Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2013

Alice and Bettina had taken an idea they had tested in the class – building toys for young girls to have fun with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and started a company. They outlined their retail channel and PR strategy and told me about the type of consultants they wanted to hire. Hiring PR Agencies. It’s wrong.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Uber — What’s Fueling Uber’s Growth Engine? The Unexpected Compensation Trends of Post-Series A Startup Founder/CEOs – crowdspring.co/1iu3ukT. Hire for potential - crowdspring.co/1aHHrTp. The Pricing Model That Increased Our Free Trial Signups by 358% (and Revenue by 25%) – crowdspring.co/1alarDV.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

2 – Advertising Agency & Boutique PR and Advertising Agencies. Prior to starting my own public relations and marketing consultancy, I worked for one of the largest global advertising agencies as well as smaller boutique PR and advertising agencies. Thanks to Natalie Harper, Harper PR. #3

Entrepreneur 48

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2013

Alice and Bettina had taken an idea they had tested in the class – building toys for young girls to have fun with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and started a company. They outlined their retail channel and PR strategy and told me about the type of consultants they wanted to hire. Hiring PR Agencies. It’s wrong.

PR 211

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ConversionXL

APRIL 4, 2017

This is generally split into two areas, though they’re often used together to some varying proportion: Search Engine Marketing. Search engine marketing is intent-based keyword bidding on search networks such as Google Adwords and Microsoft Bing. You have traffic, and I pay for placement in front of your audience. Litmus blog.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. 5 things a non-technical founder can do - [link].

Social Media 104

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The Founders Lie About Comfort Zones – [link]. Investors Need to Lose Their Egos and Founders Need to Gain Some Confidence – [link]. The Anti-Social Era: Lessons Learned from Vimeo Founder Jake Lodwick – [link]. Must-read for marketers … Reverse Engineering Facebook EdgeRank – [link].

Social Media 100

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Steve Blank

APRIL 5, 2017

My engineers say our website is old school, and we need to be on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, my VP of Sales says we’re wasting our marketing dollars not targeting the right people and my board keeps giving me their opinions of how we should describe our product and company. they’ll win.). Often, they themselves are the thought leaders.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2015

Q&A with ColorJar Founder and CEO @David_Gardner | BigMarker Blog – buff.ly/1MfIzls. Tips For Finding Success As A Female Engineer – buff.ly/1gk9SkA. Do The Simple Thing First: The Engineering Behind Instagram crowdspring.co/1LyGPWy. Unusual Tips to Improve Your SEO With Social Media crowdspring.co/1FLhrFL.

Small Business 48

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 28, 2010

Are you a business co-founder who just suddenly realized that just setting up a company Twitter account isn’t driving as much traffic as you had hoped? Feel like you need some meat on the bones the customer acquisition strategy investors have been asking about?

Marketing 106

Marketing Affiliate Venture Capital Cofounder 106

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. I seized this opportunity to try an experiment in both client service and employee retention, by focusing on senior level staff first, and combining that with a flexible and healthy working environment that is not a mainstay in the public relations world.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Concept and Seed Stage In the Concept and Seed Stage, founders capture their passion and vision for the new company and turn them into a set of key ideas, which quickly becomes a business plan, sometimes on the back of the proverbial napkin. With that information in hand, Engineering estimates delivery dates and development costs.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 29, 2021

Thanks to Hope Gibbs, Inkandescent Public Relations ! #3- I engineered a way to use blockchain to bypass the coffee middlemen, pay growers directly, and even let customers send a monetary tip to a coffee farmer. Only I could be the founder of Randi Levin Coaching. Inkandescent Inc. Photo Credit: Tina Elven.

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Naming Entrepreneur LLC Colombia 162

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 19, 2011

The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. David Meerman Scott David is the author of 7 books, Real-Time Marketing & PR , is his newest addition to the collection. Read each of the five posts that follow and click our entry form link to match the guest star with their post.

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Small Business Marketing Social Media Cofounder 53

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - [link]. If, Why, and How Founders Should Hire a “Professional” CEO | Reid Hoffman - [link]. Avoid the 50/50 co-founder model – here’s why - [link]. 8 Startup Founders Reveal Their #1 User Acquisition Tactic | Treehouse - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The One Thing You Can Control as Founder and CEO: You | KISSmetrics Blog – crowdspring.co/18q8kO9. Great piece on cycling in Netherlands — education, policy, urban engineering. Related posts: Twitter Link Roundup #182 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More.

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2013

“Many VCs don’t understand which founders to fund, and they don’t really understand consumer-facing ecommerce.” “Google Glass is designed by engineers who clearly don’t understand interpersonal interactions” [link]. 6 Interesting Facebook Tricks You Might Not Know | Search Engine Journal – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 12, 2013

Chobani Founder: Why Quality & Community Are The Keys To Brand Success | PSFK – [link]. Interesting, especially in light of debate about remote work … Engineering Serendipity | NYT – [link]. Chobani Founder: Why Quality & Community Are The Keys To Brand Success | PSFK – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 8, 2015

6 Thoughts on Creating and Leading Engineering Teams – buff.ly/1zNp7eB. Why a Billion Dollar Startup Just Sold for $15 Million (and What Founders Can Learn From It) buff.ly/1GMqXJO. The Basics of Email Marketing | Search Engine Journal crowdspring.co/1PYFIjm. How One Entrepreneur Raised A Half Billion Dollars crowdspring.co/1HRNSqX.

Small Business 48

Small Business Design Social Media Startup 48

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 24, 2015

How A Founder Can Think Like An Investor At The First Outside Round Of Funding – buff.ly/1HaGxnH. Anger Management: Why the Genius.com Founders Turned to Couples Therapy nytimes.com/2015/04/19/fas…. Meet the Robotics Engineer Who Wants to Disrupt Your Furniture inc.com/kimberly-weisu…. 1E6E3ES.

