crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

This Invaluable Lesson Will Keep You From Making Catastrophic Hiring Mistakes - crowdspring.co/XeV4JS. Hiring startup engineers? 40 Official Government Agency Websites for Design Inspiration | SpyreStudios – [link] crowdspring.co/WzjmOt. Are startup burn rates out of control? They seem to be | AVC – crowdspring.co/1rbM5FT.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 26, 2021

My buddy Drew Austin got me into NFT’s back in December of 2020. We felt like the most interesting thing happening in these slack communities were people asking for help (I’m looking for an intro to X, or I’m looking to hire a part-time CFO). So either you had the skills or you had to have money to hire someone to do it.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 27, 2014

And also groovy to see everyone in Austin! Like the Mahabarata and Plato point out, the best form of government during an intense growth period is under a Good King. Building Gender Balanced Startups. This is the only way product can move fast.

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Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2016

As local governments work to transform their regulatory environments into ones that promote and nurture the establishment and growth of small businesses, it’s becoming easier to measure and rank their efforts. It also scored an A+ from Thumbtack on tax codes, ease of hiring, and regulations and licensing. What cities made the cut?

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The world is awash in big data and businesses, government, and the military all want to hire data scientists […]. By LAURA LOREK, Publisher of Silicon Hills News Like the California gold miners of yesteryear, San Antonio leaders are betting big on a new type of mining to bring the city good fortunes. It’s data mining.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. Mayors don’t build startup cities.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

Startups in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio shouldn’t need to move to Austin to scale. one from Austin, one from Houston, and one from Dallas. Bryan Chambers, General Partner and VP of Accelerator Last year we hired our first full time employees in Houston and launched a partnership with The Cannon. It’s working?—?40

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Why the position matters to Austin tech and how you can make your voice heard Last Monday, Mayor Steve Adler revealed the six final candidates for Austin’s open City Manager position in a post on the City’s message board. Lazarus previously served the City of Austin as Director of Public Works. Why does the City Manager matter?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 14, 2014

(Let’s not get into exactly what sort of “shingle” is hanging out with the oldest profession …) This past weekend, WP Engine hung its shingle as well, but this time it’s so much more meaningful, and not just because this building doesn’t have rats: I grew up in Austin.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Hiring is a chapter unto itself, but it deserves to lead off any discussion of context. Compensation decisions obviously affect hiring and retention. You can’t be too careful in determining comp packages for your new hires. Board and Governance issues arise from day one in most startups. Let’s look at some specifics: 1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

The story of how Curative pivoted and scaled is about moving with entrepreneurial speed to find a solution, then collaborating with investors and government for the public good. Fred Turner : A lot of hiring. So, there's been quite a rapid hiring spree, and we're about to hire another 100 people over the next two weeks.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 9, 2017

From running around Manhattan in 2008 selling to restaurants while the world economy was in tatters, to the first hire of a startup based out of Estonia, to my current role in Austin, Texas it sure has been a windy road. Looking at my career thus far, it has not followed a textbook game plan by any means.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 23, 2017

An image of me speaking about Open Austin at the 2017 ATX Hack for Change The Gist So, long story short/TLDR , I work part-time as a contractor at an awesome data science company, Anaconda, Inc. and voluntarily lead Open Austin , a group of badass volunteers. My team has since hired “my replacement”.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Hiring Staff You Can Trust. If you are going to be offering security services to other business owners, for events, or even local government agencies then you have to have quite a few dependable people working under you. In this industry, you can’t just hire someone who looks big and tough. Photo by Scott Webb on Unsplash.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2018

Not to mention that there are still numerous diversity problems, high salaries, and the lack of opportunities for early-stage businesses to hire experienced talent. Some other relevant startup centres are Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Phoenix, and Austin. Canada also gives young companies more opportunities to hire top talent.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Yep, you heard right, the government can help you. While this may be a shock to some people, the US government helps companies grow overseas, and even more shocking to libertarians: they really know what they’re doing. The FCS has offices all over the world, and in major US cities, like Austin, taco metropole of the universe.

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entrepreMusings

JULY 6, 2013

It’s a bit dated but still useful especially since Austin, Texas made the list for being one of the most friendly places for small businesses! Austin and Virginia Beach ranked most business-friendly cities. (San The top performing cities were Austin, Virginia Beach and Houston. San Francisco, Calif.)

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2019

The biggest weekend in Austin is coming up! SXSW Startup Crawl Time: Friday, March 8, 4:00pm-8:00pm Location: Capital Factory, 701 Brazos Street Register: SXSW Badge OR register at atxstartupcrawl.com SXSW Startup Crawl | The Biggest Tech Startup Event in Austin Kick things off at the biggest party of SXSW?—?The The SXSW Startup Crawl!

