crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

The Series A Crunch: One More Reason to Bootstrap and Skip Venture Capital | Enterprise Irregulars - [link]. Chicago’s Startup Community Grows Outside Of Groupon’s Shadow | Chicagoist - [link]. The Jeff Bezos School of Long-Term Thinking – [link]. 12 Must Watch TED Talks for Entrepreneurs – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Venture capital on pace for biggest year since dot-com era - [link]. The full story in the Other section below. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Juicy Bits – [link]. How I Quickly Test and Validate Startup Ideas - [link]. Some very useful info here – The China Startup Report - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Good data from @msuster on The State of Venture Capital and the Internet – [link]. Small business and startups: great reads from the business press – [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Coupon Cactus – [link]. 9 Metrics to Help You Make Wise Decisions about Your Start-Up – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The Chicago FireStarter Venture Capital Fund – [link]. The Perpetually Vexing Problem of Hiring Programmers – [link]. 5 Reasons The Windy City is a Great Place for Startups – [link]. How to build your startup without learning code – [link]. The Perpetually Vexing Problem of Hiring Programmers – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

What I learned from raising venture capital – [link]. The 5 Qualities of Remarkable Bosses – [link]. 8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses – [link]. Poor long term returns by VC funds, according to Kauffman Foundation – [link]. Better Agile Than Smart – [link]. So what exactly is a tech company?

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. Ashley Mayer: I was two years post-college and working at a public relations agency in San Francisco, a job and career path I stumbled onto when I was rejected by my top law school picks. Enter Box. They gave me a shot.

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VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

America’s Army pushed the first person shooter genre into the service of recruitment and public relations. Initially there was some skepticism about how effective cognitive training was, but nowadays, as more studies are published, it is gaining acceptance from the scientific community.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

These conferences are not only a great way to raise your startup’s profile, they also serve as valuable networking opportunities within the tech/VC community. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly. Enter into personal competitions.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

For the next decade ERA would continue to deliver a stream of special-purpose code breaking electronic systems and subsystems for the Navy cryptologic community. Finally, ERA’s penchant for extreme secrecy left them unschooled in the art of marketing, sales, and Public Relations.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

These conferences are not only a great way to raise your startup’s profile, they also serve as valuable networking opportunities within the tech/VC community. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly. Enter into personal competitions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. Coworking builds productive communities | GigaOM Pro – [link]. Business 2 Community – [link]. Why You Should Give Yourself Permission to Screw Up – [link]. 10 Ways to Measure Your Competition – [link].

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Marketing develops a complete marketing communications plan, provides Sales with a full complement of support material, and starts the public relations bandwagon rolling. The CEO looks at the product launch activities and the scale-up of the sales and marketing team, and yet again goes out, palm up, to the investor community. (In

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2010

How to Kill the Design Community – [link]. Venture-Capital Firms Caught in a Shakeout – [link]. Showcase of Textures in Print Design – [link]. 80 creative examples of logos featuring animals – [link]. Ultimate Photoshop Tutorials to Enhance Your Skills – [link]. Here’s why – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

Of course they then added Chris Dixon, Ben Evans and many other great public voices. I never asked Marc why he stopped blogging but I presume it is some combo of having started a venture capital firm (which you might guess takes a bit of time) and also allowing some air time for his then-less-well-known compadre.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

An Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital Financing – [link]. The Life of a Startup Founder’s Significant Other – [link]. Is Your Service Business Too Squishy? – [link]. The Role of Education in Entrepreneurship – [link]. 11 states committed to helping startups–real, valuable help (cash) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

Venture capital investing hits 10-year peak, sparking bubble talk – [link]. When has a consumer startup hit product/market fit? - [link]. How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy – [link]. The best definition of entrepreneurship, in 25 words – [link]. To Find Happiness, Forget About Passion – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2012

Nice write-up on Google’s venture capital investment company – [link]. – [link]. crowdSPRING”s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Invitation Consultants – [link]. Small Business and Startup Tips: Managing Remote Employees – [link]. 5 tech deals that need to happen – [link].

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 24, 2011

They'll usually speak for free if it means helping out their local developer community with best practices. You can do the same with tips on selling from your VP of Sales, or a bold statement on a blog post like "All sales will be virtual by 2015" in order to bring the community out of the woodwork. He said, "We don't want your resume.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 9, 2015

Things I’ve Learned from Doug Leone About Startups & Venture Capital | by @trengriffin - buff.ly/1wo39Hu. code + community crowdspring.co/1JWVVDD. The New Science of Building Great Teams | HBR – buff.ly/1AovjWH. 8 Things That Will Immediately Make Your Company More Sellable (Long Before You Sell) crowdspring.co/1489Syk.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Qualcomm Ventures is invested in a number of startups including Livescribe, Obopay , Arieso and Zeebo.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

But I’ve seen some recent comments that this post might have upset and offended the SMB community that we serve, and that I cannot abide. In fact, the open source community can learn a lot from Microsoft in terms of backward compatibility and tools for productivity. same thing goes for the majority of the Java community).NET

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2017

air events global is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover and book event work, anywhere in the world. We live in an era where everyone has the ability to positively impact communities, brands and individuals on a large scale. #5 – Fill a Gap in the Marketplace. 19 – Strong Demand.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“Because COVID is shaking our habits and beliefs it opens the door to discussion to whether we should change our whole system,” says veteran investor Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the man known as “the father of British venture capital” .

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