crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Why Aren’t There More Female Entrepreneurs? (by crowdSPRING’s 12 Questions interview – Meet Kate Casey (Minneapolis, MN, USA) - [link]. New Business Plan Format is Concise and Personal - [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Copper Penny Marketing - [link]. by @msuster) - [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank. combination of factors –.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2016

While the meme that the only place to build a company is in Silicon Valley has softened, there’s still a strong belief that the best place to be if you are a first time entrepreneur is Silicon Valley. My argument is, and has never been, against Silicon Valley, but rather for the rest of the planet.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 12, 2019

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners their inspirational leaders and here’s what they had to say; #1-Joel Gascoigne. There are many entrepreneurs and mentors that I admire, but my father is truly my source of inspiration and a guiding role model for me. I recommend Tony’s book to every entrepreneur, budding or experience.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 28, 2023

Being unemployable is something to be proud of, as it often reflects the mindset and qualities of an entrepreneur, that can lead to innovation and generate changes. I mean that that name specifically or that term specifically as opposed to entrepreneur or, you know, I, I know obviously you're trying to convey something maybe a little deeper.

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VC Adventure

AUGUST 31, 2016

This relationship effects everything that we do at Foundry and I think shows in the way we run our firm and the way we work with the entrepreneurs in the Foundry portfolio. It was actually with much of this in mind that I asked Brad to join me on a trip to Minneapolis.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Look at Mr. Beas Burger, the fans, how many people showed up in Minneapolis to get a burger from his place? And she ended up running an hour and a half long conversation around taxes and tax strategies and how entrepreneurs can think about this and left our little two day event with seven new clients. That was so great.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2018

If you’re talking with a firm that mostly only invests in the San Francisco Bay Area and you’re in Minnesota, you’re probably wasting your time for a seed or A round unless you find somebody at that firm who is from Minneapolis and comes home 2–3x / year already. The next pass is the “competitive pass”?—?have

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Through YEO, I got to know Mike and Cindy (who is also an entrepreneur and was in YEO) very well. My long standing relationship with Mike. We met through YEO in Boston in the early 1990s when we were each running our first company.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2014

But they weren’t really in Silicon Valley at the time—they were in Boston, Minneapolis, New York. Larry was the best entrepreneur I’ve ever known, and completely unconventional…. I had had a love affair with computers since I was 18 and a freshman physics major. So going to Silicon Valley wasn’t an obvious move at the time.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Minneapolis , for example, went from 10 food trucks in the busy downtown area to 87 in just four years. A non-profit that promotes creators and entrepreneurs who sell specialty foods. The food truck business pulls in an estimated $804 million in revenue every year, according to an industry report from IBIS World. Its twin city, St.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 6, 2015

Of course, being an entrepreneur, you’re also doing some reflection. To give you an idea of what other business owners are planning to do in 2015, we asked entrepreneurs to send us their resolutions. How did 2014 go for you? Here’s a compilation of business resolutions for 2015. What are yours? In 2015…Simplify.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

In the example below, we used the Advanced Search function to find Facilities Managers for Medical Offices in the Minneapolis/St. We work with a lot of Building Service Contractors who would like to connect with Facilities Managers in various target markets such as medical offices, universities, and commercial office space.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

He is also a serial fintech entrepreneur with two exits; Founder of HBS Alumni Angels of NY , the largest angel group on the East Coast; and Founder of PEVCTech.com , an online community for investors in private companies who use technology to do their jobs more effectively. —– TinySeed.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

Minneapolis voted to defund but then no one could agree on what that actually meant. If they can’t figure it out in Minneapolis, I’m not quite sure how they’re ever going to figure it out in New York. 100% Have I heard one single transition plan from anyone with data to back it up on something I trust will work?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 23, 2011

Strengthening ties between entrepreneurs is one of our most important values. We struggle with this issue every year, because we strongly encourage everyone who can to participate with their local entrepreneurship community. That said, there comes a point where that's not possible for everyone.

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Small Business Force

OCTOBER 15, 2016

In an interview with Rick Anthony of The Entrepreneur Network Radio , “The Entrepreneur’s Yoda” discusses “Boomerpreneurs,” the over 50 crowd moving into entrepreneurship. ” They look at becoming an entrepreneur as kind of another job option (or for some, their only option. Hello, Lonnie!

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2009

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