Small Business 48

Small Business Design Social Media Startup 48

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Where are the Women Software Engineers? – crowdspring.co/12gwMCO. 13 Things Startup Founders Aren’t Thankful For – crowdspring.co/1B6KrdY. Coca-Cola Plans to Help Startups Around the World – crowdspring.co/159Mot0. 8 Qualities of Leaders Who Deliver Value Every Day – crowdspring.co/1A8QSK8.

Social Media 100

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 20, 2016

They used a very creative and conceptual design in one of their ads, something 180 degrees away from what left-brained engineers would likely respond to. Or consider how you may perceive a brand differently if you know its founder is Jay Z , Jessica Alba , or someone else who already brings strong associations with them. Image Source.

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Revenue Social Media Retention Metrics 48

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Startup Priorities: Is Design More Important Than Engineering? Co-Founder, Micah Baldwin – [link]. Good startup lessons shared by @robjohnson & joshfraser (founders) about EventVue failure - [link]. Trust in Friends Declines, Trust in Experts Rises – Social Media and PR Still Win - [link].

Social Media 77

Social Media Small Business Design Media 77

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

When we were deciding what to call our new PR agency we started by writing down a bunch of words that describe what we do, that we felt passionate about. While we were working on the logo it dawned on us that PR was actually uPRoar’s middle name. Thanks to Michael Harris, Uproar PR ! #15 12 – A Friend Helped.

Naming 48

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. When I decided to create full time creative business, I couldn’t find online marketers or PR services who understand the creative process, this meant I was doing everything in the business from online presence, to markets and exhibits which resulted in burnout.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Technical Review Community 48

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 22, 2015

How to Create Shareworthy Content | Search Engine Journal [link] crowdspring.co/1A7xhOR Ghost founder on how to grow a successful design career by blogging [link]. Will Millennials Kill Email Marketing? link] crowdspring.co/1RQwXK2 1A7xhOR . A Much Better Revenue Model for Podcasting [link] crowdspring.co/1KnzO7N 1KQ3A5R .

Small Business 48

Small Business Design Social Media Startup 48

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 10, 2011

The Referral Engine – Teaching Your Business to Market Itself – by John Jantsch. Business owners and marketers don’t necessarily need. All rights reserved. iThemes Builder by iThemes Powered by WordPress Delicious Facebook Digg Flickr LinkedIn Twitter SlideShare Youtube grab this

Small Business 67

Small Business Software Review Social Media RSS 67

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

The difference between being a founder and a hired CEO – [link]. Required reading for startup founders – [link]. Up Close With Facebook Graph Search | Search Engine Land – [link]. How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. In 2012 | TechCrunch – [link].

Social Media 108

Social Media Small Business Design Media 108

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

How Stripe built one of Silicon Valley’s best engineering teams – [link]. Iterations: How Founders Can Fight Through The Great Fragmentation Of Talent | TechCrunch – [link]. Is crowdsourcing a threat or opportunity for PR agencies? Misfit Entrepreneurs | Dan Pallotta-Harvard Business Review – [link].

Social Media 105

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

Money matters: why women founders struggle in Silicon Valley | The Verge – [link]. I bet you over-engineered your startup – [link]. How Solo Founders Beat The Odds and Get Into Top Accelerators | WSJ – [link]. Google Launches Help Center For Hacked Sites | Search Engine Land – [link].

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

10 Lessons I’ve Learned During My First Three Months As a Founder (by @lenkendall) | @Technori – [link]. Search Engine Watch – [link]. How to Raise Entrepreneurial Kids – [link]. Doubtliers: Dangers Learning From The Exceptional – [link]. “your business plan cannot be secret anymore.”

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 10, 2012

Entrepreneurs With ‘Founder’s Disease’ Will Make Any Investor Run Away – [link]. Startups: Stop Trying To Hire Ninja-Rockstar Engineers – [link]. 41 Female Founders Every Entrepreneur Should Know – [link]. First-Time Startup Entrepreneurs: Stop F **g Around – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I created Bow Tie Strategies – a boutique public relations firm – five years ago. Thanks to Megan Saulsbury, Canyon PR ! #13 As the founder and owner of BuckWHAT Foods, there are definitely pluses and minus to being an entrepreneur. Thanks to Mike Catania, PromotionCode ! #2 Image Credit: Rusty Foster.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Google App Engine is ready for primetime says Reddit/Hipmunk co-founder – [link]. The Nine Ingredients That Make Great Content | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. What’s The Most Difficult CEO Skill? Managing Your Own Psychology | ben’s blog - [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I am the Founder of Sonjara, Inc – a woman owned small business in Northern Virginia. After years working in fashion PR/Marketing in NYC and Milan, and then as a co-founder/owner of a Brooklyn-based rock ’n’ roll play space for kids under 5, I found myself becoming overly excited about my friends starting new businesses.

Naming 48

Naming Entrepreneur LLC Software Review 48

www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Maybe it is a 20% project by a junior engineer which he has on the back burner for the moment. You now have a public relations nightmare on your hand. However, given that it is a well-understood norm, it gives you a bit of an edge in the PR battle should someone decide to just drop a 0-day on you.). Thanks for visiting!

Security 101

Security Software Review Ruby Startup 101

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 15, 2012

Why I Have Sex With My Co-founder – [link]. Tough to see why young engineers think Microsoft is cool again – [link]. Achieving The Network Effect: Solving The Chicken Or The Egg – [link]. Spotlight on crowdSPRING – [link]. What It’s Like To Be The CEO: Revelations and Reflections – [link].

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