crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business Tips: 5 More Great Online Tools (Have I Mentioned These Before?) – crowdspring.co/1y6EixS. What’s the Best Time to Send Email Newsletters?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Email Design Best Practices For Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. 4 Reasons People Subscribe to — and Open — Email – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

I have often been asked about Startup Funding by entrepreneurs. Here is Startup Funding, a Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs. Bootstrapping is when you put your own money or borrow from friends and family to set up your business. First is the investability of your business. Pre-Requisites of Funding. Crowdfunding.

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

This week Peter and Jonathan talk to Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software, about lean business planning, strategy, tactics, specifics (milestones), and the forecast. Send us an email: Bcast@Bplans.com. Listen to Episode 9: Show notes: What is Lean Planning? Listen to Episode 9: Show notes: What is Lean Planning?

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. Start your lean business plan today: Download our Free Lean Plan Template one-page-pitch-download.pdf. That’s a lean business plan.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Business: Office Space – A Meditation – [link]. Innocent Drinks: Don’t be Afraid to Start Small | Startup War Story – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 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 a photo of Manarola, Italy – a small town in northern Italy. Lean Marketing: Five Cheap Ways To Market Your Startup – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Ten small business tax planning tips for 2010! 5 Essential Web Apps for the Lean Small Business – [link]. email obsolete? – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 97

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2011

Just like our larger brethren in the Fortune 100, lots of small businesses have training programs for their workers: lectures, classes, role-playing exercises, and motivational speaker sessions. Crucial to successful training for small business customer service folks, is on-the-job experience. Formal training.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight: Red Poppy Floral Design – [link]. It’s difficult to fake corporate culture | Business Insider – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Half of Small Businesses Don’t Have a Website – [link]. Why some small businesses have pulled back from social media – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2012

We offer customer service through a number of channels: email, chat, social media, and phone and we collect and analyze the data from each of these channels. Email is, by far, our most important method for delivering service and over the past 4 1/2 years we have become adept at handling the volume as it has increased.

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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! Crowdsourcing Examples in Business – [link]. crowdSPRING’s latest small biz newsletter: lean marketing, social media, crowdsourcing & more – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2018

Starting a small business is hard, but do you know what’s even more difficult? Once you’ve launched your business, seen a good return on investment and feel that you have the products, services, and user experience perfected, you can start to grow in other ways. Your first step in scaling your small business is to think big.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Here’s the various ways entrepreneurs and business owners stay motivated in business. #1- As an entrepreneur, you are somewhere along a long hard, uphill climb. Thanks to Alexandra Caffery, Fresh n’ Lean ! #8- 1- Celebrating the little wins. Photo Credit: Maggie Franz. Thanks to Shaan Patel, Prep Expert ! #3-

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 20, 2017

Thinking of ways to market your small business can be overwhelming, especially when you consider the cost and return on investment. Big companies spend millions of dollars every year marketing and building their businesses. Small businesses have a similar need to get the word out but have much more modest budgets.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Remote work and home-based businesses have slowly become a regular aspect of the modern-day workforce. While many traditional jobs still can’t function remotely, or have difficulty adjusting, many entrepreneurs have found success in starting a business from home. Determine what type of business plan is right for you .

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 20, 2017

Thinking of ways to market your small business can be overwhelming, especially when you consider the cost and return on investment. Big companies spend millions of dollars every year marketing and building their businesses. Small businesses have a similar need to get the word out but have much more modest budgets.

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Small Business Marketing Technical Review Audience 48

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

I’m rarely surprised when a young entrepreneur or small business owner hasn’t fully identified how their new business will make money. Almost every possible internet distribution channel has MORE users than ever before – whether it be search, social, mobile, video, local, SMS, email, chat, etc.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. We asked entrepreneurs to share their business goals and what they were looking forward to in 2018. #1- The first is expanding the business by entering new geographies. 1- Efficiency.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2011

For those of you unfamiliar with Yiddish, the word ‘mishegoss’ is defined as craziness or senseless activity, and as small business-people we can certainly relate to that concept, particularly as the holidays loom and the year comes to an end. Related posts: 10 random online resources for Entrepreneurs (2010 version).

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Last week, Ross was contacted by an old friend, Ron May, who publishes an industry newsletter in Chicago and writes extensively about technology, startups, and small business in our region. Ron’s email asked, “What the heck is going on with crowdSPRING? Lean startups: Office space for the 21st Century.

