crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Competitive Differentiation that Matters – [link] 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Don’t Accidentally Bootstrap Yourself to Death | saastr – [link]. Single User Utility In A Social System (by Fred Wilson) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Buyer Beware: Generic Logo Design – [link]. Buyer Beware: Generic Logo Design – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Buyer Beware: Generic Logo Design – [link]. Buyer Beware: Generic Logo Design – [link]. How to Create a Great Startup Office Space on a Bootstrap Budget – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 19, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! More creative and fun ads in the Social Media and Marketing section below. Turning an Addiction into a Bootstrapped Startup – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 7, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Outstanding … 10 Things CEOs Need to Know About Design – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: iTeleport – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 7, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Outstanding … 10 Things CEOs Need to Know About Design – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: iTeleport – [link]. Competition is overrated – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Marketing: Website Design Best Practices and Tips – [link]. Small Business Marketing: Website Design Best Practices and Tips – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Differences Between Good Designers and Great Designers – [link]. An Amazing Round Up of Illustrations in Website Designs – [link]. 25+ Free Vector World Maps (.ai,eps

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 88

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: AnswerLab - [link]. Designing Style Guidelines For Brands And Websites – [link]. – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: AnswerLab - [link]. Designing Style Guidelines For Brands And Websites – [link]. What the F**k is social media now?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small business and startup issues: choosing the wrong software – [link]. Small business and startup issues: choosing the wrong software – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 100+ Truly Stunning Skateboard Designs - [link]. 10 Great Tips for Using Twitter as a Designer - [link]. 10 Great Tips for Using Twitter as a Designer - [link].

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VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

The social media giants are racing to introduce their own social audio experiences. It has however, a clever marketing launch to build traction: a new user can reserve a username (capture interest), but requires 10 followers (or some hustle) to get an invite code. Bootstrapped. The platforms. Open Source.

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Audio Software Review Open Source Social Network 139

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

No wait, I forgot, actually the question is: What happens when employee #2 makes off with your code and roadmap and marketing data and customer list, moves to Bolivia, and starts selling your stuff world-wide at one-tenth the price? But now she has the vision and ability to design her own software, capitalizing on modern trends (e.g.

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Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Bolivia 325

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

Here are some tips for bootstrapping your business. Maybe you’ll get better results from social media, review sites, or blogging. Don’t pay a website designer, when there’s so many good software options that can help you design your own site. Utilize the Cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS).

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Software Review Cloud Social Media Bootstrapping 187

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Great," I always exclaim, sharing the thrill of modern software development, "so how will people find out about this brilliant website?". We're going to get reviews on blogs.". Frightening honesty.

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Software Review Technical Review Viral Software Developers 261

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.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

Between this blog and reviewing applications to Capital Factory I see hundreds of pitches a year. That's what you sound like when you claim that getting a software patent will protect you from competition. Software patents are especially useless for small, bootstrapped startups. We're better at SEO and social media.

Intellectual Property 319

Intellectual Property Bootstrapping Software Review Open Source 319

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2017

Big data and cloud-based software have definitely helped level the playing field for businesses of all sizes. Site map indexing: Metadata won’t be able to read your site’s content nor rank it without a site map to index or a schema markup to review. Do you have an administrative assistant who likes to design infographics?

SEO 56

SEO Small Business Metadata Software Review 56

Up and Running

MAY 10, 2012

Sulaiman Sanni and his partner Ben Lamson were both working for Meltwater Group, a large, well known Software as a Service company, Su as a social media consultant and Ben as a sales manager. ” The competition did more than educate and put money in the bank for this otherwise bootstrapped startup.

Small Business 142

Small Business Advisory Board Employee Entrepreneur 142

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

At Dribbble, we stumbled into ours – we were just building a side project, but it was a site for designers, and Dan is a designer with lots of recognition and credibility. When I started Shapeways, complex software needed to be built and when I first reached out to developers, a lot of them laughed and told me it was impossible.

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Cofounder Founder Startup Bootstrapping 164

sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

RSS Feed 19 Nov 2010, Posted by admin in Featured , Nohat , 26 Comments SEO Advice for Bootstrapped Startups SEO can provide a hugely valuable source of traffic, if done right – especially for a bootstrapped startup where money is tight. [link] Home Archives Search Game Who Is Shark SEO?

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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. Industrial Design: Design matters. Hardware is different.

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Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Eric has talked often about recognizing a startup as an organization designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Now, “lean” is often used to refer to a company’s financial situation, so it might make you think of a bootstrapped or under-funded organization. Applications are due by May 9.

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Lean Technical Review Startup Software Review 165

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. LiveRoad : A Great IDE for design is very helpful. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. Eventbrite.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And that really helped us not fall into too many kind of pitfalls because like we kind of bootstrapped the organization, which means we self-funded it and with resources from a 13 year old and at the time I was 16. But I reached out to the CEO of Y M C A in Metro North region.

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Entrepreneur Massachusetts Distribution Networking 73

Hunter Walker

JUNE 10, 2016

We further leverage mailchimp (eblasts), wordpress (website), hootesuite (social media messaging), review sites such as Yelp! We use a service called Scene Squid to get our classes and events listed on local media event calendars. So, the right reservation + POS software solutions have been hard to find.

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Technical Review Equity SBA Software Review 50

Hunter Walker

JUNE 10, 2016

We further leverage mailchimp (eblasts), wordpress (website), hootesuite (social media messaging), review sites such as Yelp! We use a service called Scene Squid to get our classes and events listed on local media event calendars. So, the right reservation + POS software solutions have been hard to find.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Equity SBA Software Review 48

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The approach involves going to a source of (often public) data and finding out how many X’s there are in the world, where X is your target consumer…be it a barber shop, web design firm or male under the age of 34. Well, our application is for social media so anyone in the world can use it. 14,800, here we come!&#

Marketing 64

Marketing Software Review Matching Bootstrapping 64

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

There's a thriving geek culture in Paris, and no lack of software development expertise, thanks to superior universities that produce superior engineers. The startup scene is relatively young, however, which is partly due to some pretty fundamental cultural barriers. All those struggling, bootstrapping, Ramen-eating founders?

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France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space?&#. Presenter: Judith Nelson (Founder & Designer, Chouette). CEO of Obopay has raised $200M in funding. Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment.

CTO Hire 49

CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 49

Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5 Once I knew I definitely wanted to start a fashion boutique, I started talking about it to people and on social media platforms like Facebook, so people could hold me accountable. Thanks to Nick Chandi, SlickPie Accounting Software ! #8 Chairish was born!

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Entrepreneur South Africa PR Thailand 126

blog.traindom.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

This post will give you 36 places where you can submit your startup for reviews, mentions or at least some backlinks. Initially the list got pretty big, but I weeded out websites where you need to be way bigger to get mentioned ( Mashable , Techcrunch and the like) or that charge money for a review. Killer Startups 2. Springwise 3.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Startup Software Review PR 63

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

For example, “I have over 10 years of software experience in this space, how do you plan to have a strong barrier to entry in this crowded space?&#. Presenter: Judith Nelson (Founder & Designer, Chouette). CEO of Obopay has raised $200M in funding. Kenya is the most advanced for mobile payment.

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 40

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. Twitter about it or post it to a social media site? Cash is tight. It was a disaster.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60