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Austin Startup

JULY 15, 2017

Screen capture of a rather “familiar” article on Texas Monthly’s website It’s now been exactly a month since I published an article about RideAustin , one of the local ride-hail startups that launched in Austin last year after Uber and Lyft left town. (NB: In rough chronological order, here’s what’s gone down since the piece went online.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

This is a philosophy that governs my daily life as well as my entrepreneurial activities. Very useful perspective - as a first-time CEO managing a small startup, these ideas are timely and thought-provoking. September 11, 2008 2:06 PM Editor said. Less is more. Leonardo Da Vinci noted that: "Simplicity is the ultimate in sophistication".

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

What we call “community management&# is actually governance. It is our obligation to govern well, but – as history has repeatedly shown – this is incredibly hard. What we call “community management&# is actually governance. It was absolutely worth it. Passionate online communities are real societies.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

By making a more significant effort to embed DEI principles in everything you do and monitor your progress in this area, you can achieve greater outreach, hire more qualified staff, and create a healthier workplace. Hiring — The percentage of diverse people who receive job offers. How to Be an Antiracist” byIbram X.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 25, 2021

The law governs the neutralization process for those who aspire to become United States citizens. In a simple way, the immigration law commits to the commands set by the federal government for deciding who is permitted to enter the country and for how long. What Is Immigration Law? Statues/Regulations Of The United States.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 14, 2013

Cheaper rents could make it a great place for the creative community and there''s no reason why it shouldn''t become as popular a destination for out of town events the same way that Austin has. You don''t hire people like that--they grow organically. Yet, you can''t just hire me to be your local community VC.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2019

Fast forward to Bazaarvoice, where we were initially obsessive about both our hiring process (which I detailed in The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #10 ) as well as checking references. I most likely am going to hire them but I could really use your advice about how to best coach them to perform at their best from day one.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

We met a number of policy makers from the White House and State Department, and had a solid Startup2Startup all about government policy and entrepreneurship. In a previous post , I asked readers for suggested topics that the US government needs to know about startups and entrepreneurs, and got some really interesting responses.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , August 14, 2010 Governments round the world are trying to stimulate entrepreneurship. The Chilean government recently announced a bold initiative that stands apart from the usual innovation and start-up handwaving. Have convertible notes really won?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

If your practice is not designed to cope with uncertainty, it has no place in a startup - even if your startup is located in government or enterprise. I think it makes explicable why so-called "best practices" that people bring to startups from other contexts fail so miserably. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 21, 2018

2017 was a big year of travel for me across Tokyo, Austin Texas, Hong Kong and London. The UK government has some excellent initiatives to draw Aussie businesses to the UK, and a big impetus is to create jobs there. Still recovering from the 2017 #SCFemFounders Mission!

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

"Spy satellites produced far more raw information than the government's battalion of overworked analysts could handle. When a Deputy Secretary of State official called the CIA to find out more, he was shocked to realize they had little to no information about the event. The CIA relied so heavily on [these].

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

And others are from unusual folks we don't normally think of as entrepreneurs, from corporate managers to government agencies. Why you should pre-order the Lean Startup Book A few months ago in Austin during SXSW, Andres Glusman (of Meetup.com) arranged a very special meetup. But the book is much more than just stories.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 21, 2010

It also causes them to miss the numerous other kinds of startups that appear in less-glamorous settings: inside enterprises, non-profits, and even governments. This is equally true of a packaged good in a grocery store, an ecommerce website, a non-profit social service or a variety of government programs. Wrong again. Wrong again.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Every bit as true for government as for enterprise - and even the two guys in a garage. A lot of conversation was about what "the federal government" should do. But its all too easy to lose sight of the fact that any government, even one as large as the US, is made up entirely of people. Federal government should do nothing.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2010

Our trip was bipartisan, bicameral, and bi-branches-of-government. Our trip was bipartisan, bicameral, and bi-branches-of-government. This follows Congressman Jared Polis, who has introduced a similar bill as part of comprehensive immigration reform in the House. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

It's easy to say that companies, universities and the government should be doing more to find a cure, but that ignores years of overlooking the importance of the work of those studying infectious disease, and in many cases, the lack of sophisticated tooling that they urgently need. All the people that make the components got paid.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Silicon Valleydominates, then Boston, then Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. Standards arehigher; people are more sympathetic to what youre doing; the kindof people you want to hire want to live there; supporting industriesare there; the people you run into in chance meetings are in thesame business. Afterthat theres not much.

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