crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Best startup city rankings have reflected this truth for a long time. Austin, TX. Boulder, CO.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2019

Building your brand on social media requires much more than simply knowing your audience and staying active, although these common startup social media tips are certainly useful. It can hurt your credibility, make it harder to stay competitive, and create a loss of revenue due to slower sales cycles.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 16, 2012

He founded the Last Mile startup accelerator program at San Quentin State Prison in California. We had about 50 invited guests at demo day, including about 11 VCs, and they were astounded not just by the level of the presentations but the fact that they incorporated technologies that the inmates had never experienced for themselves.”

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

If you have ambitions about creating a startup, then do it now. With new online technology, lean resources (think food cart/truck versus restaurant), cloud everything, you can “test” an idea with low risk and not too much money. The keys to moving fast are to know a few basics even if you have no idea today for a startup company.

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

The founder of this 1964 Silicon Valley startup was Bill Perry. In these last three weeks the benefit of having a team of mixed business and technical resources becomes apparent. Or conversely business team members draw timelines and costs without a deep understanding of the technology hurdles. Team Dynamics.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The main draw for companies towards hiring a fractional chief marketing officer lies within this inherent flexibility—a godsend especially for startups or smaller firms that might not have ample resources yet require top-notch talent steering their go-to-market strategy. Ever puzzled over the role of a Fractional CMO?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

It's been just about two years since Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits released their self-published book The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development (you can see my original review here ). Since then, Brant and Patrick have been tireless advocates for the whole Lean Startup movement. Market segments drive your business model.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Paul, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, DC. Gigs vary in categories like advertising, video and animation, graphics and design, programming and tech, music and audio, gifts, fun and bizarre, online marketing or writing and translation. Currently available in Dallas, Indianapolis, St.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 16, 2012

He founded the Last Mile startup accelerator program at San Quentin State Prison in California. We had about 50 invited guests at demo day, including about 11 VCs, and they were astounded not just by the level of the presentations but the fact that they incorporated technologies that the inmates had never experienced for themselves.”.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 3, 2020

As a startup team, my employees work so hard every day and have to wear many hats. Sometimes scaling too quickly can cause holes in other departments that you may miss, due to the balance sheet going up. To make my name a brand in the world of digital marketing & technology (AI/Blockchain). 5- Celebrate the small moments.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). My blog was wiped out. He handled this perfectly.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Due to the overwhelmingly positive response this Masterclass received, we launched a new workshop series, Sunset Social Series, and we’re teaching one social media workshop per month at our office in Venice, CA. 2 – Technical Projects. This summer was a fantastic and wildly successful one for our startup.

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fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Our vision is to Globalize Silicon Valley by creating and fostering local startup ecosystems in promising markets across the globe. Our vision is to Globalize Silicon Valley by creating and fostering local startup ecosystems in promising markets across the globe. Founder Feedback gives you insights from the startup trenches.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

That data is completely consonant with the people I know who are successful technologists today, and similar patterns are documented in each recent wave of technology innovation. There would be no Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, or countless other job-creating tech companies today if early computers required corporate authorization to use.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

These are hard things to initially comprehend until you see them in full force as local retailers get wiped out due to their albatross of high real estate costs leading to either higher prices to consumers or lower margins on their p&l statements. Thus Amazon’s market cap is $200 billion. ” Let’s start with some basics.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Today, with the decentralising nature of the Internet, distributed cloud technology and a growing sentiment toward entrepreneurship, the global startup ecosystem has never been so dispersed. And this is just one of the many pioneering technologies surfacing out of this mid-sized Southern city of the Netherlands. Pune, India?.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2021

However, it’s difficult to measure the impact of a new tool or technology if you don’t have a clear goal. Before connecting the apps that make up your tech stack, make sure you fully understand your goals and how each component contributes to the customer experience. Marketing requires a multi-channel approach.

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Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Meanwhile our company was pouring an enormous amount of dollars into building tools and video compression technology, while also hiring a lot of high-priced Hollywood talent like art directors, and script and story editors. Bring in some outside professionals to review our progress? Was my response to stop development of the games?

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Up and Running

MARCH 5, 2018

This article is part of our Business Startup Guide —a curated list of our articles that will get you up and running in no time! We think that our customers are more likely to live in suburban areas—zip codes with slightly above average median incomes, in areas with a relatively mild climate all year long, like San Diego.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 27, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Can you tell us what it is like to launch a startup in an industry that hasn’t yet been significantly affected by technological advances?

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