Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2023

We are a PR and digital marketing agency specializing in regulated markets, like cannabis and psychedelics. Although company names like Best Plumbers and Chicago Pizza might do well in the marketplace, they are not eligible for trademark protection since they are too generic or geographical in nature. 2- Conventional sounding name.

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2015

David Daneshgar, Gregg Weisstein, and Farbod Shoraka, the founders of BloomNation.com. But, of course, they need funding—and wouldn’t you know it, one of the founders is a world class poker player. So, from the consumer end, the founders believed they could do better. Creating a better experience for both florists and consumers.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 29, 2021

Both of our founders have struggled with mental health, and have found solace in counseling, journaling, and lots of self-reflection. When Clare DeNicola and I decided to start a full-service marketing and PR firm 10 years ago, we knew we didn't want to take the usual agency branding route: put our names on the door.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability) – [link]. “Empower Your Small Business”, crowdSPRING’s smallbiz newsletter: content marketing, lean biz, more – [link]. 8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 15, 2013

Lean Business: Lessons from A-Rod – [link]. Why Founders Fail: The Product CEO Paradox – [link]. Lean Business: Lessons from A-Rod – [link]. FindIt and the appetite for risk among Chicago investors (or lack thereof) | PandoDaily – [link]. Did Google just kill PR agencies?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Lean Marketing tips: business card as selling tool – [link]. Lean Marketing tips: business card as selling tool – [link]. Startups in Chicago check out this new Q&A site – Chicago Founders – [link]. Lean Marketing tips: business card as selling tool – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

The next couple of days are going to be amazing, as the Lean Startup community converges on San Francisco. As a reminder, the first 200 people to show up will get one of the very first copies of the Lean Startup Book , a pre-publication printed galley. Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, House of Mikko. Founder, BlueSpark.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 30, 2015

Ten Things We Believe — Founder Stories — Medium crowdspring.co/15gmGDl. From 0 to $1B – Slack’s Founder Shares Their Epic Launch Strategy – buff.ly/1Dlr4vQ. Lean Business: Unleashing the (task) Force | crowdSPRING Blog – crowdspring.co/1tdsoAs. Add More Personality to Your PR & Social Media crowdspring.co/1ydtRa6.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 10, 2015

Lean Marketing: Basic Metrics You Should be Watching. From Chicago’s 1871: Howard Tullman’s heavily caffeinated life crowdspring.co/1EAvVe5. Toms Founder: 3 Killer Advantages of Social Impact Businesses bit.ly/1DQjFZq. Catching Up with Basecamp Founder Jason Fried crowdspring.co/1xWv9mH. crowdspring.co/1CRS61O.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 22, 2012

Lean Marketing Tips: Blogging to Build Audience and Drive Traffic – [link]. Lessons Learned After Year One As a Startup Founder – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Blogging to Build Audience and Drive Traffic – [link]. One of the nation’s top venture capitalists talks Chicago – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2013

Empower Your Small Business: trust & loyalty, marketing insight, lean business – [link]. Warby Parker Co-Founder: Creating A Strong Brand Without Marketing | PSFK – [link]. VC funding in Chicago is down more than 40% – [link]. Small Business and Startups: Cultivate Trust and Nurture Loyalty – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. 5 Key Talents of Successful Startup Founders – [link]. What Every Start-up Should Know about PR – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. 4 Code-Free Steps to Launch Your Business Website – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Is Three Founders One Too Many? - [link]. Chicago magazine writes about the tech scene here at 1871 – [link]. lean Democrat – [link]. 10 Things I, As A Developer, Wished More Entrepreneurs Knew – [link]. Stealth mode” and other f’ing brilliant strategies – [link]. Literally – [link].

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Just as.NET is both a lock-in and very restricting, and Java violates both “lean cuisine class hierarchy” and “objects if necessary, but not necessarily objects”, the “we’ll just use XML” mantra deserves to die. That would have given you a trifecta. Federico Delgado. March 27, 2011 at 3:09 pm.

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