crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 21, 2013

2500+ Free Custom Photoshop Shapes | [link] – [link]. 13 Resources to Design for Bootstrap | Vandelay Design Blog – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Case Study – Fabule Custom Type Logo | Abduzeedo – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2010

Small business and startups: engage your customers the old(spice)-fashioned way – [link]. Small business and startups: engage your customers the old(spice)-fashioned way – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: AnswerLab - [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: YES+ [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2010

Small business and startups: engage your customers the old(spice)-fashioned way – [link]. Small business and startups: engage your customers the old(spice)-fashioned way – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: AnswerLab - [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: YES+ [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

What if your company is concerned that emerging customer pressure and local laws will make disposable razors difficult, if not impossible, to sell in the U.S. If so, will customers be interested in the new ideas and able to incorporate those products into their daily routines? in ten years? Now you may be facing several kinds of risk.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2018

It might be the products or the customers they deal with, or it could even be the fact that they are the ones in charge of it all. Innovation happens when you get your hands dirty, get to know your customers and work closely with your team members regardless of hierarchy. 9- Choosing my co-workers and customers.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Small business and startup issues: choosing the wrong software – [link]. crowdSPRING SmallBiz Newsletter: new 1099 rules, biz plans, building software products – [link]. Being bad to your customers is bad for business – [link]. Small business and startup issues: choosing the wrong software – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

7 Crucial Lessons from an Embarrassing Customer Service Trainwreck | Help Scout - [link]. Seth’s Blog: The cycle of customers who care - [link]. The Series A Crunch: One More Reason to Bootstrap and Skip Venture Capital | Enterprise Irregulars - [link]. Seth’s Blog: The cycle of customers who care - [link].

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The Next Web

MAY 2, 2013

Jim Belosic is the co-founder and CEO of Pancake Labs, a software company based in Reno, Nev. The company is best known for its flagship product, ShortStack , software that’s designed to help small business owners and designers create custom apps that harness the power of social media.

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The Next Web

MAY 1, 2013

Jim Belosic is the co-founder and CEO of Pancake Labs, a software company based in Reno, Nev. The company is best known for its flagship product, ShortStack , software that’s designed to help small business owners and designers create custom apps that harness the power of social media.

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blog.traindom.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Traindom Traindom Customer Login Sign Up Affiliates Support Information Marketing Conversations 36 places where you can submit your startup for some coverage October 4th, 2010 § 45 Photo used under Creative Commons from theparadigmshifter So you have a new startup company and want some coverage. Here are my lists.

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Make sure someone is thinking about overarching plans around PR, marketing and sales and spends time crafting the right messages, understanding audiences and figuring out distribution channels. Software Engineer—PHP—Energy Software for the Smart Grid @ Agentis Energy (Elmhurst, IL) Sr.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

I received the following question from a reader: I was wondering if you had any thoughts on cost of customer acquisition for freemium businesses. Our lifetime value of a customer is only around $1 when you factor in a high initial churn and all the free users. We are obviously hitting social media, PR, etc. My Thoughts.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 8, 2018

There’s usually not much money for expanding staffing before funding is secured, and many entrepreneurs are forced to wear different hats, dabbling in bookkeeping, customer service, copywriting, design—the list goes on. Or, maybe you’ve made some mistakes that cost your business customers or money. All you need to do is look!

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Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2017

A channel that didn’t point to specific returns didn’t garner enough priority to warrant paid customers. I thought it best to pivot the product in a direction that provided more tangible returns for customers. There was a huge market for sales and support tools that could bring more customers into the fold of these C2C marketplaces.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Listen to this episode if you want to hear about a founder who has a product and users and paying customers … and is trying to figure out how to take his company to the next level and grow faster. Jason: So how many of those 20,000 people are paying customers? Edwin: Okay, I have different types of customers. Jason: Okay.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Creating Customers for Life: 50 Resources on Loyalty, Churn, and Customer Retention | Help Scout – crowdspring.co/1lD094d. Helpful insight for bootstrapping entrepreneurs … how we built besnappy for 317000 – crowdspring.co/1o7tpX4. 15 Free Bootstrap Admin Themes – crowdspring.co/1jB1FYK.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5 My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. I was working full-time for Bread & Butter PR, but the balancing act of being a single mother and working full-time for someone else was too much.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

For example, Palo Alto Software focuses primarily on helping small businesses realize their dreams of starting a business. Many people reading this guide will already have an idea of what that is – perhaps a tutoring agency, or a restaurant, or a software company. How will your customers get there? Who will you serve?

