crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. 5 things a non-technical founder can do - [link].

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 16, 2018

It is all about how you hire the best and the amazing impact doing so will have on your culture. You must test those that you want to hire. When we got to our finalists after 5–8 interviews and everyone was ready to hire them, we would call them up?—?typically We’ve followed this lesson since the beginning of data.world?—?and

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Take a look at some of the emails between us from 2010: We were attending NYU from 2008–2012. We’d also like to highlight two notable investors who participated in our first close: David Johnston began investing in Bitcoin in 2012. PPPS, we’re also hiring a blockchain engineer. We were infatuated with tech. Factom, Inc.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Rob Biederman, co-founder of HourlyNerd, has a funding story that wouldn’t be out of place in a movie. In case you haven’t heard of the website before, it allows you to register and hire professional consultants with top-tier qualifications, at a fraction of the cost you might otherwise have to pay, and in a fraction of the time.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2022

Paul is the founder and CEO of Marketing AI Institute, and the founder of PR 20/20, HubSpot’s first partner agency. He is the author of The Marketing Performance Blueprint (Wiley, 2014) and The Marketing Agency Blueprint (Wiley, 2012); and the creator of the Marketing AI Conference (MAICON). So Paul, welcome back.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Boulder, CO.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Funding challenges and other issues founders face in the early days of starting up were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Will Zell , co-founder and CEO of Nikola Labs wireless power company.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Decathlon Capital.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. Today, in steps 10-12 I want to discuss with you raising your first round of money, hiring to develop and maintain your company culture, as well as defining your role in the management of your startup.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Thursday, August 9th, 2012. Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. Founder Stories) Aereos Chet Kanojia Urges Entrepreneurs To "Go For The Difficult Problems" [TCTV]. Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

My co-founders and I wanted a name that would reflect the incredible ambition of our mission: “to build the most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource in the world”. 13, 2012?—?I Then we hired our founding CMO, Sam Decker, a few months before our launch. data.world was no different. We were locked.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

July 9, 2012 at 10:21 am by John Cook Leave a Comment. Voted “Next Tech Titan” at the 2012 GeekWire Startup Awards, Tableau Software is on a huge growth trajectory. 07/06/2012. Co-founder, National Editor. 07/04/2012. Co-founder, National Editor. 07/03/2012. . -->. 07/03/2012.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 10, 2012

Bishay would charge tuition but would refund it if the students got jobs as developers and he earned a recruitment fee from the hiring company. A year ago, PayPal co-founder and serial entrepreneur Peter Thiel created the “ Thiel Foundation ” to give $100,000 to 20 people under the age of 20 to start their own companies.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

I usually don’t back a business unless there are founders that can build, sell, and service the new solution that is being brought to market. In this case, they could build and service it but they needed a third co-founder to sell it. io , where I’ve been writing about primarily entrepreneurship since 2012.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

How do I find good technical co-founders? Why Humility is Essential for Every New Startup Hire – [link]. Phenomenal Reddit AMA … I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – [link]. Teaching the Support team how to fish | by Mig Reyes of 37signals – [link].

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Rob Go

MARCH 2, 2013

Every now and then, I get a big reminder of just how helpful it is for entrepreneurs to have co-founders. Of course, having the wrong co-founders is really damaging. Also, there are many successful founders who have done great without a meaningful co-founder. Couple examples.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

1- I credit my co-founder. I credit my co-founder Eric Frothingham with coming up with our name. When we created Yeeply in 2012 we were sure IT hiring was going to be all about freelancing platforms and remote work. Her picture is my office as an added reminder of the woman I consider our real founder.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

female founders. founder friday. Conference 2012. Lessons learned from female founders and women entrepreneurs. Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White on Building a Successful Startup » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder. Tweet By Elizabeth Knopf (Co-Founder & CEO, Sorced).

