YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2020

Despite this total upheaval, some things will remain ever present, including our need for community as we cope with the anxiety, frustrations, and growing pains that come with change. A focus on community welfare versus individual success needs to be emphasized as we try to reopen and regroup. Let go of the 9 to 5 mentality.

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APRIL 21, 2010

3 Rules for Building Features in a Lean Startup – [link]. Book Review: Rework (a fresh perspective on business by @jasonfried & @dhh of @37signals ) – [link]. How To Name Your Company – [link]. An entrepreneur’s guide to crowdsourcing – [link]. What Makes A Great Product Leader? – [link].

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Lean Startup 101 for Developers – [link]. Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts – [link]. The VC Market: An Adaptive System – [link]. Strategy is Not a To Do List – [link]. Beware the Nile perch – [link]. Silicon Valley’s Disruption Deficit Disorder – [link]. Steve Jobs’s Strategy?

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups – [link]. Mike Samson, Co-Founder of @crowdSPRING on Community Building & NO!SPEC Employee Equity: Restricted Stock and RSUs on #mbamondays – [link]. Useful comparison of Amazon vs. Rackspace clouds & why Mixpanel is moving to EC2 – [link]. SPEC Campaign [link].

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Can User Experience Designers be Lean? Review of Popular Web Font Embedding Services – [link]. Understanding Visual Hierarchy in Web Design – [link]. Showcase: Funky And Experimental Websites – [link]. – [link]. UI Guidelines for mobile and tablet web app design – [link].

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MARCH 15, 2013

The chart above shows age distribution within major social networks and online communities. Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. But I believe that it creates an authentic relationship with your community. Back then it seemed foreign.

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MAY 3, 2012

Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! Ever see a golden retriever dance the Merengue?

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AUGUST 28, 2011

Many NFPs operate in ways that would not be considered ‘business-like,’ AND these organizations, like their small, for-profit cousins, can benefit by leveraging the ideas and tools that we often discuss in the Lean Marketing series. But one of the tenets os lean marketing is to define short-term and intermediate goals.

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JUNE 17, 2012

The advantage of a hosted blog on a site like Tumblr , or Posterous is that you can can have your blog up and running in minutes, leverage the built in communities those services offer, and allow you to focus solely on the content. Related posts: Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition. Photo: bby_.

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APRIL 7, 2011

Lean Marketing: Don’t Believe Your Own Press Releases – [link]. You need to be HUMAN, not amateur, when building communities. Well thought out points on building a web design community – [link]. How To Find Your First Customers And Grow Your Business – [link]. Product design at GitHub [link].

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Lean Marketing 101: Setting Goals – [link]. Traveling lean: tips for small businesses and entrepreneurs – [link]. Lean Marketing 101: Setting Goals – [link]. Traveling lean: tips for small businesses and entrepreneurs – [link].

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JANUARY 22, 2012

Determine project goals and strategy: One of the key tenets of a lean approach to management, is the definition stage; determining a project’s goal is the first and most important step in the process. Related posts: Crowdsourcing: a 7+7 Primer (Pt. Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition. Photo: Leo Reynolds.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Lean Marketing tips: business card as selling tool – [link]. Lean Marketing tips: business card as selling tool – [link]. Lean Marketing tips: business card as selling tool – [link]. How Small Businesses Are Using Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] – [link]. The Downside of Perfection – [link].

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MAY 4, 2011

Lean startups: Office space for the 21st Century (what to consider when leasing office space) – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Top 10 tips for email newsletters – [link].

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APRIL 29, 2012

Related posts: Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups. Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition. Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. Photo: Widjaya Ivan.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! 5 rules of small business advertising success – [link].

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition – [link]. Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition – [link]. Outstanding, candid post for entrepreneurs on a failed fundraising effort – by @randfish of @seomoz [link]. The Problem with Collecting Logos at Startups – [link]. That was my idea – [link].

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MAY 11, 2012

Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. More interesting ads in the Social Media and Marketing section below. Who’s Next? – [link].

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DECEMBER 22, 2010

5 Essential Web Apps for the Lean Small Business – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link].

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MARCH 16, 2011

Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Top 5 myths about the lean startup – [link]. Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. The image above has been altered using Adobe Photoshop. – [link]. – [link].

