crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

The transformation that turned Apple from a niche player into an industry giant started when Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997. Apple’s Think Different campaign (which ran from 1997 to 2002) focused on the brand and not on specific products. Others present products as stories. Yet others study and leverage social currency.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. The Goods: Your Business Toolbox | Thursdays. Todays Small Business News | Daily. Running A Home-Based Business. Naming a Business. Financing a Small Business. Buying a Small Business. RUNNING A BUSINESS. Franchises.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Small businesses have made a huge recovery since the economic crash in 2008 and that’s good news for all of us. And here’s more good news: Women are launching more businesses than ever – 1,288 a day, according to a recent analysis by American Express. Since 1997, women-owned businesses rose by 68 percent.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

There are many companies that are competing to be the “operating system” for small businesses. Among those competing for this vision are PayPal/eBay, Square and Groupon, with each struggling to pull together pieces of the equation and, importantly, reach the small business in a cost-efficient manner at scale.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2021

Originally introduced in 1997 by the British progressive rock band Marillion, this means of acquiring capital has surged in popularity, and for good reason. Small Business Grants. Crowdfunding. One such option an entrepreneur can utilize to secure their funding is via crowdfunding.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. Small Business Administration. Small Business Administration ’s Associate Administrator and chief of its investment and innovation programs.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2019

This includes monthly reading of at least one business book (my recent favorites are Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman, The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber, and Crushing It!: Thanks to Amine Rahal, IronMonk Solutions ! #26-

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Younger people are not starting businesses like they used to. in 1997 to 24.7 The percentage of new entrepreneurs who are women has also dropped significantly since 1997. Let’s challenge government officials who spout rhetoric about personal responsibility but don’t support small business.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2017

Sure, some of the major corporations were all over it and had them already, but many small businesses didn’t. At the time, I had started a word processing business from home, so when I typed up a document for a client, and I made a mistake that couldn’t be fixed with white-out, I redid the entire document. Virtual Assistants.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 18, 2010

equity capital markets must be structured with the goal of promoting the growth of publicly held small businesses in America. For more on the SEC Concept Release, click HERE. I believe that the U.S.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Freeloader — On $3m invested, sold for $38m in 1996 — shut down in 1997. .” Here’s the summary of his track record (excerpted from the Fast Company article): Forefront — IPO’ed in 1995 by CBT — CBT stock fell 85% in 1998 and prompted class-action lawsuits. Support.com — On 2.5m

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 16, 2016

My initial passion to start my own business was because I saw a need for quality marketing in the small business realm, and I wanted my own freedom. I wanted to work on my own terms and create my own business with my own team, and essentially, create my very own company culture. In 1997 we were IT consultants.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

For many consumers and small business owners in the U.S. Certification began in 1997, as a concrete way to ensure that a fair trade certified (FTC) label on a product meant that a series of milestones had been met, and a socially conscious consumer could rest easy with their purchase. The Pros and Cons of Fair Trade Coffee.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 6, 2022

Pieter is CEO and co-founder of Macanta Software Ltd and a small business systems & automation expert. Pieter was born and raised in South Africa, moving to the UK in 1997. About this episode: In this episode of the Agency Spark Podcast, Sara talks with Pieter K de Villiers on the pain of two-minute tasks.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Now, a lot of businesses only see Gen Z as teenagers, but this generation started in 1997, so essentially, the older ones are in their late 20s, slowly creeping to their 30s. Image credit They have just as much spending power as Millenials, so you’re only hurting your business if you’re not targeting them.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

” This is a core truth in small business and it’s the antithesis of the idea that you have to be the president of the company as well as the bottle washer. All of this changed in about 1997 when U.S. Cliché 3: just do what you love. Robotics’ Palm Pilot was released.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 5, 2013

Not surprisingly, Snapple declined to make a second attempt to break the official record, which had been set in Holland in 1997 by a 21-foot ice pop. Ideas for small business: Surveying your customers. Ideas for small business and startups: Value Disciplines. We Built This City. PR Destroyed It.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 7, 2020

After being furloughed by the Harlem Globetrotters due to COVID-19, I founded Eric PR & Marketing, LLC as a way to help nonprofits and small businesses during difficult times. Small businesses are already having a hard time in the wake of the pandemic (which is when I started my business), why make it harder for them to succeed?

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

And I'm thinking, ah, Amazon, you know, Apple, like what do they have to do with small business? I have a lot of small business owners show whisperers. It started in 1997 with his first letter and his last letter in 2000 that came out in 2021. Oh yeah, absolutely. He ends it with, and remember it's always day one.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 7, 2015

Back in 1997, the Nielsen Norman Group conducted the first study to determine how users read on the web. Quadjobs has one service – connecting students with part-time and odd jobs that individuals and small businesses post on the site. In their words, “They don’t.” 2 sets of prospects with 2 states of awareness.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

These CEOs are in the business of helping other CEOs, filling employment needs, sales software, and Twitter streams. smallbiztrends : As Small Business Trends CEO, Anita Campbell shares the latest news in trends for the small business sector.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 4, 2015

While talking about the best business podcasts out there, we cannot help but mention our very own podcast, the Bcast. We designed the Bcast to discuss the topics that we find important and interesting for small businesses. Small Business Advocate Radio. Business Insanity. Listen to The Bcast here.

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Mike Michalowicz

JULY 13, 2015

When Christine started Balance Your Books in 1997, her vision was to create an accounting advisory firm that focused on the growth of entrepreneurs, their business, and their financial health. He started Fundera after his cousin experienced the frustration and lack of transparency of applying for a small business loan.

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Mike Michalowicz

APRIL 11, 2016

It was not until she married again in 1997, with the encouragement of her husband, she started her first business: With big plans in mind but only a small budget, she began Bermuda Bride in late 1999 and her floral company ‘Petals’ in 2001. Nextiva – VOIP phone providers for small businesses.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2022

That makes me sound like a genius today, But the point was 25 years ago that when you went to work for Hewlett, what's 25 years ago is 97, when you went to work for Hewlett Packard in 1997, you expected to be there for the next 40 years. And you didn't have a name anymore.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

As you may remember, I was lucky enough to have recieved, at your hands, the beating I so richly deserved back in 1997 while at ONETOUCH Systems. Reply Ken Chow , on June 18, 2009 at 12:13 pm Said: Steve, What a joy to see you finally sharing all your terrific stories and aphorisms in this blog. Just so you know, it helped immeasurably.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

But I stopped myself, realizing that I didn’t want to bash this small business online and forever tarnish their reputation. Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review.

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Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The fact that the entrepreneurial ecosystem is critical to job creation should be obvious, but there remains a misperception that small businesses create jobs. In truth, it’s not small business that represents the country’s job engine. It’s new businesses.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

I think that the prevalence of Basecamp clones in the world of small business apps communicates a certain ethic of simplicity and elegance to users. To design like a teenager in 1997 using MS publisher is incredibly painful. AND ITS IN BETA?!? We found the next Google!" These days, he said, some signals still apply. "I

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