crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account , I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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The Next Web

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. He is currently CEO of Bubbly, a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60 million in funding. . This is the first of a four-part series that will provide insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia.

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Business Plan Blog

AUGUST 22, 2013

'What is a Request for Proposal (RFP). If you decide to outsource your website/mobile development to a third-party service provider you will want to put together a good RFP with your CTO before approaching potential vendors. An RFP is a document that provides the information that a developer would need in order to provide you with a proposal for the cost, timeline and details of your development project.

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deal architect

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Ever since I researched these topics for The New Technology Elite, I have continued to marvel how complex technology supply chains have become: a) The need to demand forecast and plan for launch of several million units or just a.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Most of the young entrepreneurs I know are classic proof of the old adage that people tend to overestimate what they can do in a short period, and underestimate what they can do over a long period. They become frustrated when they are unable to build their startup in a weekend, and give up way too soon when the path to real success seems to be interminable.

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Entrepreneur Early Stage Startup Management 250

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 22, 2013

'For founders trying to look for the right location to base their startup, the choice may not be as obvious as it seems. While Silicon Valley may seem to be the most obvious place, it may not be the one most suited to your needs. Sure, Silicon Valley – the world’s largest entrepreneur and startup ecosystem – boasts the most number of mentors as well as being a strong wellspring of early stage funding, it’s also one fraught with the most risk.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Productivity and notetaking software maker Evernote has been growing from strength to strength since it launched into public beta in 2008, and to date has grown to some 66 million users worldwide. In Southeast Asia that number sits at a modest 2 million; Singapore alone comprises over 400,000 of that number, which is a massive takeup rate for a country with a population of just over 5 million. “The outlier in Southeast Asia – and the rest of the world – sits right here, in Sin

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Up and Running

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Building a brand that’s authentic, consistent, and rooted in a distinct personality separates you from the competition and allows your customers to connect with you on a more meaningful level. Building a brand can feel daunting. In fact many small businesses feel like it’s something that only the “big guys” can afford. But branding is something that every company can do if you follow a few basic rules.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Editors Note: This is syndicated guest post by Walter Chen , co-founder of iDoneThis, an easy way for your team to sync up on its daily progress. Today, the competition for top tech talent is as fierce as it’s ever been, and without a high-performing team, it’s tough to survive. It makes sense that such intense competitive pressure drives startup founders to pitch their company to prospective hires in ever more grandiose terms, exaggerate how well their company is “crushing it,” and make their

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 22, 2013

'It’s South by Southwest PanelPicker time. That’s the second phase in choosing the lineup of proposed talks at SXSW 2014. The event’s organizers first ask people to submit ideas, then others vote on the best ones and finally the SXSW folks select the lineup. I’ve learned that some people don’t enjoy hearing all of the […] The post Austin Startups Propose SXSW Panels for 2014 appeared first on SiliconHills.

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 22, 2013

'We have been thinking a lot recently about our sector focus recently and the are coming to the conclusion that there is a huge opportunity for us to lead the next revolution in ecommerce. Currently 5-10% of sales happen online, depending on which country you live in, up from around 0$ at the turn of the century. It’s a safe bet that the percentage will continue to grow fast, and part of that will come from increased growth in existing businesses and models, but a good chunk will come from

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eCommerce Sales Internet Software 109

SiliconHills

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Joseph Van and Tony Le founded TeacherGraph, a software as a service application online that allows schools to send messages via email or text to parents and for them to send back messages all on one platform. Van spent some time Wednesday answering questions about the new startup which has just launched out of private […] The post TeacherGraph Wants to Solve Communications Problems at Schools appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Software Email Technology 110

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Tweet Last weekend I spent Sunday writing Action Plan 3 for my EJ Insider Interviews Club members, featuring Daniel Scocco and Joe Gilder. The action plans are short reports I write that come out once per month to members.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Today’s small business environment is tough, highly competitive and more challenging than ever. Small business owners today must think outside of the box, and be creative and cunning in how they operate and grow their businesses. Just a few years ago, a business owner could grow their operation on sheer hard work alone by out-hustling and out-fighting their competition.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 22, 2013

