crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Important Questions Startup Co-Founders Should Ask Each Other - [link]. 44 Clever Outdoor Advertising Samples - [link]. 44 Clever Outdoor Advertising Samples - [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Useful reminder about importance of saying “No&# when building software – [link]. How to Find a Technical Co-Founder – [link]. Fundry – Crowdfunding software development – [link]. Useful reminder about importance of saying “No&# when building software – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

Andrew Ellis, one of the co-founders of SignNow.com, was so enthusiastic about his company, I’m going to let him do most the talking on this one: How would you explain what you do to somebody’s grandmother? One example is outsourcing our original software development and it eventually had to be redone.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Advertise with GeekWire. Software Developer. Senior Software Engineer - Web-based Applications. at Tableau Software. Front-end UI Software Engineer. IT staffing, consulting and software development services. Co-founder, National Editor. Co-founder, National Editor.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to drop out of Harvard and move to Silicon Valley was a plot point in in the movie “The Social Network,” it looked like a watershed event to many in the local technology community.

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siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Last year around the time PIE was starting, David Cohen , cofounder of TechStars , shared the TechStars Mentor Manifesto. Web Developer. Platform Software Developer. Sr Developer (JavaScript/Flash). Software Cloud Engineer III. Software Cloud Project Manager. Training and Development Specialist.

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davetroy.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Dave Troy: Fueled By Randomness Design, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Software home Twittervision Flickrvision About @davetroy ← Start By Taking Action A New Plan for Economic Development → In Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Cofounders Find YOU! And I’ve promised to talk about what it takes to find cofounders.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software. Advertising clients include: Sony, Microsoft, NBC, and Clicker.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

The Differentiators The areas that kill the most time when consuming open source software are: Installation process Documentation Support Usability I’m sure we can all point out a handful of open source projects that have decent documentation and decent usability. Co-workers arent’ comfortable with commandeline/Tortoise.

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Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Opinion Column: The Sad State Of The Web Design Community – [link]. “These results suggest that [developers rely] on stereotype & instinct to understanding user needs&# – [link]. 90 Creative Advertisements You Will Listen To – [link]. Build a technology company without a tech cofounder – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Opinion Column: The Sad State Of The Web Design Community – [link]. “These results suggest that [developers rely] on stereotype & instinct to understanding user needs&# – [link]. 90 Creative Advertisements You Will Listen To – [link]. Build a technology company without a tech cofounder – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Create a profile for me in the Journal Community. Journal Community. Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. Why Register? Personalize your own news page.

Silicon Valley 42

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The video above is a fun look at the obsession people have with cats in online videos and advertising. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. 5 rules of small business advertising success – [link]. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. – [link].

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. However, i need a technical person (web developer) who can bring my vision to life.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Outstanding post on qualities that Paul Graham (Y Combinator) looks for in startup founders – [link]. Mike Samson, Co-Founder of @crowdSPRING on Raising Angel Funding [Part 1] – [link]. The marketing challenge for startups (by @Scobleizer – interview with founder of Indinero) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Co-Founder, Micah Baldwin – [link]. Immigrants founded 7000 tech co’s from 1995-2006 – [link]. Conversations About The Future Of Advertising with @edwardboches - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2011

The Co-Founder Mythology – [link]. Marketing Inspiration: 100 Clever and Creative Advertisements – [link]. 28 Creative Automotive Advertisements – [link]. Interesting perspective arguing that focus on ROI is dangerous because it ignores advertising creative – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Speaking of tattoos – Interview with @micah , CEO & co-founder of Graphic.ly – [link]. What does advertising do? - [link]. Retro inspiration: Vintage Advertisement Of Modern Technology – [link]. Interesting info about the crowdSPRING creative community - [link]. – [link].

Social Media 91

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Before: After: And thenI ran into a Mixergy interview where 37signals founder, Jason Fried, talks about their free plan (6:00 into the interview): “… The majority of the revenues for our products come from people who sign up for the paid versions upfront. Plenty of advertising systems work well on 0.8%. #4 But, even 0.8%

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Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2015

Building a following may mean subsidiary investments – for example, in advertising. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter all allow companies with small budgets of just a few US dollars per day to advertise through suggested posts, recommended followers and other means. This was the experience of Herschel Supply Co.,

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2012

How To Choose A Co-Founder – [link]. Paths to $5M for a startup founder – [link]. Raising funding as a first-time founder – [link]. Banksy on advertising – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. Programmers, and certainly not the visionary founders, are the most qualified for that task. #6 Doing so does not take advantage of a software developers experience.

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