web Design Social Media PHP 111

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The word blog came up: I had zero idea what it meant. For most of a year, I did little with the blog. Rather than explain how it began on a whim, I tell them that our namesake was a great American artist during an era of unparalleled technological, social and political disruption and change. Then I started to experiment.

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Naming Entrepreneur Social Media PR 105

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

I wrote a blog post related to this called Is it Time to Earn or to Learn? He had 2 kids and seemed to stay late for mostly political reasons (or maybe he enjoyed it more than he enjoyed being home?). I wish I were good in the email category. So in that context let me use it. His boss worked too much too. So was my boss.

France 295

France Spain Technical Review Hungary 295

mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

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Coder 60

Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

With that background, here are 30 tips to help you make the most of Gust: Subscribe to the Gust Blog , and go back and read the past posts. If you share your material with a VC and get a polite response that you are out of their range, you should double check the investor’s profile page.

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Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159