crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 10 amazing web tools to spy on your competition | Inspired Magazine – crowdspring.co/1q7MhFU. 7 new js tools for web designers – crowdspring.co/1q1QBXi. 1pNq0dx.

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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! Silicon Valley’s New Secret Weapon: Designers Who Found Startups – [link]. Venture capital investing hits 10-year peak, sparking bubble talk – [link].

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

Our “Hollywood meets Silicon Valley” story played great in Silicon Valley, they ate it up in Hollywood, and the business press tripped over themselves to talk to us. I do not want to necessarily start a flame war about particular creations of “Web 2.0 Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.), The same was true for PR. And the results weren’t the traditional PR metrics of number of articles or inches of ink. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here.

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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! Why We’re Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first – [link]. In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P. Want Venture Capital Funding?

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crowdSPRING Blog

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. Photoshop CS6 Cheat Sheet | Web Design Ledger – [link].

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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]. Dear Silicon Valley, Ads Are the Hard Part | Digiday – [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! This Is Already The Third Biggest Year In The History Of Venture Capital – [link]. The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail – [link].

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Luckily (or maybe because we were in Silicon Valley where there was a domain expert for everything) there was a very smart consultant in the retail computer space, Seymour Merrin, who preached about the importance of packaging. Or by a VP of Marketing who talks “branding&# , SEO/SEM, PR agency, etc.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital – [link]. Ecosystem 101: The Six Necessary Categories To Build The Next Silicon Valley – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Why Bravo’s ‘Start-Ups: Silicon Valley’ Is Bad for Entrepreneurship - [link]. Same-Day Delivery Becomes Costly Web Battleground - [link]. Have we even noticed?

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Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

Ignore This Post The same caveat applies as in the first post; If you’re selling via the web, and trade shows seem hopelessly anachronistic, ignore this post. Why are you saying that “If you’re selling via the web and trade shows are something your grandfather told you about, ignore this post.&#. this may be a useful read.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

TL:DR : This post aims to recap significant changes in the venture capital industry over the past ten years, and then make some [biased] predictions as to major forces at play in the next five years. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. Carpe Diem. Lessons Learned.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

I think the one frustration, which Andrew Warner from Mixergy noted when I talked to him, was that there’s maybe two or three chapters that touch on SEO and web marketing kinds of things, but this is not an SEO-centric book. If you raise venture capital versus getting a bank loan, you are no less or more of an entrepreneur.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Eric Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup, popularized this strategy for web applications. I used a freelance web designer and I only created the core functions to create, send, and manage invoices. venture capital. Seek out venture capital funding. Funding Guide.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Marketers believe creating a killer web presence, corporate presentation, are objectives. Some think that hiring a PR agency, starting the buzz and getting coverage in hot blogs or on the cover of magazines at launch are objectives. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here. Now In Print!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. They have the same trade-off decisions that you do about packing up and moving to Silicon Valley vs. staying and building locally. Not to mention every major agency, many PR firms, etc. The ingredients are all here.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Consultant.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world. 41% of them feel that they qualify for venture capital funding.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Foo Casts: Podcasts from OReilly & Friends : A 30mn peak into the Web 2.0 The bi-weekly podcasts feature interviews of entrepreneurs and silicon Valley leaders. VentureCast : Bi-weekly anecdotes on the Silicon Valley venture world. Venture Capital. (3). Explore Venture Capital.

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Steve Blank

MAY 21, 2009

The Message Sitting around a conference room table brainstorming messages that might resonate with customers, or worse having a PR agency doing that for you, is a firing offense in a small company. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. you know they’re expensive in time, dollars and resources.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

It’s tempting to want to stay in your offices and fund raise via email or web conferencing. So why would raising venture capital be any different. Conventional wisdom says that you can only build big businesses in Silicon Valley so as a VC you need to be there. So make sure you have a solid PR strategy.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The timing is perfect, there is more than a little overlap with Vivek Wadhwa’s guest post on venture capital earlier today. Especially if you aren’t from around Silicon Valley. It really needs some rounded corners for that web 2.0 We’ll update this post with links to his further installments.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding, try our free Funding Recommendation Engine to identify a list of angels, venture capital and state grant programs that best match your business. Post-Mortem Title : Lessons from Kiko, web 2.0 Too much PR, too early. Think of it as 7 bonus post-mortems on the house.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

methodologies - in other words, dont invest in travel and in-person sales, but try to close as many deals as possible by phone and the Web. (On Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. process in detail.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

methodologies - in other words, dont invest in travel and in-person sales, but try to close as many deals as possible by phone and the Web. (On Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. process in detail.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. However, the individual above was adamant that we should have a PR campaign to let the entrepreneurial community know that we dont participate or support this practice. Im also a strong believer that your track record and reputation are your most valuable assets in the venture community.

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