crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Our small team collectively uses dozens of applications on a daily basis, but (outside of our browsers) the one we all have in common is Basecamp , 37Signal’s collaboration and project management tool. Then pay the balance off every month and you’ll see how quickly the perks add up.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 27, 2013

Because 96% of people who like your Facebook page don’t go back to it, 11 percent of businesses say their next hire will be a Social Media Manager who can broadcast their message effectively. Mobile coupons get three times the clicks and 10 times the redemption as traditional paper coupons.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2011

Redemption rights? But know that every term in your term sheet is there as a result of some dispute of the past between shareholders or between shareholders & management. It sounded logical enough, so I moved on to the next point. Only later did I learn how it could be used to screw me. Sounds harmless enough.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

How to manage costs - One of the biggest frustrations that people have with lawyers are unexpected costs. You can’t just understand “redemption rights&# in theory. But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. Good people and evil people.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

DECEMBER 7, 2010

You have to trust your knowledge and self to manage your own dreams. Hold The Knowledge, Hold The Power In the movie Shawshank Redemption , Andy (the lead character) is a prisoner wrongly accused of a crime and serving a long sentence. You can have millions or you can have nothing, it doesn’t matter. Unemployeable is a state of mind.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 30, 2013

While Google+ on the other hand had the lowest % of clicks, lowest number of sales made, but still managed the biggest average order value. Actual results included 250 000 coupon downloads (with a 20+ percent redemption rate), 6000 blog and social network mentions, and more than 3000 new fans/followers. Numbers in perspective.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

When you’re company is growing >10x year over year, I suppose if management didn’t invest a lot in continued growth their board directors would line them up against the wall. The company is currently unprofitable, though generating meaningful free cash flow.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 12, 2012

With regards to rewards, with Crowdfunding you want to offer something to the people who help fund your project, such as future redemption of the product or service you are creating, discounts, prizes, gifts and bonuses. A percentage of the money raised will in all likelihood come from friends, family, and people in your existing contacts.

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Life Beyond Code

APRIL 14, 2010

What the redemptions won’t say is: How many of those people would have stayed at Westin twice even when they didn’t see this offer (regulars at Westin). Since there will be redemptions of the $100 certificate there is a “perceived win&# and that is the invisible flaw.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Violence followed by confession leads to redemption right? Strong managers should never be afraid to tell the truth to their team, as difficult as the truth may be. Telling the truth conjures images of cherry trees and axes. In business the truth can be elusive, even fungible.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 30, 2015

I then signed off on an ugly redemption clause without analyzing the waterfall in an average exit scenario. We now structure time for due diligence to manage expectations appropriately. – Carrie Rich, The Global Good Fund. ”… Click To Tweet. Not having legal counsel. Our pitch didn’t fit the donor expectations or budget.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2011

I managed to find a job at the Miami International Airport loading racehorses onto cargo planes. Eighteen months after arriving in Thailand, I was managing a group of 15 electronics technicians. My third story is about Failure and Redemption. I had no idea what would be at the end of the highway. I had just turned 20 years old.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 11, 2016

Brands can benefit most from digital coupon redemption experiences that are automatic. According to John Caron, CMO at Linkable Networks, “Marketers who consider invisible redemption (card-linked) will win the race to scale digital couponing.”. Millennials want more from their brand’s incentives and rewards as well.

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The Startup Lawyer

MARCH 1, 2010

The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes the typical provisions you might find in a VC deal, less (i) preferential dividends, (ii) redemption rights, and (iii) price based anti-dilution. The Series Seed Documents include: (1) Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. 3) Investors’ Rights Agreement.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 20, 2015

The most glorious media story arc is rags to riches to rags with redemption back to riches. The media wants hero stories. It also wants goat stories. None of this is new – it’s been going on since the beginning of time. Just look at the covers of magazines going back 100 years. And I find it completely boring and tedious.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Founders can repurchase up to 90% of this ownership via monthly redemption payments starting 12-36 months after investment, determined based on gross revenues and lasting up to a 3x repayment. Versatile is an aggressive user of technology internally to manage the firm and make better investments. . redemption, revenue share, etc.)

