The Startup Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

While you get funding for your project, backers in return receive rewards or equity depending on the type of crowdfunding. Features of Notable Crowdfunding Platforms All crowdfunding platforms may appear similar at first glance, but each harbors unique features catering to different audiences or projects.

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Campaign Seed Capital Social Network Global 78

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2014

David vs. Goliath: Lean Startup Advantages | OpenView Blog – crowdspring.co/1x2JFtG. “Brand equity is important because it can become a significant part of a company’s value.” Lookalike audiences: the next big thing in marketing? 7 Harsh Realities about Startup Accelerators – crowdspring.co/1ruQ8ya.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 13, 2014

In his new startup Michael is rigorously applying lean principles. They quickly found a small group of passionate users which he says is what kept them going until the market turned, but looking back Michael thinks that if they applied lean principles they might have made some different decisions.

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Lean Portfolio Design Customer Development 122

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The Lean LaunchPad course online. I teach potential founders a hands-on, experiential class called the Lean LaunchPad at Berkeley, Stanford, Columbia and Caltech. Online Guide to How to Build a Startup: The Lean LaunchPad. They don’t ask for equity and charge just enough to cover the costs of pizza and the room rental.

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Open Source Silicon Valley Lean Customer Development 335

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

There’s a tremendous wealth of insight in his answers and the way he engaged the Reddit audience. Lean vs. Mean – Small Business and Responsibility – [link]. How Much Equity Do Your Employees Deserve? This week, Gates participated in a phenomenal Reddit AMA (ask me anything). The link is in the Other section below.

Social Media 107

Social Media Small Business Design Media 107

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

A Lean Business Plan might be a better fit if you simply need to think through all the different aspects of your business. A Lean Plan will be shorter, and it lends itself to quick revisions, but both types follow the same general outline. They tend to be lengthier and more detailed.

Business Plan 72

Business Plan Technical Review Exit Strategy Oregon 72

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The problem with a Lean Startup: the Minimum Viable Product | Paul Kortman – [link]. Convertible Debt: really Bridge Loans and Equity Replacement Debt – [link]. Venture-Backed Commerce Sites Banking on TV Ads to Lure in Audiences | AllThingsD – [link]. A turkey is a turkey – [link]. Brilliant analysis.

Social Media 100

Social Media Small Business Central African Republic Design 100

Hearpreneur

MARCH 4, 2022

From becoming more careful about handling my finances to gaining perspective about diversity, equity and inclusion and how they should be emphasized as much outside the office as inside to being a business owner has been enlightening for me. I look forward to scaling my firm further while discovering my full potential along the way.

Entrepreneur 128

Entrepreneur Technical Review Restful Colorado 128

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

So, if you’re anything like me, your first startup will need to be self-funded and operated with a very lean budget. After all, sweat equity can make up for a trim marketing budget, but it would be hard to make up for cuts in product development and customer service without sacrificing customer experience.

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Sweat Equity Equity Sales PR 60

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

And we charge money for it.” – Eric Ries, The Lean Startup. To do that, research your target audience and build out customer personas. CXL founder, Peep Laja, explains the benefits of this in his post on identifying your online target audience : . Researching your audience. It also gives you a product to market.

Product 142

Product Marketing Software Review Social Media 142

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). PlentyOfFish has 11 million registered users, is the #1 dating site in the UK and Canada and the #2 in the US by audience share. He basically outsources everything.

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Because of both lean startup principles and a thriving community of pay-it-forward individuals, we can all now build a little, learn a little, and then repeat. You’re able to deliver some level of value to an audience, then step to the sidelines to study what’s working and what’s not while standing shoulder-to-shoulder with your audience.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Seed Capital Syndicate Syndication 120

Genuine VC

JANUARY 3, 2013

What isn’t as efficient is aggressively scaling a business ahead of cash flows, which is the reason why companies of any sort raise capital (equity and debt) in the first place. Instead, startups are now empowered to create focused services which benefit a small niche audience.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Audience New York 166

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The Lean Startup Book launches in just under a week. People who would never bother with an entrepreneur’s blog, who may not even see themselves as entrepreneurs: shopkeepers and policy makers, CFO’s and private equity managers, and even future entrepreneurs. But there’s no reason we can’t have a little fun along the way.

Lean 167

Lean United States Startup SEO 167

The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 29, 2012

Last I heard, Tim Ferriss likes taking 5-10%[2], but he has a brand which allows him to heavily promote your product without annoying his [large and wealthy] audience. 2%, you treat advisor equity just like founder or employee equity: vested over 4 years. 4 year vesting, full acceleration on exit, optional cliff.

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Equity Vesting Advisory Board Merger 46

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

21:49] Is there anything on the horizon for Typeform that you want to tell my audience about that you guys are working on? [22:55] John Jantsch (01:11): So that's a lot in the CMOs job, particularly diversity, equity, inclusion. 22:55] Where can people connect with you and learn more about your work? So Carrie, welcome to the show.

Marketing 76

Marketing Differentiation B2C PR 76

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

So like many of the topics I try to lean into with a bit more thought than a tweet, I’ve decided that I just may be uniquely equipped to answer a question that has recently been asked of the city I love. “Is Is Austin racist?” My brother, Kahron, was asked the specific question I am referring to. “Is Is Austin racist?” So is Austin racist?

