crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2010

Three Kinds of People (from blog archives) – [link]. 11 Famous People Who Were In The Completely Wrong Career At Age 30 – [link]. 11 Famous People Who Were In The Completely Wrong Career At Age 30 – [link]. The Legal Risks And Dangers Of $99 Logo Stores – [link]. – [link].

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Austin Startup

JULY 12, 2010

At a micro level, the customer is always right, and winning passionate users is most often a matter of enabling authentic conversations and giving people at those endpoints enough power to make a difference. One day soon I hope that everyday people will be able to manage their data the way they would their health or their wealth.

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Software By Rob

JULY 13, 2010

And unlike almost every other form of media, it reaches people through community. If an idea is a good one, it’ll spread, because people like you will send it to their friends. Unlike a broadcaster, we’re not using FCC frequencies to send our ideas to people who don’t want to hear them. So there you have it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

We can also begin to socialize our answers with people in the company to get their reactions. I later took a course with Barbara Minto (who taught McKinsey people) and bought her book “ The Pyramid Principle.&# This was a breakthrough for me. And few people in my experience do this well so many board meetings wander.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2010

Investors tell me that they look at the people first, the business plan second, and only then at the idea. I’m convinced that people who love their work are more innovative, as well as happier. Creative and inventive people, according to profile, hate to be rejected or criticized for any reason. Keep your ego under control.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

I’m surprised how few people talk about valuations, term sheet terms, how much to pay recruiters, etc. You will be surrounded by loads of like-minded people all looking for work space at an affordable price and all, presumably, interested in meeting and interacting with other startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2010

There are famous people like Walt Disney and Nelson Rockefeller, who overcame learning disabilities, and people like J. Surround yourself with strong people who can help you get through the tough times. Penney and J. K Rowling who struggled through personal bad times before finding their true legacy. Acceptance is the key.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 12, 2010

We also look hard at exactly what people are contacting us about and consider this data when we make decisions on improvements, new features, community engagement, and site policies. The charts below show a breakdown by day of the week and the time of day.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 12, 2010

We also look hard at exactly what people are contacting us about and consider this data when we make decisions on improvements, new features, community engagement, and site policies. The charts below show a breakdown by day of the week and the time of day.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

That said, knowing people like Montgomery can be incredibly helpful because they know all of the VCs and large technology companies and if they think you have high potential they often help with introduction. Online clothing exchange for busy people looking to save money. Venture Financing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2010

Businesses want experienced people who get their hands dirty, rather than experts who give presentations, make recommendations, and disappear. Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. Let’s face it, consultants have a bad image. The Internet has changed the world.

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Rembrandt Communications

JULY 14, 2010

If people see your press release and visit your site, what [.]. You have your business up and running and are ready to announce it to the world. Before you send out that press release letting everyone know about your services, there are three things to keep in mind: 1. Is your site ready?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 13, 2010

Many people, in an effort to appear modern, choose a current design trend for their logo. From swooshy people, to “green” icons, to geometric shapes – there are many graphics that are seen in one form or another everywhere you look. Swooshy People. Geometric People. Trendy logos can also quickly become outdated.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 13, 2010

Many people, in an effort to appear modern, choose a current design trend for their logo. From swooshy people, to “green” icons, to geometric shapes – there are many graphics that are seen in one form or another everywhere you look. Swooshy People. Geometric People. Trendy logos can also quickly become outdated.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2010

What advice do you have for people who want to get into venture capital? A good compromise is “convertible debt with a cap&# meaning the conversion price has a limit. If you watch the video I go into greater detail. Don’t.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 13, 2010

Here are the stats of what happened: 300 people showed up to listen to the non-profits present. 200 people stuck around for dinner. 130 people stayed around and directly helped the different non-profits hack. Blue Sky Bridge Child Advocacy Center presented by Judy Toran Cousin. Leave No Trace presented by Dana Watts.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 15, 2010

Many people forget that Google acquired Android in 2005 - even before the iPhone was launched. So it should not be such a surprise when people begin to recognize that Android is really working. According to Quantcast, Android has 21% market share in June for smart phones as compared to Apple's 58%.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2010

I have had many people doubt me, and thought I was crazy last year in a rough economy to leave a job and small side business making 200K a year with a pregnant wife at home and 3-year-old son to take a 125K pay cut and pursue my purpose in November, 2009. I don't know exactly how, but I still believe I am destined for greatness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2010

You can achieve this by sharing information with other foreign companies in a specific country, utilizing the chamber of commerce to meet more knowledgeable local people. Thus, I highly recommend that you take local regulations in each country seriously.

