crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Important Questions Startup Co-Founders Should Ask Each Other - [link]. Giving startups a kick start: Incubators dole out advice and capital - [link]. CrowdSourcing Repetitive Tasks: CrowdFlower Founder Lukas Biewald - [link]. Steve Jobs In His Own Words - [link]. Why Aren’t There More Female Entrepreneurs? (by

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

I once mentioned this idea to a fellow SoCal VC when I told him I wanted a CIC in LA and he said, “Co-location is dead. Uh, I guess he won’t be co-sponsoring a technology lab in LA with me then? And you can tell that the founders have thought greatly about creating the right kind of space for startup companies.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I advised Paul to find a scientist with enough credibility in this field, and invite him/her as a cofounder / Chief Scientist. I asked him to create a couple of success stories to validate the assumptions, and then do a very focused PR campaign in the blowing center industry. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

But in the end we selected David Lin , a superstar who did 4 years at the technology investment banking firm Montgomery & Co and 4 years as Director of Strategy at the comparison shopping site PriceGrabber where he dealt with many operational issues. Almost all of the finalists were MBAs (Stanford x2, Wharton, Harvard x2, MIT, UCLA).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. It’s a very cool vibe at Founder’s Coop. That’s natural.

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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 24, 2016

So I thought to myself how can I help other entrepreneurs through the same issues – I now have the experience, so I wanted to setup a type of incubator/Venture capital arm. It took a lot of creative meetings between my co-founder and I before we came up with meaningful names. Like a help centre. 4 – A Regatta Course.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Bokér/1 Next David Sarna with Hendon, Stamford Hill & Co. Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series. This is her core market. Now is not the time to expand.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Bokér/1 Next David Sarna with Hendon, Stamford Hill & Co. Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series. This is her core market. Now is not the time to expand.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 16, 2016

At SocialsFirm we connect followers with those who are worth following and use 50% of our profits to incubate social entrepreneurial ventures. A PR expert once told me the name is esoteric, but that kind of made me like the name even more, heh heh. We are not just a company, we are a social firm. 10 – Terrible Pun.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 28, 2011

This summer, in NYC alone, over 50 companies will be participating in various incubator programs. Frankly, I don't think a lot of first time entrepreneurs are really grasping how difficult it is to succeed, and the impact their companies will need to make to acheive success. It's fine to fail. Your time is incredibly valuable.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I’d like to add [link] as a community for founders. I sold to you & PR function back in the day (SuperMac) and others to the many companies dating back, but finally E.piphany ~ MediaMap (now is Cision). I am not associated with the company. Reply Dave Jafari , on April 10, 2011 at 10:11 am said: Great list Steve.

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