crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2015

Why this incubator takes the studio approach to startup creation for.tn/1D0Wh6C. Tips For Finding Success As A Female Engineer – buff.ly/1gk9SkA. Do The Simple Thing First: The Engineering Behind Instagram crowdspring.co/1LyGPWy. Want To Be More Productive? Listen To The Sounds Of Nature crowdspring.co/1HtUxtR. 1JXvhtR.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

When any special custom engineering effort was required to match the over-the-top sales commitments (almost every deal), the engineers were treated as heroes as well. Or if a CEO proudly boast about their corporate incubator, but the incubator’s parking lot is empty at 5:15 pm.

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

These days sales, marketing and PR people seem to grow on trees. If you post up an ad to an online job board asking for someone to join your very high risk early stage startup company the odds of getting someone who decent are slim to none. client / Washington, DC ($500 Referral Reward) Developer/Partner / Rocket Whale, Inc.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 22, 2015

Note: I haven’t included accelerator programmes or incubators. Google Ventures: has teams that help portfolio companies with design, engineering, recruiting, marketing and partnerships. Founder Collective: hired a journalist to help their portfolio with PR. These are just the ones I know. And there’s us.

Portfolio 60

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. This will continue while we’re in a tech bull market and I predict will wane when we’re not. The Blurring of Investment Lines. The Explosion in Early-Stage Innovation.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I sold to you & PR function back in the day (SuperMac) and others to the many companies dating back, but finally E.piphany ~ MediaMap (now is Cision). Thanks for a Great Post. Reply Mary B. , on June 5, 2011 at 1:15 am said: Stumbled on your page by serendipity. Amazing list. The best part though is the tenacity link.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

And in comes the Google App Engine as Google's offering in this context. Well, it turns out that to port long tail productivity apps to Google's App Engine is a somewhat cumbersome job, and requires a lot of custom development. Building new apps is also not as simple. Enter OrangeScape. You can register for the next roundtable here.

Entrepreneur 114

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sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

While there are a huge number of intricacies with search engine optimisation, the basics are to find the right key phrases to target, to include those terms on the page naturally and within the page title and, of absolutely massive importance, to get other sites to link to you. Have you researched a PR / launch strategy?

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). However after Sequoia and Ron Conway announced their investment in YC in 2009 , and after YC alumni DropBox and AirBnb raised capital on billion-dollar valuations in 2010-11, the program quickly became the gold standard among early-stage startup incubators.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series. All three of today's roundtable companies will soon be featured on Incubation Radar. This is her core market.

Bootstrapping 114

Bootstrapping Marketing Angel Investor Silicon Valley 114

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives. It pays for all of our great engineers.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 24, 2016

So I thought to myself how can I help other entrepreneurs through the same issues – I now have the experience, so I wanted to setup a type of incubator/Venture capital arm. The two companies I’ve founded share services such as marketing, engineering, and operational support. Like a help centre. 5 – A Team Effort.

Naming 48

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series. All three of todays roundtable companies will soon be featured on Incubation Radar. This is her core market.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series. All three of todays roundtable companies will soon be featured on Incubation Radar. This is her core market.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52