crowdSPRING Blog
MAY 10, 2013
These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight: Red Poppy Floral Design – [link]. Steve Case on Risk-Taking, or Lack Thereof, in Business | NYT – [link].
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 1, 2020
In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. For these businesses, it is imperative to get funding from the start without which the company cannot be set up. It might be tempting to do so.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
New investors hate down rounds. Huge structural under-employment in much of the country and full employment in some niche tech markets where it’s impossible to hire developers, designers or sales professionals. So I’m not advocating panic or a need to rush your funding round. Get funded now, if you can.&#.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 7, 2012
The two founders invested $40k in the business, and plan to license it rather than manufacture it because manufacturing seems too hard. They won a design award at a trade show, but have no revenue and no orders. The company still had $2M in inventory on the books. The entrepreneur was clearly desperate.
Scalable Startup
JANUARY 27, 2011
If you’re venture funded, things get kind of ugly -unhappy board members, cut off from communications, down- rounds to keep you going, or no more funding. Those are all nice and should be designed impact revenues, but usually aren’t a real measurement (unless you’re Twitter). What about users? Press Mentions?
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