crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Five Designs Small Businesses and Startups Should Crowdsource – [link]. Five Designs Small Businesses and Startups Should Crowdsource – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! NEW @crowdSPRING Small Biz Newsletter: social media disaster, employee training, market size - [link]. Built in Chicago – a Movement, a Mission, a Community - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 10 New Years Resolutions For Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Small Businesses and Startups: Worst. Small Businesses and Startups: Worst.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small business and startups: great reads from the business press – [link]. An AMAZING amount of funding activity in Chicago – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Make Crowdsourcing Work for Your Business – [link]. 75 Essential Small Business Resources From 2010 – [link]. Focus on Enterprise or SMB Accounts?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small business and startup tips: which type is your brand? Noah shares the three secrets of business analytics – [link]. Are You Building The Right Product?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Weigh the legal & business risks – [link]. Tips on Effective Use of Crowdsourcing for Small Businesses & Entrepreneurs – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Weigh the legal & business risks – [link]. Tips on Effective Use of Crowdsourcing for Small Businesses & Entrepreneurs – [link].

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Bplans and Palo Alto Software are strong supporters of entrepreneurs and small business owners. We work with like-minded partners who also want to help your businesses succeed by providing the best tools and content for the job. Your logo is the key to your small business brand. How to write up your design brief.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The image to the left is a fun look at what a movie poster for an Oscar-nominated film would be like if it literally wanted to communicate what the movie was about.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Businesses Save Big with Crowdsourcing – [link]. Small Businesses Save Big with Crowdsourcing – [link]. This video was captured in 1965.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 12, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The image above is from an outstanding collection of black and white photographs taken by Vivian Maier, a street photographer whose work was discovered at an auction in Chicago.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small business and startup tips: 5 ways to tune out distractions! Small business and startup tips: 5 ways to tune out distractions! – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How To Get The Best Merchant Account For Your Small Business – [link]. 10 Essential Online Resources for Preparing Your Small Business Taxes – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! What @UnitedLinen learned in 5 years of REAL small business social media - [link]. Good to see increasing local VC investment activity in Chicago startups – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

Coworking spaces are a really cool option for a lot of workers that, for whatever reason, don’t really fit in to a traditional office space like startups, telecommuters, small businesses, and especially creatives in search of collaboration. It’s open downtown year round for freelancers, small business, startups, and designers.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

If the number of coworking spaces in a city is is any indication of its entrepreneurial health, Chicago is firing on all cylinders. Based on a recent survey by Newmark Grubb Knight Frank and Chicago Creative Space there are 41 coworking spaces in the city, covering a staggering 868,124 square feet of space. 20 N Upper Wacker Dr #1200.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Crowdfunding is a new way of funding startups and small businesses, and Chicago, Illinois-based Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC) is getting into the act by starting its own crowdfunding platform SBAC Connects. Funding sources include crowdfunding, or from traditional sources such as banks, debt and equity.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

For this webinar, we were joined by Jennefer Witter, CEO and founder of the Boreland Group, and author of the new book, “The Little Book of Big PR: 100+ Quick Tips to Get Your Small Business Noticed.” I know that as small business owners and entrepreneurs, we all are time-pressed. Welcome aboard, everyone.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 7, 2011

If you’re wondering about how small business view bank loans, this infographic from Chicago, Illinois-based credit card processing fee comparison engine FeeFighters shows that only 42-percent of small businesses see bank loans as a viable financing option. Doing all that.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 28, 2016

I’ve had a number of meetings over the years with the Small Business Administration (SBA) whose name says it all. Over the last few years, I’ve been exploring the idea that we really have two types of small businesses: local businesses and startup businesses. Oh, and inertia. They follow.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 27, 2013

We write often about ways small business can reduce expense, increase productivity, and operate more efficiently through a lean approach to marketing, technology, and operations. The business benefits by gaining a capability that it may have lacked and the contractor by gaining a paying client. Reduce, reduce, reduce.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2012

These small business are each a shining example of the power of free enterprise and the opportunities it can create for America’s doers and dreamers. Chamber of Commerce has announced the seven regional finalists for the DREAM BIG Small Business of the Year Award 2012. – Thomas J. Donohue, U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 11, 2011

Examples of the tasks performed by the Turk community include translation, transcription, image tagging and even searches for missing persons. A company looking to place ads on search networks posts their campaign through Trada and their community of SEO experts contributes keywords and terms to the campaign. JJ’s List.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 21, 2020

Importantly, ServiceMaster Restoration By Simons supports and engages in the communities they serve by giving back. The concept was novel and no one yet had brought this concept to Chicago. We designed the menus, found a location in Chicago’s Wicker Park that worked for us, and we secured funding from a bank.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2018

However, there is a debate in the scientific and medical community about the benefits of frequent endurance running. We regularly share our favorite posts on entrepreneurship, small business, marketing, logo design , web design , startups, leadership, social media, marketing, economics, and other interesting stuff!

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

She had this crazy idea that someone who had actually worked on the site, might provide value and insight to the community that we couldn’t give ourselves. Well, Audree was right – from her first days as our Community Liaison, she has provided help, comfort, advice and expertise to both Creatives and Buyers on the site.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Anchor Advisors, a Chicago-based small business advisory firm , conducted a study on over a 130 business owners to find out what owners of growing companies and those of struggling companies were doing differently. The respondents consisted of mostly founder-led small businesses with sales from less than $1M to over $10M.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I map out a system for building a business that people want to commit to. I also use words like love and grace in the context of business and talk a great deal about building a culture and community based on these concepts and for some that’s just not that comfortable.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Podcasts are and will continue to be an amazing marketing tool that gives you a way to build a community and gives you a platform to advertise your products and services. Dan Franks (01:59): Yeah, so at that time it was, you know, kind of a community gathering. And that's where we started in 2014. Dan Franks (04:28): Yeah.

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Early Growth Financial Services

APRIL 23, 2014

Outsourced financial services firm launches in Chicago to support local startups, small, and mid-sized businesses. San Jose, CA (PRWEB) April 22, 2014 Chicago-based small businesses can now access a full suite of outsourced financial services from small business financial experts, Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS).

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2012

If there’s one thing all business owners, from Fortune 500 to the one-man shop small businesses, can agree on, it’s this: security and IT support are absolutely vital. Well, if you happen to be a company in Chicago, search no more! This week’s Small Business Spotlight is Simply Smart Tech.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Whether you’re walking down the Magnificent Mile in Chicago, buying a sandwich at a bocadillo bar in Seville, or sitting on the beach in Bali, sometimes it feels like the two groups might as well be the Sharks and the Jets. Participating travelers are welcomed into the community with open arms and asked to participate as locals.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 18, 2011

So today, in honor of him, I bring the crowdSPRING community EpicThrills. Before moving to New York, I was living and working on EpicThrills in Chicago. Plus, I always love supporting a fellow Chicago startup! What’s the craziest story you have from starting your own business? . We’re talking hiking Mt.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Podcasts are and will continue to be an amazing marketing tool that gives you a way to build a community and gives you a platform to advertise your products and services. Dan Franks (01:55): Yeah, so at that time it was, you know, kind of a community gathering. And that's where we started in 2014. 04:24): Yeah. 04:24): Yeah.

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