crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 26, 2010

Part of the answer lies in technology, mobility, and a smaller footprint which allows for iteration and evolution of the business as it develops, without the relentless pressure of huge overhead. Another interesting model has been wandering around Oakland, California this year. Photo credit: travisschmidt1. Video credit: SusieFoodie.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 26, 2010

Part of the answer lies in technology, mobility, and a smaller footprint which allows for iteration and evolution of the business as it develops, without the relentless pressure of huge overhead. Another interesting model has been wandering around Oakland, California this year. Photo credit: travisschmidt1. Video credit: SusieFoodie.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin started Bitwise in 2013 with the idea that the technology industry could be used to fix a city--in their case, Fresno, CA. Our fundamental thesis is that people of color, women, communities of concentrated poverty, have immense talent to contribute to the technology industry," Jake explained to me. "In

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Diego Basch

MAY 20, 2019

What do these marketing geniuses do? I would like to see more smart and well-meaning individuals get into politics instead of playing with technology and venture funding to “make the world a better place.” This is one, on 42nd St (Oakland). Increase the funnel, of course. pic.twitter.com/sfKVt4eALU.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

We now have the tools, technology and data to take incubators and accelerators to the next level. These three tools allow startups to focus on the parts of an early stage venture that matter the most: the product, product/market fit, customer acquisition, revenue and cost model, channels and partners. We think we can do better.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 15, 2006

This next phase of ramping up companies is not about how much you spend on marketing as most services today are spread word-of-mouth. It is not about technology spend as it is way cheaper than years past. Just remember Billy Beane and his Oakland A’s. The post The Arms Race for Talent appeared first on BeyondVC.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 11, 2016

written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing has become a very data-driven discipline. Marketers spend a lot of time and energy looking at the metrics that illuminate the costs of finding new customers and keeping current customers. An Important Marketing Metric That’s Often Overlooked. Do you know?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

You have investors from the impact space, but also some straight from the technology industry. We're addressing a $20 billion market just in schools alone, and there's room for a lot of players on the public and private side. So I wonder if you have encountered resistance or confusion.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2016

About 5 years ago, my business partner and I were debating on whether to spend $2,250 for a branded domain from an online domain brokerage and had fallen in love with a techy name for our marketing firm. June 2016 Friendly Guy Insurance was rolled out and it is now my logo and is used for all of my marketing campaigns.

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

My job is to look for new opportunities and new markets. And it seems obvious that more venture investors should also be pursuing this market opportunity. It seems obvious that investors should pursue uncrowded markets, but common sense is not always common. I break down the opportunity set this way: Target Market.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 8, 2017

If you were watching the Oakland Raiders beating the hapless New York Giants (so sad about Eli) this past Sunday, you surely saw a scene like this one: Quarterback Geno Smith using his Microsoft Surface tablet to figure out how he added two more fumbles to this career total of 43. That would certainly impact sales – marketing or no marketing.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

They begin on the eastern edge of the city near the Ferry Building and spread westward along Market Street. Each circle represents one of the fifty largest technology companies in the city, the size of each circle determined by the number of the company’s employees. First Street and Market Street by Leo vanMunching.

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