crowdSPRING Blog
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
We like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and various random stuff! We are so proud to be a part of the entrepreneurial and technology community in Chicago where we are based. Startup Equity and Stock Options: What’s It Worth to You?
Up and Running
APRIL 24, 2015
While this seems troubling for larger corporations who are looking to keep their payroll stocked with dedicated, lifelong employees, there exists a benefit for smaller, low-staffed companies who are looking to save money wherever they can. This is where the sharing economy (sometimes called “collaborative consumption”) comes in.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. But when it’s all over and they define the era of this mini run up in stock prices I suspect they’ll include 2011 in the “over valued&# category.
Up and Running
AUGUST 30, 2017
As someone who owns eight successful daycares in the Chicago area, I know the strategies and approaches that work when it comes to developing a sound business plan for a daycare center. All percentages of ownership, investor details, stock details, and so on should be listed.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 26, 2009
They take common stock, not preferred, a fact that the entrepreneurs mentioned to me many times. I remember thinking then how much better it was than Chicago, where I'd spent the previous 8 years. More recently it's skewed to software & web. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.
Reid Hoffman
MARCH 19, 2019
And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. On the other hand, web servers are not a blitzscalable market.
Austin Startup
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Pro Tip: Go to Chicago and request $1–5 from strangers on the Public tab. It probably doesn’t matter that you’re in Chicago, but I picked up a quick $20 from just being generally hilarious and unexpected. Goal: Make the message funny enough that the recipient willingly forks over real cash.
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