crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How to Create a Great Startup Office Space on a Bootstrap Budget – [link]. is “real&# media missing the point of social media? Making Sense of Color Codes – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Transformify

MAY 28, 2018

About us At Scopic Software, we have over 250 employees in over 30 countries all comfortably working from home/remotely. Preferred experience with: • Voxel modeling • Digital Signal Processing • Visual Studio • Network programming (e.g. sockets, TCP connection) • Shader programming • Unreal Engine.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

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. If your product is getting good reviews and people are willing to pay for it, you’ve got something.”. “Never take no for an answer. Don’t listen.

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Cofounder Founder Startup Bootstrapping 164

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some interesting companies and a lot of fundraising discussions, and I will review them shortly. Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap. Next Igor Protsenko presented Profitero , an enterprise software product for helping retailers with price comparison and optimization.

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Valuation Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Bootstrapping 119

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

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. You may have to pay the writer and photographer, and perhaps you’ll spend some money on training the writer to use blogging software and social media tools that help them build a following.

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Lean Technical Review Startup Software Review 165

Hunter Walker

JUNE 10, 2016

As media / communications professional my business chops were lacking. 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.

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Technical Review Equity SBA Software Review 50

Hunter Walker

JUNE 10, 2016

As media / communications professional my business chops were lacking. 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.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Equity SBA Software Review 48

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

During this week's roundtable, one of the questions that I answered was about the One Million by One Million program's plans around supporting social enterprises. Then Tarini Kinkar discussed a media concept for marketing green products and services to Indian consumers. Marketing Green Products and Services to Indian Consumers.

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India Green Silicon Valley Massachusetts 116

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

During this week's roundtable I addressed a commonly held critique of the 1M/1M program: that we're focusing on the basics and stating the obvious. Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114

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. But these barriers are showing some wear and tear. We have those too.

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France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

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. What will be covered in the full-day program? Cash is tight.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

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?&#. ObjectiveMarketer offers an integrated platform for businesses to create, execute and optimize powerful multi-channel social media marketing programs.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. I’m the CEO of Palo Alto Software. A lot of people have asked about the software. ” You’re reviewing this each month. This is Sabrina.

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Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

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?&#. ObjectiveMarketer offers an integrated platform for businesses to create, execute and optimize powerful multi-channel social media marketing programs.

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CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 40

venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

For example, you know that to avoid social media shitstorms you’re supposed to have stupendous customer service , so you claim as much on your website. In fact, any bootstrapped company should be aiming for slow, consistent growth rather than explosive growth. This story originally appeared on his blog.) This is not a bad thing.

Software Review 41

Software Review Startup Technical Review Mobile 41

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

This is Sabrina Parsons, the CEO of Palo Alto Software. As CEO of Quintessence Group, Melinda educates entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies on subjects including small business startup, business development, and social media marketing. We’re so happy to have Melinda Emerson, the “SmallBizLady” with us today.

Social Media 60

Social Media Small Business Software Review Technical Review 60

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Sounds like a great program, doesn't it? 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. Great episode.

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Entrepreneur Massachusetts Distribution Networking 73

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Under the Affordable Care Act, which now requires you to have qualified health insurance, many people buy coverage due to mandates or subsidies, so you have an opportunity to be really helpful to consumers. A program like that would likely be modeled after Medicare since that is already a form of national health insurance.

Technical Review 72

Technical Review Bootstrapping Cost Software Review 72

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

By focusing on branding even before construction had begun on the brewery, ColdFire has been building a local following through social media and building buzz for their grand opening. Will you only brew ales, or will you also make space for lagers, a barrel-aging program, and so on? I made the mistake of trusting word of mouth.

Oregon 60

Oregon Jordan SBA Cofounder 60

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Media & Marketing. Computer Software. Media Agencies. Management. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

At Smart Bear we were selling a code review tool, and if you paid $600 for Perforce, it was very hard for me to charge $600 hundred for an add-on to Perforce that did code review. I would work full-time making software all day, and at night I would go home and give ski instructions here in Michigan. Jason: Woo.

Widget 204

Widget Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 204

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

bfliris So it sounds like with Meebo (your claim to fame) you were passionate about the idea but had no programming skill, partnered with two people that had strong programming ability and did very little to assist them in creating a succesful application. [link] serrynaimo It’s exactly how it works! Partner up?

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

css-tricks.com

JANUARY 2, 2013

Code clean. Everyone is happier when the code we interact with is clean and consistant. Beyond the obvious advantages of keeping code in sync and tracking changes, it gives the whole team the ability to see what everyone else is working on by looking at commits. FAT Media Permalink to comment December 18, 2012.

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Web Software Review Technical Review Caching 96

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 Invoice Journal – Free invoicing program. Invoice Place – Online billing software that lets you track invoices, quotes, receipts and more.

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Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

It's a little capsule made out of proteins which contains a bit of genetic code, which is actually instructions for making also the bottle and for copying itself. So the virus then has delivered its code into your cells and is making more virus. They can make almost anything they have genetic code for.

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Founder Technical Review Leadership Software Review 60

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

In part one, How To Bootstrap Your Startup , we outlined the process of bootstrapping your company into existence. If you don’t know how to code in C# then it is probably easier and faster to use Dreamweaver , Frontpage or the freeware KompoZer. Secondly you need some software to create flow charts in.

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Web AJAX Software Review Development Team Review 40

Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2015

This isn’t some scientific experiment with predictable results, and it won’t be another self-help program that leaves you feeling passively inspired. What Daniel Coyle, the author of, The Talent Code, calls a “Deep practice,” I think of it as painful practice because it’s a little bit uncomfortable.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

When is our society going to start treating nurses with the respect they're due? I think we'd had, even actually apart from COVID, we'd had like three code events in our department that day. A code is when somebody is having a life threatening acute problem. So I think it was a shift when we had three code events.

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San Francisco Founder Community Software Review 68

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team?

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Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51

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. Media Temple. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. Code Igniter. VC & Startup Resources.

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