crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 7, 2014

The simplest and most important dashboard for early stage startups - crowdspring.co/1gMgfqV. Startup and Small Business Marketing 2014: Smart Web Design Best Practices and Tips - crowdspring.co/1dn9KvH. Don’t fear competition. Many of the best companies embrace it - crowdspring.co/1kgAen9. Employee Retention - crowdspring.co/1f2fAz5.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Books that Shape Common Early Stage (Startup) Culture – crowdspring.co/1fLefAN. The mobile future of variable pricing | ThoughtGadgets by Ben Kunz – crowdspring.co/1epd89z. Good perspective fon how long it takes for entrepreneur to know if their idea might succeed – crowdspring.co/1cNRjk2.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 17, 2010

An “earn in” proposal – Employee option allocations in early stage companies - [link]. Really smart and fresh advertising by IKEA in France - [link]. Micropayments and Subscriptions: How Business Models for Startups are Shifting - [link]. Why The ‘Fail Fast’ Mantra Needs to Fail - [link]. Unreal - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Business Development for Early Stage Startups – [link]. 90+ creative advertising & design from January-February 2011 – [link]. Creative And Smart Ideas of Advertising For Inspirations – [link]. 8 Tested Guidelines for Creative Advertising – [link]. 1 – [link]. 1 – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 12, 2011

VC’s apparently are increasingly nervous about early stage investments – [link]. Celebrities in Advertising Are Almost Always a Big Waste of Money – [link]. 60 Pixel Perfect Examples of Advertising Banners – [link]. Women-Run Tech Startups – [link]. How Much Money Do Designers Make?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital – [link]. Mobile Advertising: Twitter Sales Are Double That Of Facebook In A Google-Ruled, $2.6B 40 Naughty Animals In Extremely Creative Advertisements – [link]. 60 Advertising Posters With Inspiring Ideas – [link]. Staffing your startup?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Lessons from a top Angel Investor: Fabrice Grinda talks about his 100 early-stage investments – [link]. Why Ad Holding Companies Should Act More Like VCs | Advertising Age - [link]. Advertising Age - [link]. Twitter Advertising: Gender targeting for Promoted Products now available - [link]. – [link].

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

The only difference between us and the Internet bubble that would follow was that we did branding on the cheap by creating our image with public relations, whilethe dot-bomb era was to do it by spending enormous sums on advertising (those large venture rounds had to get spent somewhere.) Hindsight is wonderful.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Not persuaded by arguments about early stage startups & org charts – [link] – Worry about getting s**t done. Advertising is Dying. To succeed, you need a good product AND a sound business model – [link]. 28 Startup Skills You Can’t Live Without – [link]. Was Steve Jobs a Role Model for Leaders?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

You can also try to build an initial following by leveraging public relations (PR). A company has to be really good at PR to get a lot of buzz. Editors of tech publications and websites receive hundreds of emails every week, so startups need to stand out from the crowd.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 1, 2011

10 Marketing Lessons for Early-Stage Tech Startups - [link]. Startups Need to Make Leaps of Faith, But Not Blindly – [link]. Interesting but punitive provision in Skype’s option plan allowing repurchase of even vested options at grant price – [link]. 40 Minimalist Print Ads That’ll Catch Your Eye – [link].

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

As I looked at my competition it felt as though each advertising law firm created advertisements that seemed very self-centered. I met with an advertising agency and we brain stormed several ideas that were consistent with this core value. Image Credit: Matthew Driggs. 10 – Obsessed with Entrepreneurs & Music.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

Paid advertising options include: Sponsored content Native search ads Podcast ads Email newsletter ads. Spread the word through public relations. Done right, your PR campaign should incentivize media outlets to pick it up. The key to success is consistency. Utilize paid ads. Conclusion.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Marketing starts to build a sales demo, writes sales materials (presentations, data sheets), and hires a PR agency. In this stage, or by alpha test, the company traditionally hires a VP of Sales who begins to assemble a sales force. Marketing is at its peak. Coming next Part 2: What’s Wrong with Product Development as a Model?

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