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Increase options and redemptions. Nupur Maskara is a Content Manager at SMS-Magic. To get a chance to win an Ipad, they had to text the company to set up an appointment. Here’s what their direct mailer said-. Text MEET <YOURNAME> <DATE> in DDMMYY format to 49494 and you could win an Ipad! About the Author.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Reply Best books for the lean product managers — Justin Gibbs , on April 28, 2009 at 2:44 pm Said: [.] That’s in stark contrast to the traditional Product Development Model where it’s expected a customer is already there and waiting and it’s simply a matter of [.] familiar with Customer Development you should be.

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abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

During each and every modern IPO, the banks all tell the management teams that there are two key objectives in the road-show process. Talk to any management team from any IPO in the past three years, and you will find they had this exact conversation. Some SPACs (like Ackman’s) have features that make redemption less likely.

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The Startup Lawyer

MARCH 1, 2010

The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes the typical provisions you might find in a VC deal, less (i) preferential dividends, (ii) redemption rights, and (iii) price based anti-dilution. The Series Seed Documents include: (1) Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. 3) Investors’ Rights Agreement.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 27, 2022

One of my favorite movies is the Shawshank Redemption. A man who manages to dig his way out of an impossible situation, one spoonful at a time, with no particular qualifications other than grit and tenacity! Staying motivated as an entrepreneur is not an easy task but it’s one we need to own and manage. It’s the best!

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Up and Running

JANUARY 26, 2016

TED speakers Jon Ronson and Monica Lewinsky examine shame and redemption in the age of the social media take-down. For those of us who imagined things like jet packs, self-driving cars, and hover boards as children, this is an exciting and inspirational moment in tech.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 21, 2015

This year, Bradley Cooper takes on a similar role as a head-chef looking for redemption. Last year I recommended Chef, Jon Favreaux’s movie about a highly skilled chef who becomes a food truck owner. Burnt” has received mixed reviews, but Cooper’s charisma takes center stage and makes the movie enjoyable. Family-friendly films.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 22, 2011

Lack Management Support or Buy-in? Seven Skills to Look for in a Web Analytics Manager. Redemption for the Indianapolis Colts at Super Bowl XLI. Six Tips For Improving High Bounce / Low Conversion Web Pages. Redefining Innovation: Incremental, w/ Side Effects & Transformational. Embarrass Them! Hiring a Senior Web Analyst?

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 23, 2019

That impact outpaces other business changes: Pricing right is the fastest and most effective way for managers to increase profits [.] Case study: Netflix’s “lost year” and a shot at redemption. The most common strategy for managing price increases for current customers is grandfathering. Image source ). When do returns diminish?

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 24, 2015

However, what really matters is the ease of the redemption process and the rewards available. Companies also can manage inventory in real-time. At Smoothie King , you can earn rewards for every smoothie and retail purchase: Image Source. Studies show that “higher point values may be directly correlated to increased customer spending.”

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Some of your micro-outcomes were likely already connected to your offline existence (maps, phone calls, offer redemptions, etc.). From step five on you were likely already delivering some multi-channel value for your company. " This effort is so important that I want you to focus on it singularly (unlike all other stages).

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Getting Out of the Building Wasn’t Entertainment – Discovery and Validation Now that I was the master of the “facts” about customer needs in these specialized vertical markets , and with my team of vertical marketers , I thought I had achieved absolution and redemption. But there was one fatal flaw.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 28, 2015

But back now to reality, and I some small measure of redemption, because it’s time for the set of links and articles that we shared with you over the past week on our crowdSPRING Twitter account (as well as my own Twitter account )! Leading Options for Managed WordPress Hosting – Vandelay Design crowdspring.co/1fvHNpE.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Editor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by a16z managing partner Scott Kupor to the U.S. By way of background, I am the Managing Partner for Andreessen Horowitz, a $16.5 IPO market. When timing risks are uncertain, on balance, companies may pursue other avenues (e.g., Amend the RIA restrictions on incentive-based compensation.

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