crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 10, 2014

Silence is for the weak” | The Circle Blog – crowdspring.co/1iiz86r. Silence is for the weak” | The Circle Blog – crowdspring.co/1iiz86r. Tech Angels Cross The $1Billion Mark In 2013 | TechCrunch – crowdspring.co/1fehao1. The Four Stages of Disruption | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1cN4HzJ.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 99

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

How You Can Benefit from All Your Stress | Heidi Grant Halvorson – Harvard Business Review – [link]. 1:1 criticism ratio | 37signals blog – [link]. What Most Businesses Forget About Customer Service | Overit Blog – by Lisa Barone – [link]. Ray Fisman-Harvard Business Review – [link].

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

2013 Super Bowl Marketing and Small Business: More in Common Than You Think! Want To Successfully Recruit For Your Startup In 2013? Why Innovators Love Constraints | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Avoiding Undue Diligence: My Strange Approach To Angel Investing – [link]. That’s an understatement.

Social Media 106

Social Media Small Business Technical Review Design 106

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 16, 2014

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Natalie MacNeil , founder of She Takes On The World , a graduate of my Blog Mastermind and Membership Site Mastermind programs. She’s won an Emmy award, and today is in charge of a half a million dollar a year blogging business.

Founder 108

Founder RSS Social Media Software Review 108

Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. It’s entirely possible the trend lifts these companies in due time, as well.

Technical Review 127

Technical Review Open Source Software Review Venture Capital 127

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2014

Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers presented the data at the recent Code Conference. To Negotiate Effectively, First Shake Hands | Francesca Gino |Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/1jQOCwN. Does Team Size Impact Code Quality? Code Climate Blog – crowdspring.co/1nJ3Mwt.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Software Review 94

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The reason for its success is due to not holding ‘compromises’ as an option. This software enables us to communicate with coworkers and connect with family members that we hope to see safely again soon. Lastly, Microsoft Office remains the most popular corporate productivity software program. 9- Basecamp. 17- Aurora Solar.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review SEO 118

Up and Running

JANUARY 2, 2013

To help you increase your productivity in 2013, here are my top 12 favorite apps from 2012. These aren’t just apps that I’ve read good reviews about. Here’s to a productive 2013! Evernote is my notepad, my bookmarking tool, where I draft blog posts, my record of favorite beers and wines, and so much more.

Product 101

Product Ireland Oregon Cloud 101

YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2013

With the proliferation of blog shops and rise of online shopping in Singapore – and in Asia – the casual observer might be forgiven for thinking the brick and mortar shops will go the way of the Dodo. I will be presenting the results at the upcoming Asia Fashion Summit 2013 at the Raffles Conference and Convention Centre this month.

Singapore 173

Singapore Asia China Technical Review 173

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 3, 2013

Codiqa – Build a real mobile website or app with no coding required. Class Dojo – Behavior management software for teachers. Bloglovin’ – Follow your favorite blogs and discover new ones. Accept and review digital files. NationBuilder – Community building software for every type of leader.

Software Review 60

Software Review San Francisco Startup Technical Review 60

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013! - crowdspring.co/1aTk8Jc. Small Business and Startups: End-of-Year Mishegoss, 2013! - crowdspring.co/1aTk8Jc. When Marketing Is Strategy | Harvard Business Review - crowdspring.co/1jtztSC. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Up and Running

JULY 23, 2014

I’ve been a member of an angel investment group for more than six years now, and I’ve been involved in reviewing the possibilities (studying the possible deals, which we call “due diligence”) every year. In 2002 I provided an exit for VCs who had invested in Palo Alto Software a few years earlier.

Exit Strategy 131

Exit Strategy Software Review Angel Investor Startup 131

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2012

crowdSPRING Blog - [link]. When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Outsource Your Marketing | Hubspot Blog - [link]. Key Digital Marketing Trends For 2013 | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. The Power of Thinking Long-Term | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Bonnstetter-Harvard Business Review - [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

Board Effect

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) reports that financial losses due to fraud run in the tens of billions of dollars every year. billion in healthcare fraud and abuse in 2013 alone. Set up a chart review process to examine the use and application of codes and track for certain procedures or supplies.

Software Review 59

Software Review Technical Review Programming Government 59

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 25, 2013

Book Review: Ctrl Alt Delete, by Mitch Joel – [link]. Create a Crowd Competition That Works | Harvard Business Review – [link]. 10 of the most counterintuitive pieces of advice from famous entrepreneurs | The Buffer Blog – [link]. GitHub’s Code For Workplace Happiness | Fast Company – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Reviewing financial & operational performance. And while John & I have been through these phases ourselves (and have even written several blog posts on the topic like this one and John keeps a great blog with many similar concepts) we simply haven’t been running large sales teams for the past 8+ years.

Technical Review 325

Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

4 Steps to Starting a Web Business Without Knowing Coding | The Next Web – crowdspring.co/1ep8F6R. Amazon is surprisingly quiet/inactive when it comes to acquisitions | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1dhwOrm. 4 Steps to Starting a Web Business Without Knowing Coding – crowdspring.co/1ep8F6R. – crowdspring.co/1fkwYB1.

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2012

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: miiCard | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. Vision | Jordan Cooper’s Blog – [link]. Bonnstetter | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Nine Ways Successful People Defeat Stress | Heidi Grant Halvorson -Harvard Business Review – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Why Good-Better-Best Prices Are So Effective | Rafi Mohammed-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Will Software Eliminate Physical Retail? Inside Google’s Culture of Success and Employee Happiness | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. How should one go about pricing their software product? LinkedIn – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 107

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2013

It compares a 2013 smart phone (an iPhone) to what you had to carry just 10 years earlier (in 2003) to have some of the same tools (camera, video, music, etc.). Small Business and Startups: Give Thanks (and Coupons) | crowdSPRING Blog – crowdspring.co/1gjvtHz. Free Fonts Best of 2013 | Graphic Design Junction – crowdspring.co/1gkGcRS.

