crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 The Dunbar Number, From the Guru of Social Networks | Businessweek - [link]. Social Networking Eats Up 3+ Hours Per Day For The Average American User - [link]. Creative Forecast: How Marketing Will Change In 2013 | Co.Create – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Financial forecast and metrics. Going public” (IPO) is another alternative, but not common.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Financial forecast and metrics. Going public” (IPO) is another alternative, but not common.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Financial forecast and metrics. Going public” (IPO) is another alternative, but not common.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Financial forecast and metrics. IPO as an exit strategy is not recommended these days.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

All the good domain names were taken, all the good ideas were being implemented. If Id bought just a handful of the "best of the rest" domain names that were available at the time (for a whopping $70 each), I probably could have just retired right then. Almost all of them got scooped up by pre-IPO Google this time.

San Francisco 94

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 94

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. Here’s why. Take a look at the chart below. 10 Blogging Tips.

Software Review 217

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217