crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

I am not talking about wooing potential partners at fancy lunches, or drinks with clients after work, or even the whiteboard sessions that can fill our days. I am talking about the nitty-gritty reality of operating a business, paying the bills, washing the dishes, and managing employees. Payroll and record keeping. Kaplan and David P.

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ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

One of the greatest threats to long-term success is when companies aren’t vigilant enough about responding to the changes in their market—whether it’s by failing to spot product or channel fatigue, acknowledge new competition, make needed updates to products or marketing adjustments in a timely fashion, or embrace new technology coming online.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 6, 2017

It also isn’t any less true than it was Bill Gates coined the phrase back in 1996. It starts with well-crafted copy… From the standpoint of the search engines, the words you use in your content matter more than anything. Want to make sure what you’re putting out there is good enough to impress the search engines?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2014

A startup is a temporary organization in search of a repeatable, scalable business model. innovating new products and services within an already scaled business model), the processes that companies have optimized for execution inevitably interfere with the search processes needed to discover a new business model.

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Brandanew

JUNE 3, 2016

Since 1996 when this statement was made by one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, the three words have gone really, really viral. You cannot go about writing on random topics and expect your audience to read and share them. Your audience will find your blog through the keywords they search for.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Your previous ideas about the construct of a camel allow you to finish this sketch before it’s actually finished: Image Source. Perhaps the most widely known (and hotly debated) priming study was published by John Bargh in 1996. The presence of that box, however, primes me to leave the checkout flow and search for a promo code.

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help.bplans.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

It might be helpful to tell you that the business will probably be valued in excess of $200 million when fully operational (about 1 yr.). I am excited about the opportunity to work with you. According to the numbers in your email the standard non-equity rate is $150, the proposed rate is $100, and we are talking about 30 hours.

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Software By Rob

APRIL 7, 2009

For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page. Front End Developer Resume, An 11-pound Notebook, A 2-pound Netbook, and Internet 1996 | Software by… [.] I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. 4 comments ↓ #1 NoahWho?

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 13, 2010

In 1996, when I started my first company, SneakerLabs, Inc., These are questions that a startup needs to think about, as they are key to its ability to build a lasting business. However, at the very least I expect the startups I work with to have at least thought about the options they have. we began by building chat servers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

We’re going to talk about his entrepreneurial journey, how his company runs, and maybe what else he’s up to on the side. So back in 1996 I wanted to start my own business and I asked my mom, “Hey, what businesses could I do from home?” Have you thought about that?” So Lance, thanks for joining me.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2010

You hear it all the time when you tell people about a fresh idea. And exactly 40 years later, when Google launched in 1996, even one of the world's top venture capitalists was a naysayer. David Cowan from Bessemer Venture Partners would not fund Google, thinking that there were already enough search engines in the market.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2015

And every year I think about doing the same. Twitter – Say what you want about Twitter “losing its way,” “not engaging new users well enough,” “not targeting ads well enough.” I wrote about this years ago. But it’s the holidays and I usually can’t be bothered.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 16, 2019

What’s even better is that they provide a free or inexpensive way to spread the word about the great work that your nonprofit is doing. The Communications and Decency Act of 1996 also offers some protection for infringement claims for nonprofits. Social media platforms are easy to use and there are plenty of platforms to choose from.

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Up and Running

MAY 31, 2016

If you’re a performer, I assume it’s about gigs, managers, and that stuff. Or, it’s about selling your paintings, sculptures, or photographs. Don’t discount the obvious—take a look at the results of a quick web search, in the illustration here, for “where to sell my paintings.” Strategy and tactics.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

If PPC has been around since 1996 , why doesn’t it happen more often? According to Hanapin Marketing’s 2015/2016 State of Paid Search Report , most people feel pretty good about their PPC campaigns… Image Source. Companies know more about you than ever before. billion desktop search queries…?

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

I last wrote about the iPhone in November 2007 when my wife and her friends started getting iPhones.    Through various forms I have been involved from an investment perspective in wireless-related companies since 1996 when I made an investment in a company called AirMedia.  appeared first on BeyondVC.

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Software By Rob

MAY 4, 2009

I’m asked pretty regularly about the best way to start a physical product e-commerce site, or whether that’s a good way to get started selling online. Gross margin was about 30%, which meant a whopping $30-$60 per month in my pocket. For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 25, 2011

and meet many many many executives and hear about their digital marketing strategies, challenges and outcomes. Consistently allocate 15% of your marketing budget trying things you don't currently do, things "gurus" talk about (yes I said Guru!), Display and Search drive each other. Super lame! People matter.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

We worked together at Andersen Consulting between 1996-99 when the markets were booming. Zynga wasn’t founded because they read about similar successes on TechCrunch, they built early and pioneered. Bryce is a bit like the entrepreneurs I search for. He always was. I’m only a 386 processor.&#. I love that.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2019

That’s especially important for extracting video clips, which we’ll talk about in the next section. You can learn more about prioritization from this article by Carl Rosenberg. You can learn more about the SUS score and how to interpret it from Jeff Sauro. Build a qualitative report from your notes. early-stage testing).