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Austin South Carolina DC Texas 90

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. (To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). 2) Market .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Up and Running

APRIL 4, 2022

This is a great way to start building an audience and engagement naturally. These are primarily used by businesses looking for quick funding in exchange for ownership equity, royalty payment, or convertible debt. In the initial stages of executing your business idea, it’s best to stay lean and avoid unnecessary expenses.

Social Media 156

Social Media SBA Media Metrics 156

Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

“It took an enormous investment of sweat equity on both our parts,” Allyson admits. Cote says: “Know your audience. The Lean Startup by Erik Reis. What started as a basic obstetrics kit, adopted early on by doctors and midwives, has expanded into a global, online marketplace. Target the right funders and investors.

Cofounder 60

Cofounder Sweat Equity Social Media Business Model 60

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

SM is cheap, fast, flexible, powerful and, with an investment of sweat equity, can bring meaningful returns to a small business. Your team can contribute to the branding by executing the same SM tactics and by leveraging their own audiences to build awareness and propagate ideas. Let it all hang out !

Small Business 121

Small Business Social Media Sweat Equity Startup 121

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

AHS recently aired its season 6 premiere after spending months confusing its loyal audience. Marketing is typically an exercise in depicting the value proposition of a commodity, service, or experience, so what happens when you’re not allowed to tell your audience what that value will be? 1) Brand equity is everything.

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Covenant Marketing Campaign Dividend 48

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

AHS recently aired its season 6 premiere after spending months confusing its loyal audience. Marketing is typically an exercise in depicting the value proposition of a commodity, service, or experience, so what happens when you’re not allowed to tell your audience what that value will be? 1) Brand equity is everything.

Covenant 48

Covenant Marketing Campaign Dividend 48

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

AHS recently aired its season 6 premiere after spending months confusing its loyal audience. Marketing is typically an exercise in depicting the value proposition of a commodity, service, or experience, so what happens when you’re not allowed to tell your audience what that value will be? 1) Brand equity is everything.

Covenant 48

Covenant Marketing Campaign Dividend 48

www.scottporad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

What may actually work is approaching somebody and telling them, “look, I have 50k to get this prototype up and running, you can either take it all, or get some cash and equity if you like my idea and you think it’s gonna work&#. Mark 15 Nov 10 at 3:11 pm [.] to help him develop the idea.

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Fractional CTO Developer Philadelphia Seattle 40

BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

The audience was awesome as well bringing together many rock stars of the past with those of the future. And with that, it was clear to see how much these startups could accomplish with so little capital and just sweat equity.

New York 129

New York Sweat Equity Marketing Startup 129

BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

The audience was awesome as well bringing together many rock stars of the past with those of the future. And with that, it was clear to see how much these startups could accomplish with so little capital and just sweat equity.

New York 129

New York Sweat Equity Marketing Startup 129

Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Consequently, the more your business plan thoroughly addresses all the issues that will come up internally as you grow your company, the more power it will have in convincing an external audience that your business plan will succeed. A social enterprise business plan however, is aimed at a blended audience.

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Business Plan Non-Compete Audience Finance 45

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Vision Synching in a Lean Startup - Startup Marketing Blog , November 12, 2010 In the age of the lean startup , we often forget about the importance of vision.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Hippoland

MARCH 30, 2018

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. These days, many investors are very much leaning towards funding protocols with potential strong tech over apps. I’ll be breaking this down into 2 blog posts. Part 1 (this one) is about the token-based fundraising landscape.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Convertible Security 48

Hippoland

MARCH 30, 2018

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. These days, many investors are very much leaning towards funding protocols with potential strong tech over apps. I’ll be breaking this down into 2 blog posts. Part 1 (this one) is about the token-based fundraising landscape.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Convertible Security 48

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2018

Brand perception is how your audience perceives your brand. They lean hard on their brand story of a dedicated family-run business and their heart-warming origins helping the real-life Charlotte become healthy enough to live like a normal kid. And, that’s our brand’s perception. What You Can Learn.

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Charlotte Design Ghana Web 61

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. How to Write a Traditional Business Plan.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2018

Brand perception is how your audience perceives your brand. They lean hard on their brand story of a dedicated family-run business and their heart-warming origins helping the real-life Charlotte become healthy enough to live like a normal kid. And, that’s our brand’s perception. What You Can Learn.

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Charlotte Design Ghana Web 48

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

The median figures for each strategy should give you an idea of which program to lean towards. The more brand equity you have, the easier it will be to get customers onside. Step 3: Analyze your audience to build strong connections. Typical deal sizes for Programmatic ABM are $50K to $250K. How is your company perceived?

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Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

So we were proud earlier this week to announce our program for The Lean Startup Conference , which comprises approximately 40% women and 25% people of color. Our approach was deliberate, and we want to share it with you, in the hopes that you can replicate it for other conferences and for processes like hiring where equity is important.

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Lean Technical Review Programming Distribution 168

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As we wrote in Brand Health, 6 Important Questions You Should Ask About Your Small Business Brand , Brand health can be measured in numerous ways, including brand reputation, brand awareness, brand equity, brand positioning, and brand delivery. Does your brand resonate with your intended audience?

Marketing 162

Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162