article thumbnail

Blood, sweat, and tears: How we got from 0 to 500K downloads on a budget

The Next Web

Since we had no money to afford a professional translation service, I took advantage of the fact that Israel is very much a country of immigrants and asked for help from my relatives from Brazil and Argentina to do our Portuguese and Spanish localizations (thank you Luciana and Jaco!). Next: A one-woman PR team. Own your story.

Brazil 158
article thumbnail

Startup Lessons Learned 2011 streaming live

Startup Lessons Learned

I have been getting emails and tweets all day from people upset that they cannot get into Startup Lessones Learned 2011 - either here in SF, where we're sold out, or in one of the more than 100 simulcast locations around the world, many of which are sold out, too.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I grew up in Minas Gerais, Brazil and my mother was a cleaner in my home town. The best part is when you’re abroad and responding to emails during the day there but in the middle of the night in the US. I was working full time for a company called Muttropolis and started consulting part time as Whitegate PR.

San Diego 112
article thumbnail

Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers

crowdSPRING Blog

Diogenes Herminio works for us as a Software Engineer, but does it from his home in Brazil. Amanda Werner is a freaking Valedictorian of her college class and helps out around here with marketing and PR. If you are fortunate enough to receive those cS discount offers in your email, it is becaue of Amanda’s hard work.

Bosnia 67
article thumbnail

Startup Tools

steveblank.com

Poplytics – online surveys and analytics AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys SurveyMonkey - granddaddy of on-line surveys Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions Collaboration Dropbox – store, sync, and, share files online.

article thumbnail

Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

Get in touch: Twitter Email Facebook Linkedin Additional resources Startup LessonsLearned, All Seasons : Every post from the blog, in one 600+ page PDF. Conference updates continue to pour in: Want to see more preview videos? Take a look at our new sneak-preview site , sponsored by KISSmetrics. Want to learn more about me?

article thumbnail

SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Best, Miguel Cavalcanti, from Brazil Reply Colin Rae , on September 22, 2010 at 2:20 pm Said: Steve, in many of your posts I’ve noticed you say certain things can not be delegated/outsourced (e.g Or by a VP of Marketing who talks “branding&# , SEO/SEM, PR agency, etc. demand creation strategy). Now In Print!

Sales 120