'TrendKite announced it has received $1.2 million in first round venture capital funding led by Silverton Partners. The Austin-based company has developed a platform that measures marketing campaigns in different media outlets. Other investors include DreamIt Ventures, Raymond Walheim, Rodrigo Carvalho, Joshua Baer and Sean Spector. TrendKite’s software as a service platform uses data to […] The post TrendKite Lands $1.2 Million in Venture Capital appeared first on SiliconHills.

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OnlyOnce

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Unknown Unknowns. There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don’t know we don’t know.” –Donald Rumsfeld. Say what you will about Rumsfeld or the Iraq war, but this is actually a great and extensible quote.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Do You Know What Your Customers Are Really Saying? written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Jeannie Walters - Enjoy! photo credit: theparadigmshifter. With social media so readily available, small and big businesses are setting up listening posts to hear what customers, prospects and members of their community are saying about their brands.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 22, 2013

'San Antonio-based Compass Intelligence announced it has acquired MobileTrax LLC, based in Florida and Georgia. Compass Intelligence, which does research on mobile and wireless devices, also appointed MobileTrax’s founder, J. Gerry Purdy, as its new chief mobility strategist. “Compass Intelligence will continue producing MobileTrax’s innovation awards, the Mobility Awards held annually at the Consumer Electronics […] The post Compass Intelligence Acquires MobileTrax appea

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Jeff Hilimire

AUGUST 22, 2013

'I’ve been thinking about the mantra that all startups / entrepreneurs / venture capitalists use in every talk they give these days, “Fail often and fail fast” It’s actually becoming over-played if you ask me, and I’m easily guilty as I seem to mention it in every other post. The distinction that needs to be made is that its the scale of the fail that is critical.

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Early Growth Financial Services

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Originally published in PRWeb. New VP of Sales to lead EGFS business development efforts in California San Francisco, CA Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS), an outsource accounting, finance, and tax support firm that provides on-demand services to early-stage companies, has just announced a new partner to their leadership team. Effective immediately, Gadiel Morantes will serve as the VP of Sales, responsible for business development and sales, specifically focusing on EGFS’s robust client l

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Southern California San Francisco Partner Sales 28

Scalable Startup

AUGUST 22, 2013

'This has organically happened a couple of times for me – someone I’ve worked with in the past asks me to write them a recommendation and then spontaneously returns the favor. It’s a very cool gesture and it reinforces the relationship for the future. Below is an example for a startup entrepreneur I just went through a short mentoring process with, Greg Weinstein.

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Angel Investor Cofounder Early Stage Revenue 22

The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 22, 2013

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 22, 2013

'Last summer, Amy and I spent a long, wonderful lunch in Paris with Cliff Shaw and Christy Clark. Cliff is CEO of Mocavo , a company that went through Techstars that we’ve funded, and I deeply enjoy our friendship, even though we don’t see each other that often. I remember our lunch with great pleasure, so when Christy and I had a brief conversation about her reaction to Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur , in encouraged her to write a guest

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Startup Software Review Partner Colorado 174

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 22, 2013

'How to Combine Words and Pictures for Brand Value written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Rebecca Otis – Enjoy! photo credit: schnaars. Pinterest, Instagram, Vine, SlideShare, Google+, profile cover photos. Online marketing content is becoming synonymous with visual content.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 22, 2013

'You don’t have to be a mad scientist to benefit from experiments (courtesy of Mashery ) . There are three ways to create and launch a business or a product. The strategic planners would draft a comprehensive business plan. This would include robust market research, foolproof technology, and detailed manpower and financial projections. It would attempt to answer all the questions of who, what, why, when, where, and how, and try to forecast 5,10 or even 15 years into the future.

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