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Among the dozens of recent examples we’re aware of, here are just a few from 2013 alone that make the point: TechCrunch Disrupt kicked off with hackathon demos that included an app called “Titstare” and, separately, a guy on stage simulating masturbation. We review all speaker and sponsor materials for inappropriate imagery.

Software Review 167

Software Review Lean Hosting Ruby 167

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

| MODE Blog - crowdspring.co/Nv3KYE. Our Love Affair With the Tablet Is Over | Re/code - crowdspring.co/Nv1PDw. Most active venture capital investors of 2013 in the US by stage – pic.twitter.com/cfCFXWmpbH. Court Rules Yelp Reviewer Guilty of Defamation: Review At Your Own Risk? - crowdspring.co/NeImqH.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Agile VC

JANUARY 13, 2016

A pure software company might have 80-90%+ gross profit margins, but a commerce company might at best be 30-50% and service marketplaces might be far lower when measured on a gross revenue / GMV basis. But growth dried up (due to competitive pressures, changes in business model, etc) and today Zynga has a market cap of $2.2B

Technical Review 157

Technical Review .Net Revenue Software Review 157

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

An engineer by training, Founder and CEO Larry Gadea built the MVP of Envoy’s first product, Visitors, by himself using only free versions of software. “I now has 350+ customers who spend between $6k to $17k a year to use their software, depending on the size of the company. Their growth since their MVP release in 2016?

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The Australian Air Force ran a banner ad on an Australian IT news website with a clever incentive to click: Upon inspecting the source code, visitors would find the following: Even with a limited budget, this ad won an advertising award, massively increased job inquires for the Australian Air Force, and reduced the average cost per enlistment.

Acquisition 111

Acquisition Software Review PPC Analytics 111

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

Don’t Hire the Perfect Candidate | Lance Haun-Harvard Business Review – [link]. What Company Culture IS and IS NOT | Rand’s Blog – [link]. The 6 Marketing Metrics Your CEO Actually Cares About [Cheat Sheet] | Hubspot Blog - [link]. 8 Major Mistakes Entrepreneurs Will Make In 2013 | Forbes – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2013

MIT Technology Review – [link]. Increase Your Team’s Curiosity | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Can you Crowdsource Your Employee Reviews? Nextiva Blog by Barry Moltz – [link]. The Dinosaurs of Cannes | by John Winsor, Harvard Business Review – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2014

Reviews That Are Too Sweet to Digest. Okay, maybe you’re not one of those sites that post ads on Craiglist to get fake reviews written about your site. Still, you might be among thousand others that display only positive reviews on their site. This sometimes make people flock to it only to check reviews as well.

eCommerce 125

eCommerce Conversion Software Review Cost 125

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

The Work/Home Möbius Strip | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. SMB Marketing in 2013: 68% of small businesses to increase marketing budget | MarketingSherpa Blog – [link]. The Work/Home Möbius Strip | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. What Startups Can Learn From Netflix | KISSmetrics Blog – [link].

Social Media 108

Social Media Small Business Design Media 108

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2013

Martin – Harvard Business Review – [link]. Good reminder from Fred Wilson that your instincts should sometimes guide you when due diligence does not – [link]. Martin – Harvard Business Review – [link]. 25+ New Indesign Tutorials of 2013 | Dzineblog360 – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Technical Review 94

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

VentureFizz: Comprehensive newsletter with funding announcements, best local blog posts, and other local tech happenings. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. See his innovation economy blog and follow him on Twitter. Walter Frick - Harvard Business Review. Bijan Sabet – Spark Capital ( blog , @bijan).

Boston 71

Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2014

The first quarter of the business year is a great time to put in place or review your accounting and bookkeeping systems. Unfortunately it’s too late for 2013; if you’re not already organized with last year’s accounting, you have some troubles that this blog post will be unable to help you with!

Small Business 103

Small Business CPA Software Review Startup 103

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Added – March 2013* Startup Intelligence tools. Website/Blogging. About VC Cafe. Seed Startups.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Great Customer Experience Is the Root of Brands and Businesses | OMI Blog - [link]. The Law on Fonts and Typefaces: Frequently Asked Questions | crowdSPRING Blog - [link]. 6 Ways You Can Improve Churn Rate and Increase Revenue | KISSmetrics blog - [link]. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like – [link].

Social Media 107

Social Media Small Business Design Cofounder 107

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 12, 2013

Bonnstetter-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Bonnstetter-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Bill Gates says you should read these 5 books in 2013 | GeekWire – [link]. 11 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started My First Blog | QuickSprout – [link]. Lean Business: Pivot Point – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

Five Linking Myths That Need To Go Away In 2013 – [link]. Five Linking Myths That Need To Go Away In 2013 – [link]. 8 Major Tech Predictions for 2013 | Business Insider – [link]. Will 2013 Be Harder For Startups Than 2012? (by Will 2013 be the year of conversion optimisation? Quora – [link].

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Design Media 100

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Maybe a quick call to your Representative with a simple message is due: Hey! 761: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (Introduced 4/18/2013) Every day businesses, governments, and cultural institutions do damage to our economy through the wasteful practices. What’s the holdup? How so, you ask?

Small Business 85

Small Business SBIC Software Review United States 85