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Kodorra

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Hotmail was developed by Jack Smith and Sabeer Bhatia in 1996. After an intensive and extensive search, they came across Draper Fisher Jurvetson who agreed to offer them a total of $300,000 for the project. Seeing how passionate Soichiro was about cars, the auto shop manager decided to give him a try.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 17, 2013

The game is about to start, and you forgot to record it. Over 45% of Yelp’s* searches begin on mobile. The applications can also leverage mobile-only features such as GPS search and the camera interface. One of the key reasons that mobile apps have a cleaner design is the absence of SEO (search engine optimization).

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

O’Reilly has good intentions, but he’s wrong—both about blitzscaling and in his desire to turn back the clock. O’Reilly is not the only one to worry about the negative impact of scaling. The truth is, we actually agree with O’Reilly about the importance of innovation.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And thats kind of exciting, when you think about it, because allthree are doable. If there is one message Id like to get across about startups,thats it. Googles plan, for example, was simply to create a search site thatdidnt suck. For example, dating sites currently suck far worse than search didbefore Google.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. There are different ways to go about finding a problem worth solving. Take the time to learn more about your potential customers, and refine your pitch.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2018

When starting Career Central in 1996, my team & I identified three qualities that we wanted our employees to possess: tirelessness, selflessness, and fearlessness. Maybe they are all fearless, great problem solvers, and fanatical about customer satisfaction. It may take a lot of soul-searching, but figure that out.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 7, 2019

While many people erroneously think that millennial entrepreneurs mean any young person, millennials are those born between 1981 and 1996. They Already Know a Little Bit About Marketing. Since millennials are the hot group to market to, and they’re great at social media, they inherently know a little bit about marketing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

There are many myths about what it takes to start a business. That is why it is imperative for entrepreneurs to critically examine all advice and “truths” about startups. They didn’t have the ability to crowdfund or go to an incubator either, so they did the only thing they could do in 1996: work out of their garages.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Ultimately, the leap to entrepreneurship was about freedom – in my schedule, in my life, and in my work. Time is an important commodity, and to have to waste time going from website to website searching for my fun and entertainment choices was an on-going frustration. 10 – Solve a Problem I’m Passionate About.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. But look beyond this list as well — search on AngelList for investors who have made more than one investment in your space in the past 12 months, and who bring some of their own relevant experience. Fill Out the Round.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

But remember that when Jobs returned to Apple in 1996, he was doing so as the co-founder and CEO of NeXT computer, a marginal computer workstation company which Apple purchased for less than $500M. Knowledge of exactly what’s strong and weak about the code base. Knowledge of exactly what’s strong and weak about the organization.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

We’ve all heard stories about the impact that forms have on conversion rates, like how Expedia made an extra $1 million per year by removing one field on their form or how Marketo received 34% more leads by experimenting with their form length. When it’s not, they can still search for their country from the list.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

About Who the Heck is Uncle Saul? Google is not descriptive of the company’s search core competency nor was it particularly easy to pronounce, spell or remember when the site was initially launched. Legend asserts that the name change from Cadabra was prompted by Yahoo’s alphabetized listing of search results. infoChachkie.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 12, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← What is the Micropreneur Academy? of DotNetInvoice (my asp.net billing product) about 2 weeks ago. For more on my story and the purpose of all this, visit the about page.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Email us or call +44 (0) 844 3579899 home about services blog labs Which language should my startup use? Language doesnt matter Complex web applications can be built in just about any programming language, and its not really the language that is so important as the frameworks that are available. © 1996 - 2010 Reincubate Limited.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 22, 2011

Two things about it attracted me immediately. #1 It turns what was a noisy cacophony into a melodious symphony, and information is what people in need or search of it will pay you for – happily. #2 Think about an author who writes a book. I built my first website in 1996. There is a deluge of data all around.

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ConversionXL

MAY 31, 2017

Back then, if you wanted to learn more about a product, submitting some contact info and waiting for a follow-up email or phone call seemed reasonable…because those were the only options available. The first wave of messaging software arrived with ICQ (launched in 1996), followed by AIM (1997), Yahoo! No more lead gen forms?

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