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2017

Outcomes from a national study conducted by the Center for an Urban Future that reported a dramatic 52 percent growth in woman-owned business formation from 2002 to 2012.( This implies a lack fundamental skills, including leadership and confidence to grow a business and hire multiple employees. Race/Ethnicity. # Avg # of Employees.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Ive occasionally worked with executive recruiters, for example in hiring a CTO for my first company, Eve.com. I was lucky to sign on as advisor and investor the founder of a very high-profile consumer Internet site who happens to also be a former engineer, who I will call Richard. This time, I decided to handle the process myself.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 18, 2012

January 18, 2012. Being a startup founder isn’t for everyone ultimately, in fact it probably isn’t for most people. Not everyone has the skillset and experience to be a founder, and many of those that do may not have the risk tolerance. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

He also shared a number of insights and lessons which I think we can all learn from: Hire Great People, regardless of if you have a defined role for them : Ben shared that one of the things he is thankful he did in the early days was to hire people that he thought were great people even before he knew exactly what their role would be.

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The Next Web

MAY 2, 2013

Jim Belosic is the co-founder and CEO of Pancake Labs, a software company based in Reno, Nev. Belosic ultimately conceived of a software platform that would allow thousands of users to create Facebook apps for their businesses without needing to hire a developer. Got a question for Jim?

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ConversionXL

MARCH 28, 2014

On the eCommerce side, a 2012 report by invodo showed that over half of eCommerce buyers report feeling more confident in a purchase decision after watching a product video, and high quality videos can increase cart sizes by an impressive 174 %. If you’re doing animation: hire a professional. image source.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2014

Many startups these days are started by young, technical or product founders who are in the idealistic phase of their lives and careers. Zynga not only had many hirings & firings but ultimately it led to Mark Pincus stepping aside as CE O. It’s not that I don’t love idealism – I was young once, too! Foursquare?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2012

Make small connections : LinkedIn’s co-founder, Reid Hoffman, says that it’s a great idea to do “small goods” on the site, offering congratulations, “likes,” and other little ways to let people know you’re listening and you care. Open your profile up publicly to connect with new people, and just be careful about what you share.

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The Next Web

MAY 1, 2013

Streaming live on The Next Web, Pancake Labs founder Jim Belosic will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. Jim Belosic is the co-founder and CEO of Pancake Labs, a software company based in Reno, Nev. ET (12 p.m. PT) Thursday, May 2. The company anticipates serving more than 300,000 users in 2013.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2017

A 2012 study by Randy Buckner , a Harvard psychologist, revealed that introverts consistently show a thicker concentration of gray matter than their extroverted counterparts in areas of the brain (the prefrontal cortex) that control decision-making and abstract thought. Devote your time and energy to a cause that matters to you. Bill Gates.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 3, 2013

struggled to compete with search engine giant Google, the company hired former-Google spokesperson and key executive Marissa Mayer to take over the reigns as President and CEO. Mayer earns a spot on Forbes’ 2012 list of Power Women and Time’s 100 Most Influential People in 2013. Perry Chen, Kickstarter CEO and Co-Founder.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

For starters they has asked him to hire a CEO (Hamet was a first timer) and that person lived in Seattle even though NextMedium was based in LA. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. I believe investors had forced him to do this. I stayed close.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. Q&A: Group Commerce Plans Hires, European Growth with $21M Funding. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. Our Cities ▾ Boston ›.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 31, 2014

Yoav Vilner is the CEO and co-founder of Ranky.co , a growth hacking and online marketing team. It was in 2012 when he first hinted about staying away from spammy guest post opportunities. If you are one of TNW’s many readers, there’s a good chance you might be a product owner, creator, or the marketer of one.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. You’d imagine that every founder was getting rich. Actually, positive outcomes for founders are quite rare. As a startup founder you rarely have much money in your bank accounts. You have secret doubts about your co-founder. It’s not.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

To greet renters and hand over the keys, Hertz sometimes hires a stand-in through TaskRabbit, a Web-based company that matches time-deprived people in need of temporary assistants with freelance errand runners who have passed criminal background checks and are looking for extra income. Find free office space at Loosecubes. Thats real money."

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2013

As of February 2012, 35% of Elance freelancers are based in Asia. Of special note is Singapore, which has emerged as amongst Elance’s top 10 hiring countries at No. 7 in terms of payment volume in Q1 2013 when hiring online freelancers. Demand for, and the supply of, online talent in Asia on the rise.

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