crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Venture capital on pace for biggest year since dot-com era - [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Good data from @msuster on The State of Venture Capital and the Internet – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 10 things entrepreneurs can learn from athletes – [link]. 10 things entrepreneurs can learn from athletes – [link]. The image above is an for Red Bull. – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2011

Unfortunately, to many would-be entrepreneurs, getting past the dreaming phase and into the doing phase seems insurmountable — especially in a shaky economy where quitting your day job seems foolhardy and funding seems scarcer than, well, pay raises and affordable health insurance. Many a great entrepreneur has been derailed by burnout.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Chicago FireStarter Venture Capital Fund – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Ad Nauseum Leadership: Use Repetition to Reiterate What’s Important – [link]. Want Venture Capital Funding? What’s the secret to a great team?

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve seen a range of options for supporting entrepreneurs, which I can rank from least to most involvement in companies by investors: financier VCs, e.g., Correlation Ventures. Vlad is also the CEO at DarwinApps , a software development shop.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! What I learned from raising venture capital – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The Focus on a Finished Product Rather than a Minimum Feature Set The passion of an entrepreneur coupled with the product development diagram drives you to believe that all you need to do is build the product (in all its full-featured glory) and customers will come. BPM vendor (every software vendor!)

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Since no benchmarks existed, we enlisted our engineering department in a serious software development effort and wrote our own. Then we were going to buy our competitors’ boards (think “secret shopper”) and compare them to ours.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

Present at the Creation It was early 1991 and Apple’s software development team was hard at work on QuickTime , the first multimedia framework for a computer. And I got to experience a type of customer buying behavior I had never seen before – the Novelty Effect.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As I discussed last week in the Greymatter podcast with my friend and Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh , I believe that a knowledge of philosophy is actually a great asset for entrepreneurs. To say categorically that MBA equals “not entrepreneur” is a foolish assumption, just like saying Masters in Philosophy equals “not entrepreneur.”

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As I discussed last week in the Greymatter podcast with my friend and Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh , I believe that a knowledge of philosophy is actually a great asset for entrepreneurs. To say categorically that MBA equals “not entrepreneur” is a foolish assumption, just like saying Masters in Philosophy equals “not entrepreneur.”

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. The Customer Development process (and the Lean Startup) is one way to do that. How do we raise the big bucks?”

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Startups, entrepreneurs, and management teams. Therefore, the profile of the initial team to staff an Innovation Outpost should be a technology-savvy business development group. Companies often initially staff their innovation outpost with a venture investing group. Academics, consultants, incubators. Lessons Learned.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 9 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Their Customers – crowdspring.co/1loBthB. Guerilla tips for raising venture capital | VentureBeat – crowdspring.co/P6hM3O.

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JUNE 13, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Gallup: The 10 Qualities Of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs | Forbes – crowdspring.co/1v4fSjE. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! 1u9dE07. .

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! based venture capital investors, by deal stage. 5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Slopestyle - crowdspring.co/NteRRZ. by Jeremiah Owyang - crowdspring.co/1dCpve7.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Startup Business Development 101 | A VC – [link]. Does It Pay to Become an Entrepreneur? 4 Tips for Overcoming the Top Challenge Young Entrepreneurs Face – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Newsletter: 7 habits of successful entrepreneurs, lean marketing and more – [link]. How Bad Leadership Spurs Entrepreneurship – [link]. – [link].

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APRIL 26, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! “So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. 10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From High School Seniors – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why the Best Entrepreneurs and Creators are Humble | The Next Web - crowdspring.co/1e9b5t3. “38% of venture-backed founders are over 40 years old” - crowdspring.co/1hywYgv.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Scalable Startup

MAY 29, 2012

3) Mentor Network – Retired Fortune 500 executives, Harvard/Princeton/Yale scholars, Financial Industry experts, many successful entrepreneurs. (4) Again, New York blows California away here. (3) 4) Respect for BUSINESS – Sales, Marketing, Advertising, Strategy were all practically invented in NYC. (5)

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! These Guys Launched A Startup For Entrepreneurs And Then Got Turned Away By Entrepreneurs – [link]. How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy – [link].

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FEBRUARY 21, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How You Get Slaughtered in a Down Round: When Taking Venture Capital Doesn’t Go as Planned – crowdspring.co/MvF29W. “If you want to sell ads, sell ads.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. and Groupon Inc., —has naturally won support from entrepreneurs. gave up 70% of the company to American Research & Development Corp. At stake: Power itself.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. The 2-Minute Opportunity Checklist for Entrepreneurs – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. An Insider’s Guide to Venture Capital Financing – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Nice write-up on Google’s venture capital investment company – [link]. Entrepreneurs, keep you eye on the ball and don’t get distracted!

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

You’re a serial entrepreneur - some of your companies have been acquired and Snyk’s a great success. That’s what I found most attractive about software development: building things. What was your approach to picking co-founders, and what advice would you give entrepreneurs on this? The entrepreneurship journey is hard.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 3, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! What Small Business and Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Roger Federer – [link]. Trends In Venture Capital Over The Last 12 Years – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Best Cities For Women Entrepreneurs? The Non-Entrepreneur’s Guide to Startup Funding | Forbes – [link]. Venture Capital Returns – [link].

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. The truth is that the.NET community, outside of the thought leadership at Microsoft and a few outliers (e.g. In every population there are some that are both brilliant and malicious. Sjoerd Franken.

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