crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 30, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Agile UX vs Lean UX, which should you choose? Agile UX vs Lean UX, which should you choose? Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2013

So, when I found myself sitting at the Harvard Club in Boston listening to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talking about her new book Lean In , I told myself that I know what she is talking about. Nearly every woman — a group filled with startup employees, marketers, public relations people and developers — raised her hand.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Are startup burn rates out of control? Hiring startup engineers? Busting the Lean-Startup Myth – crowdspring.co/1ozOXHA. The video above is from Megan MacKay.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: The Elements of Good Advice – crowdspring.co/1pC51rT. How top startups pay designers | Google Ventures – crowdspring.co/1pv7S5U.

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Gust

APRIL 20, 2014

It’s your startup, so you can give early partners any title you want, but be aware of potential investor and peer implications. VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Chief Brand Officer.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 21, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Business: Save Money, Save the Environment – [link]. What To Do When Your Startup Doesn’t Fail, But Also Doesn’t Succeed | Business Insider – [link].

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APRIL 5, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Email Design Best Practices For Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Four Ways to Market Like a Startup | Brian Gregg and Vivian Weng-Harvard Business Review – [link].

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 23, 2021

Good Press from Tech Startups. Similarly, we see a lot of good public relations (PR) strategies from tech startups. They want the general public to believe in their ideas, so they emphasize all the potential benefits and gloss over the weaknesses, risks, and challenges standing in the way of full-scale development.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 10 Myths about Startups – [link]. How a 1-Page Business Model Will – and Won’t–Help Your Lean Startup | by Kevin Dewalt – [link]. ” [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Business: Office Space – A Meditation – [link]. Innocent Drinks: Don’t be Afraid to Start Small | Startup War Story – [link]. Technori – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 11, 2013

In the universe of lean marketing tactics, best practice always includes a healthy mix of public relations efforts. Small businesses and startups can often leverage PR to great effect and it is typically one of the most cost-effective ways to generate positive word-of-mouth, build awareness, and grow a nascent brand.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2015

We’ve preached and practiced the lean approach to business and, while I still strongly believe in it, I have come to the conclusion that we haven’t done a good job connecting with and engaging our customers. Related posts: New Years Resolutions For Small Businesses and Startups.

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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. Over its lifetime a Lean Startup may spend less money than a traditional startup. Lets see why.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Last week, Ross was contacted by an old friend, Ron May, who publishes an industry newsletter in Chicago and writes extensively about technology, startups, and small business in our region. Hey Ron, Taking a cue from the lean startup movement, Mike and I have lost a combined 30 pounds this summer. Photo: MissTessmacher.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Here are four critical challenges of tech startup PR. Technology industry startups have to pay more attention to their image than most other companies do. Technology industry startups have to pay more attention to their image than most other companies do. Worse still, those factors change on a moment to moment basis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Facilities and staff.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 17, 2013

The answers to these questions will be unique for each business and the potential permutations are far from finite, but answer these you must whether you are a micro-sized company, a stay at home entrepreneur, an established service provider, or a rapidly expanding startup expecting to grow from 2 to 200 in the next 6 months. What are you?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 19, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing 101: Setting Goals – [link]. Traveling lean: tips for small businesses and entrepreneurs – [link]. Lean Marketing 101: Setting Goals – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 28, 2011

Many NFPs operate in ways that would not be considered ‘business-like,’ AND these organizations, like their small, for-profit cousins, can benefit by leveraging the ideas and tools that we often discuss in the Lean Marketing series. But one of the tenets os lean marketing is to define short-term and intermediate goals.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

But my favorite was when the public relations manager said, “we’re here to write press releases and answer the phone in case the press calls.” If these sound like reasonable answers to you, and you are in a startup/small company, update your resume. What I was actually hearing was a failure of management.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2011

In the following short video, I offer five reasons why startups and small businesses should stay focused on their product or service and always stay humble. Related posts: Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. Lean Marketing: Five Cheap Ways To Market Your Startup.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Getting Your Startup Started With Payments – [link]. Important insight – Harsh Realities From 500 Startups Founders – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

Related posts: Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. Lean Marketing 101: Giving good interview, or how to get a reporter to eat from your hand. Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition. Hey if your pet can have one, why not your biz card?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Saving money as a small business can be tricky- if you’re a startup especially, money might be tight already. Every startup will use some kind of software: book keeping, word processing, presentation. “Lean is in. You’re going to need a bigger bank. Environmental Protection Agency. Minimize Inventory.

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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! Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Tips for small business (and startups): Negotiating With the New Recruit – [link]. Who’s Next?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice. I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. Turn Your Organization Inside Out. It was humbling.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing: Customer service strategies for small businesses and startups – [link]. Top 5 myths about the lean startup – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing tips: not-for-profit edition – [link]. The Problem with Collecting Logos at Startups – [link]. The above photo shows the Ford Evos, a concept from Ford.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 5 Essential Web Apps for the Lean Small Business – [link]. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2010

Generally, my picks lean toward “investor friendly” high technology ones, but since these are not so cheap and easy to start, I’ll add a few more, like Internet website and software products, that can be started on a shoestring these days: Smart-phone applications. Tags: entrepreneur startup opportunities business. Marty Zwilling.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing: Five Cheap Ways To Market Your Startup – [link]. Lean Marketing: Five Cheap Ways To Market Your Startup – [link]. image credit: EpicV27.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2011

Today there are tools galore which enable a startup to work smarter, faster, and cheaper and these too will color your decisions about your physical space. Related posts: Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. 558,000 startups and small businesses.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: The True “Lean” Movement – [link]. Small Business and Startups: The True “Lean” Movement – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 17, 2012

For many small businesses and startups, blogging is an inexpensive and effective strategy to drive traffic to a site, develop a reputation, and build an engaged audience of potential customers, even fanatics, who will share your content, promote your message, and help you to herd more readers to your site. Photo: bby_.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 14, 2011

Related posts: Lean Marketing: Public Relations strategies for small businesses and startups. Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups. Five Tips For Startups And Small Businesses To Improve Their Customer Service. Photo: gwaar.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 24, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing 101: Giving good interview, or how to get a reporter to eat from your hand – [link]. – [link]. Work and rest in a startup – [link].

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