crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 23, 2018

Staying real, and separating fact from fiction can help entrepreneurs navigate the challenges of starting a new business while staying grounded. A challenge that some entrepreneurs don’t consider is that innovative, never-before-seen products and services often stand alone. It’s already difficult to get a new business off the ground.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn. Incubators, on the other hand, are focused on building the entrepreneurship foundation of first-time entrepreneurs. million of them in their database.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 4, 2016

I need to admit to a personal bias right up front: I am not the biggest fan of borrowing seed money. In fact, when I founded Fit Body Boot Camp , I never took a single of cent of seed money, mainly because I wanted to maintain total control of my vision. DO Raise Seed Money Through Sales.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

There is a common complaint heard from local entrepreneurs that AV doesn’t invest in early stage companies anymore.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

The reality today is that capital is more available than ever and entrepreneurs have become more sophisticated, so founders are looking for more than just cash from their venture backers. You've seen how venture capital works from both sides--as an entrepreneur and a venture capitalist.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 24, 2013

So we have problem-solving, planning and management, strategic thinking, relationship management, accountability, communication skills, self-confidence. Here are a few business ideas for young entrepreneurs. #1 Who is better suited to do both than a young entrepreneur? 20 Use the Allowance as Seed Money.

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Rob Go

MARCH 20, 2013

on a regular series of posts where we would collect a bunch of questions from the local tech community and respond to a few that I think are relevant to a reasonably broad group of readers. Is it possible to take seed money and not go for the Series A, etc, and just earn revenue? The third is some sort of dividend structure.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. What to avoid Fortunately for entrepreneurs, there are only a few technology language choices that are likely to be fundamentally "wrong". framework was built.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

It is the first in a series of posts he’s writing about the decisions a young entrepreneur needs to make when she/he is first starting a business. One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. Unless that person is … you?

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2012

One problem many entrepreneurs and small business owners run into is that they are simply thinking too small. If you are looking only at one community or small geographic region then you may well doom your product or service to failure. I often have readers writing to me asking for help getting their business ideas off the ground.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

I'm sure an entrepreneur would like to think that they came a lot closer than they did, but I think the reality is that if you're already into down rounds within the first year of your companies existance, your future is probably pretty bleak and the VCs seed money is probably best spent elsewhere.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 14, 2010

Laura, known as @pistachio, is a great entrepreneur and her story is an amazing one. As the single mother of two kids, Laura loves to refer herself as "the Accidental Entrepreneur" and a Cinderella story. Will oneforty become a major on ramp for Twitter and the evolve into a community-defining marketplace? It should be fun.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Essentially, we got here by entrepreneurs having too much of a good thing. The number of seed and angel investors has exploded in recent years, buoyed up by a number of factors. At each turn, these market changes were heralded as wonderful developments for entrepreneurs. A name like 500 Startups says it all.

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