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View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

That means avoiding a pitch to a software-centric publication about your biotech startup. Similarly, releasing your software or, worse still, putting out that Version 2.0 Although bootstrapping your startup is difficult, that in and of itself is not unique. And don’t pitch a Boston newspaper on your San Francisco startup.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

9 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Their Customers – crowdspring.co/1loBthB. 9 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Their Customers – crowdspring.co/1loBthB. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Thinking about buying some online ads?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

This is Sabrina Parsons, the CEO of Palo Alto Software. That is a mistake and I’m going to teach you how to get to the nitty-gritty of that, so that you make sure that the day you open your business you know who your target customer is. We’re so happy to have Melinda Emerson, the “SmallBizLady” with us today.

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K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

Computing and software came a few years later for me as access to computers wasn’t as easy or affordable. Software is awesome as it gives you instant gratification. It requires a higher level of discipline than software does. As Brad Feld eloquently puts it, most hardware these days is simply software wrapped in plastic.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

Competitive Differentiation that Matters – [link] 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. Repeat after me: business is always about the customer – [link]. Repeat after me: business is always about the customer – [link]. 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. Name dropping!

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

5 Ways to Create an Engaging Customer Experience – crowdspring.co/W6LVm2. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 40 Extensions And Plugins For Extending Bootstrap – crowdspring.co/1w2XjfG. What’s on the MENU?

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

How To Redesign Your Homepage: A Bootstrapped Process – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Dealing With Customer Resistance To Change – [link]. How To Redesign Your Homepage: A Bootstrapped Process – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

21 Reasons To Bootstrap Your Startup | ZoomShift – crowdspring.co/M5SXUd. How To Turn Your Online Visitors Into Customers Without Them Even Knowing – crowdspring.co/1fLcnYW. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Showcase of Useful Bootstrap Tools For Web Developers - crowdspring.co/1kY1Qey. Three tips for perfecting the mobile customer experience | Econsultancy - crowdspring.co/1gKY6ge. 1lNUUDJ - crowdspring.co/1lNUWLN.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

This applies to bootstrapped companies. I’ve seen first-hand how funded competition can crush a bootstrapping company. Your funded competitor hires a PR firm and appears in Inc. All of this combines to make vertical niches the best option, by far, for someone bootstrapping a company. #3: AdWords go from $.50

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 7, 2010

Over 100 Strategies for Providing Outstanding Customer Service – [link]. The Web Entrepreneur’s Customer Service Toolbox: 100 Hacks and Resources – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: iTeleport – [link]. 3 Keys To Increasing Customer Loyalty With Social Media – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 7, 2010

Over 100 Strategies for Providing Outstanding Customer Service – [link]. The Web Entrepreneur’s Customer Service Toolbox: 100 Hacks and Resources – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: iTeleport – [link]. 3 Keys To Increasing Customer Loyalty With Social Media – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Optimizing your Customer Acquisition Funnel – [link]. Why software startups decide to patent … or not – [link]. Optimizing your Customer Acquisition Funnel – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable & Proud: Github – [link]. Legal risks and dangers of $99 logo stores – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

Don’t Accidentally Bootstrap Yourself to Death | saastr – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Apple Falls to Four-Year Low in Online Customer Satisfaction Survey | AllThingsD – [link]. Design: What is the most elegant idea ever?

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Also if one has a portal that is massive in ideas such as Yahoo, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and YouTube combined like my own without third party back ends it cost a pretty penny to build a custom one if one did not know about clones etc. Thus engineers who have the know how would be an asset. All what you said is so true. How To Get There.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Bootstrapping Your Startup or Small Business - [link]. Why you should challenge your customers’ assumptions – [link]. Why you should challenge your customers’ assumptions – [link].

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. Nothing essential that I disagree with you in your post, but when read by other people with minimal software engineering experience, they can have too high expectations.

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