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JUNE 24, 2011

Lean Marketing 101: Giving good interview, or how to get a reporter to eat from your hand – [link]. Lean Marketing 101: Giving good interview, or how to get a reporter to eat from your hand – [link]. More funny commercials in the Random Fun section below. Website Traffic or Conversions: Which Is More Important?

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MARCH 30, 2011

Lean Marketing: Five Cheap Ways To Market Your Startup – [link]. Lean Marketing: Five Cheap Ways To Market Your Startup – [link]. You’ll find more photos of colorful towns and cities in the Random Fun section below. image credit: EpicV27. The Best 10 Solutions For Email Marketing – [link].

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. The image above shows the enormous size of the African continent. – [link].

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MARCH 30, 2012

Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. The video above is the world premiere, of Woflgang Amadeus Mozart’s old piano, of a new composition found in a notebook in an attic, believed to have been composed by 10-year-old Mozart.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Last week I wrote about some ways that not-for-profits could leverage the concepts of lean marketing. The non-profit benefits from increased promotion to a larger audience, and the small business can benefit from positive public relations, stronger audience engagement, and marketing opportunities that they might now otherwise have.

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JUNE 26, 2016

Members from the strategy team might have some insights that can help the Public Relations Team, while the PR Team might have share ideas to pitch to Creative. I go to places in the community to speak about mental health treatment services where most other treatment providers would hardly ever consider.

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JUNE 8, 2011

It’s not easy being lean – [link]. .&# -Jeff Bezos [link]. 6 great athlete-entrepreneurs and what they accomplished – [link]. The Harder I Work, The Luckier I Get – [link]. The Billion-Dollar Startup Club: Then and Now – [link]. You don’t know the basics. How to design a business – [link].

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

She had this crazy idea that someone who had actually worked on the site, might provide value and insight to the community that we couldn’t give ourselves. Well, Audree was right – from her first days as our Community Liaison, she has provided help, comfort, advice and expertise to both Creatives and Buyers on the site.

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MARCH 10, 2011

Lean UX: Getting Out Of The Deliverables Business – [link]. Understanding the Theory of Minimalism in Web Design – [link]. Footer Designs For Your Inspiration – [link]. 40+ Beautiful Android Application Interfaces and Icons – [link]. 80 Newest Free Fonts For Web Graphic Designers – [link].

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JANUARY 12, 2011

crowdSPRING’s latest small biz newsletter: lean marketing, social media, crowdsourcing & more – [link]. The image above is from an outstanding collection of black and white photographs taken by Vivian Maier, a street photographer whose work was discovered at an auction in Chicago. Wholesale Flowers – [link].

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Geben Communication - [link]. Hiring for Lean Startups: The First Few Hires – [link]. Here’s Why I Think You’re Fine – [link]. Fail Your Way to Success – [link]. Outsourcing, crowdsourcing and crowdSPRING – [link].

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Zynga Leans On Some Workers to Surrender Pre-IPO Shares – [link]. SaaS CEOs: Measure Customer Engagement – [link]. 26 Promising Social Media Stats for Small Businesses – [link]. How Little Brands Land Big Bang for Their Buck – [link]. Very shady, if true.

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MARCH 2, 2012

Kickstart Your Lean Startup With Effective Feedback – [link]. Why Tech Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries Struggle to Raise Funds – [link]. 3 things entrepreneurs need to know about patent law reform – [link]. Caterina Fake: Fast Growth for a New Social App Is a Very Bad Thing – [link].

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AUGUST 17, 2014

It’s pretty simple what this charity has done: they have leveraged their community to invite others to donate a small amount of money to the organization. Related posts: 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!). Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

We problem solved — using good ole fashion lean agile development process. Being an entrepreneur requires dynamism, fearlessness, and perseverance: three values that have guided my professional career since I began in the public relations industry over 35 years ago. Thanks to Samantha Flynn, Junipr Public Relations ! #18-

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! – [link]. Ten Crowdsourcing Trends for 2011 – [link]. Crowdsourcing Organizations Are Helping Small Businesses Grow – [link]. 10 random online resources for Entrepreneurs (2010 version) – [link].

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