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Life Beyond Code

JULY 10, 2010

The event typically begins with no agenda and quickly develops into a a series of conversations finally resulting in deep relationships with a small number of people. CEREBRATE is not a conference and there will only be a handful of people invited. Kiruba and I quickly decided that we need to have one such event in Silicon Valley.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

Increasingly, the only profitable thing to invest in is innovation, which means investing in people. Such an organization should be able to deploy large amounts of capital effectively, by investing in its people. Increasingly, the only profitable thing to invest in is innovation, which means investing in people.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 15, 2010

That competition attracted 4,000 entries from 500 people. Specially invited artists, Royal Mint engravers and artists from other countries competed with people of all ages, from everywhere. A few years ago, the British Royal Mint crowdsourced the design of new coins. Anyone was eligible to compete.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 15, 2010

That competition attracted 4,000 entries from 500 people. Specially invited artists, Royal Mint engravers and artists from other countries competed with people of all ages, from everywhere. A few years ago, the British Royal Mint crowdsourced the design of new coins. Anyone was eligible to compete.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 13, 2010

I asked him how many people he had working with him. I had heard of it--they were big buyers of Google Adwords and I felt like I had checked out the site before. It seemed like a pretty comprehensive publishing tool. The answer? It's just me.". Honestly, I wasn't sure I believed Anthony Casalena at the time.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

People tend to overvalue past investments when making forward-looking investment decisions. Google makes billions of dollars in annual profits, but generates many times that in productivity gains for other people. People you don’t know. &# This exercise is meant to counter a number of common cognitive biases, such as: 1.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 13, 2010

Was I putting people out of work and exploiting labor, or was I giving an opportunity to people who had been shut out of the market by an entrenched establishment? In my book, I expressed qualms about participating in this corner of the digital economy. I chose to emphasize the positive and to pocket my savings.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 13, 2010

Was I putting people out of work and exploiting labor, or was I giving an opportunity to people who had been shut out of the market by an entrenched establishment? In my book, I expressed qualms about participating in this corner of the digital economy. I chose to emphasize the positive and to pocket my savings.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 13, 2010

Some people assume that if a logo is protected by copyright law, it is also protected under trademark law. A service mark is similar to a trademark – but it’s used to distinguish the services of one provider from services provided by others (and to indicate the source of the services). This is untrue.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 13, 2010

Some people assume that if a logo is protected by copyright law, it is also protected under trademark law. A service mark is similar to a trademark – but it’s used to distinguish the services of one provider from services provided by others (and to indicate the source of the services). This is untrue.

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Jeff Hilimire

JULY 13, 2010

Two (or more) people interacting over a digital medium (in this case video), to me is the epitome of “social&#. Joe: Nope can share it with all my friends unlike a video connection w a few people. Me: What you’re missing is yes, social allows for easy sharing, but social itself is the interaction of people via digital.

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Jeff Hilimire

JULY 11, 2010

Some people freaked out. It’s not Twitter, where you can send out the same message many times and expect people to be cool with that. Plus I think whoever is doing this doesn’t realize that posting on Facebook is not an awareness medium to get new people to sign up, these people have already signed up!

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Growthink Blog

JULY 14, 2010

Targeting doctors to invest in your product is classic affinity marketing, or targeting people based on their established buying patterns or trends. Doctors would clearly understand the benefits of your new stethoscope and be the most prone to invest in you.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JULY 14, 2010

Remember when the government pushed banks to lend to people who could not afford mortgages? That's right. We had the housing bubble that first over inflated our economy and then led to its collapse. We have all been suffering ever since. Well, Washington is at it again.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 10, 2010

The immigrant occupations ranged from scientists to doctors to businessmen to people who came with literally a few dollars in their pocket. Of course I now know differently — the political stability, along with the personal and economic freedoms the US provides continues to draw people from around the world.

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Jeff Hilimire

JULY 16, 2010

She picked up a particular card and it was completely signed, by tons of people. So we were grocery shopping the other day and my wife was looking for a card for someone for something (I’m not privy to such details…actually, I just forget such details). Anyone have a scenario that might be somewhat plausible?

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Ben's Blog

JULY 13, 2010

People, on the other hand, are peripheral, loosely related attributes. In the on-premise world, it is necessarily upside down due to, among other things, the shaky foundation for people—the broken meta-directory. Tags: Companies Financing People Portfolio Companies Venture Capitalists.

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Venture Chronicles

JULY 15, 2010

The way I see it there are two categories of users, the people who want to share their photographs publicly or privately irrespective of the quality of the images they are uploading, and prosumer photographers who wish to maintain portfolios of work and be associated with other photographers of similar quality.

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