crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Chicago, IL.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2020

by Bruce Hodes, CEO of CMI Teamwork Chicago and author of “ Front Line Heroes “ This is about a cover up — get it — planning with a mask…. What thinking do you and your leadership team have about 2021? Your leadership team needs to explore and generate possible futures that can emerge. had to say that.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 22, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Fundamental Challenge of Your Startup’s First Hire: Leading and Learning at the Same Time – [link]. Useful Tutorials for Web Designers and Developers – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why I Sold My Startup Instead Of Taking VC Money | Built In Chicago - [link]. Chicago’s Startup Community Grows Outside Of Groupon’s Shadow | Chicagoist - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Hire People Who Make Things Happen – crowdspring.co/1fMczta. Something new for the Chicago tech community – crowdspring.co/1bXLS29. – crowdspring.co/169pEqs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. Connections?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! This Invaluable Lesson Will Keep You From Making Catastrophic Hiring Mistakes - crowdspring.co/XeV4JS. Hiring startup engineers? The video above is from Megan MacKay.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Startup Mantra: Hire Fast, Fire Fast – [link]. Study shows Chicago lacks strong tech investor base – [link]. Thinking about selling your small business or startup?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. It’s an incredibly innovative city.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2014

The key is to hire and promote leaders who truly do live the values your company espouses. Consider the following quote from its vice chairman, excerpted from “ The Soft Edge “: “I believe in leadership rather than management,” Tom Mendoza of NetApp explained. Unpredictability destroys trust. Make it safe to speak up.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Perpetually Vexing Problem of Hiring Programmers – [link]. The Chicago FireStarter Venture Capital Fund – [link]. 33 Wonderful Designs of Hand Logo – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 5 things that suck (about hiring new employees) and 10 things companies can do about it – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Stop whining and start hiring remote workers – [link]. CEC’s Startup Forecast – “Never been a better time to start a company in Chicago” – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! An AMAZING amount of funding activity in Chicago – [link]. Interesting thoughts from Wieden+Kennedy: Why We’re Not Hiring Creative Technologists – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2014

The key is to hire and promote leaders who truly do live the values your company espouses. Consider the following quote from its president, excerpted from The Soft Edge : “I believe in leadership rather than management,” Tom Mendoza of NetApp explained. Most of us want to be known as creative, outside-the-box thinkers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Don’t Hire the Perfect Candidate | Lance Haun-Harvard Business Review – [link]. 5 Design Tips Every Developer Should Know | Treehouse Blog – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Leadership Rule No. Why I No Longer Advise Startups to Hire M.B.A.s | The Accelerators-WSJ – [link]. Chicago-based BrightTag ranked #4! ” – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why Humility is Essential for Every New Startup Hire – [link]. Good (short) video interview with Kevin Willer about the value 1871 Chicago offers entrepreneurs – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Business Development for Early Stage Startups – [link]. How to hire a programmer when you’re not a programmer – [link]. 1 – [link]. Does it Matter?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. It’s an incredibly innovative city.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. They’ve developed over 50 partnerships, and are now launching a series of Connection Programs to introduce start-ups to some of America’s largest companies. The real goal is growth; no one else hires. •

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why Chicago is the Best Place to Start a Digital Startup - [link]. desperation for software talent has moved even small and midsize tech companies to make acqui-hires.” – [link].

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

More than half of LGBTQ Americans surveyed in 2020 said they hid a personal relationship to avoid discrimination, according to a report by the Center for American Progress and NORC at the University of Chicago. An excellent place to start is with your hiring and recruitment practices.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Recruiting and Hiring Employees > How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up At a start-up, you need employees that are in it for the long haul and fit your unique culture. People would only get paid if the candidates got hired.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 19, 2014

Here are five of the most glaring aspects of operating a business that leadership loses sight of: 1. The competition can tell leadership a great deal about how operations should be run. This is where the hiring process takes on vast importance. Much of what makes a company successful stems from hiring the right people.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We brought in business, so we needed to hire quickly, and we brought in some people who were excellent, and actually some who were amazing, and then some who weren't so good. But I think finding, developing and retaining great people is the hardest part of every business. We needed to bring in revenue as quickly as possible.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

There was one in Silicon Valley, unsurprising, one in Chicago, and there was this group out of the south of France that served all of Europe. ” And just – you develop a pattern over time that no matter how many times I try to say no to you, I can’t. Should I hire or not hire this person?

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2017

We see a larger percentage of women using the services of ConVerge (The Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at North Central College) in the Chicago suburb Naperville and increasingly some in non-traditional fields including construction, warehousing, manufacturing healthcare and technology. Race/Ethnicity. # Avg # of Employees.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Here’s what was exceptional about Larry: Potent Leadership Skill. A corollary to Larry’s leadership style was that, at least in my day, he did it with great humor, lots of off-the-cuff funny stuff. It took a long time for our market to develop, so Oracle wasn’t exactly a growth explosion in the early days. This was cool!

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

This past year I asked Don Faul to come and speak about Leadership and what he has learned in his career as a Special Forces marine, and senior executive at Google, Facebook, Pinterest and Athos. The following seeks to capture the essence of his conversation with this year’s Fellows: What is Leadership? Becoming a Great Leader.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Nonprofits need strong leadership and that comes with a price. Nonprofit boards need to find ways to offer competitive executive salaries because effective leadership is necessary to reach their goals and serve their communities. Leadership for large nonprofits isn’t very much different from leading corporations.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Bound by her commitment to give back and to help the environment, Claudia later took a leadership position in EALgreen, scaling the sustainability programs across the United States and, not only helping over 21,000 students with EALgreen-based scholarships, but also diverting over 100,000 tons of potential waste out of landfills.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

doing postdoctoral internships, supervised by faculty members or hired staff (many from Fred Terman’s WWII Electronic Warfare lab.) Many of the other staff in the applied program were full-time employees hired to work solely on these military programs. Stanford had a Customer Development loop going on inside their own lab.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 17, 2021

give my all to make a lasting impact in this leadership role. Thanks to Jeff Mains, Champion Leadership Group ! #2- Most people think when they are contemplating divorce, they need to hire an attorney. A business is like a living organism that needs growth and development to keep thriving. Photo Credit: Whitney Fields.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

It is incumbent on management to create and sustain an environment that leads to hiring, encourages quality work, rewards effort and accomplishment, treats workers fairly, pays an equitable wage, provides for basic welfare, respects families, supplies adequate work flexibility, and, importantly, celebrates the work itself. Thanks, John!

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

In fact, hiring is only done when it’s out of necessity. And with additional talent comes leadership and a management team, which direct the activities of an array of people contributing. And with additional talent comes leadership and a management team, which direct the activities of an array of people contributing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

At crowdSPRING, we don’t hire people for any position unless we believe they are comfortable and capable to make decisions on their own. In fact, some startups fail because their leadership team has fancy titles but few leadership skills. If you make a hiring mistake, fix it quickly. Pay attention to your health.

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