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Lean Small Business Startup Chicago 82

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2013

Pretty soon, morning emails started to include heads-ups that this person or that person would be working home that day, and these became ubiquitous. Made a poor tradeoff in the service of a lean business methodology? Related posts: 10 tips for entrepreneurs on working with a partner. Photo: Michael Heiss.

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Lean Small Business Leadership Engineer 82

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 8, 2012

Having said that, wow do I hate receiving junk in my work email. Like most of us, I have multiple email accounts: work, personal, personal number two, and junk. Here are 5 best practices to consider as you launch your own email campaigns. A meaningful understanding of your customer base is critical to success in email campaigns.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 30, 2019

Most startups and small businesses have limited budgets for marketing. So what’s a startup or small business to do when their need for marketing is big, but their budget is small? But, there’s plenty that you can do… if you embrace lean marketing principles. Ready, Fire, Aim.

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Lean Small Business Software Review Marketing 91

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

It happened recently when a group of educators came to the ranch to learn how to teach Lean entrepreneurship to K-12 students. Over the last few years it’s become clear that the days of teaching “how to write a business plan” as the cornerstone of university entrepreneurship are over. On Fire With A Vision.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 17, 2011

(Fortunately) we don’t have to travel a great deal here at crowdSPRING; we do the bulk of our communication with partners, funders, and customers over the phone, via email, or on Skype. Related posts: 10 random online resources for Entrepreneurs (2010 version). 6 tips for startups and entrepreneurs: give it a break, already.

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Small Business Lean Entrepreneur Search 99

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Of the 543,000 new small businesses started each month, approximately 52 percent of them are home-based. It’s no surprise really when you consider the primary reason for starting a business from home has to do with money (or lack thereof). See Also: 17 Eclectic Businesses That Let You Work From Home. Box address.

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Software Review Technical Review Intellectual Property Guerilla 60

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

How do you monetize a unique business model based on users rather than selling an actual product? We asked members of the Young Entrepreneurs Council for their thoughts. The biggest challenge I’d flag for other entrepreneurs is that offer-supported apps depend on scale. Giving it away at Contently. “At Wave is proof of that.”.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2016

This makes sense because as entrepreneurs and business owners, we are always looking for ways in which we can improve our productivity – or get more done in a shorter amount of time. After all, we easily trick ourselves into thinking that being busy is the same as being productive. In fact, even how we dress can help.

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Product Small Business Technical Review Lean 77

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 15, 2012

We write often about small businesses and startups and lean approaches to marketing and other business functions. engineers, entrepreneurs, and other GE customers, clients, and vendors to participate in the process, engage with the brand, and add value to the GE community. This 10-year project invites consumers.

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Software Review Technical Review Social Media Community 89

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 3, 2014

” or a “Welcome aboard” email if they register on your site. It is important that you not be annoying or overbearing in these communications, but a special offer, or simply a nice, personalized email goes a very long way to building those warm/fuzzy feelings.

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Small Business Customer Lean Leadership 98

Up and Running

APRIL 9, 2018

A new generation of entrepreneurs is emerging onto the market, and it’s not who you may expect. For seniors looking to utilize online tools and technology to build a business or work from home, here are seven tips to help you get started: 1. Have a business plan. Don’t let planning be intimidating. Create an online presence.

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Technology Entrepreneur Social Media Audience 129

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Lean Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses and Startups. That post resonated with small business owners and entrepreneurs looking for inexpensive ways to market their businesses. Many asked if we could share more lean marketing strategies and tips.

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Lean Marketing Small Business Campaign 90

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Lots of ways great and small and the ideas are endless: for companies with a relatively smaller customer base, you might shoot them a card, send them a small gift, or even invite them down to your company party. For larger companies an email is probably in order, but a little gifty can be nice, too. Discounts, baby!

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Small Business Startup Campaign SEM 85

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In this episode, Jason and I dive into the importance of financial guidance for agencies and what small businesses are missing when they don’t have a CFO. Jason Blumer (01:29): Yeah, well we serve a community of them and they're, I was saying off, off hair, they're just as weird as normal entrepreneurs and need just as much care.

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CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 73

Up and Running

JUNE 26, 2014

There are a ton of great resources available for entrepreneurs, but most of the time you don’t hear about them unless a fellow business owner mentions one. So, we asked dozens of entrepreneurs to tell us the one business resource that helped them the most. Small Business Administration. Let’s get down to it.

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