crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! New edition of Empower Your Small Business, @crowdSPRING ‘s SmallBiz newsletter – crowdspring.co/1mY7CyW. Re/code – crowdspring.co/1hYEli4.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2017

SYNDICATES : Syndicates are single-purpose investment funds. Syndicates are comprised of a leader, which is usually an experienced and influential angel investor, along with a number of other investors, or backers, which may not have the same connections or influence as the leader. Understand the Tax Code.

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Syndicate Syndication Software Review Angel Investor 127

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2018

Your small business may have a terrific product or service. But that still may not be enough to keep your business alive. In fact, 50% of small businesses fold by their fifth year. But you don’t have to leave the success or failure of your business to chance. Leads are vital to any business.

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Small Business Marketing Social Media Lead Generation 63

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

It has transformed marketing into how do we find people and persuade them that our product or services is worth doing? In other words, creating a customer that comes to their own conclusion that your product or service is worth their time or their money and that being the purpose of a business. That’s great.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Recommending additional products or services can help customers solve problems while upping their investment. Cross-selling is recommending additional, complementary products or services to increase the sale value or boost CLTV. Cross-selling recommends additional products that complement the one being bought. Focus on value.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

What follows are five ecommerce trends that illustrate the direction that online shopping is headed, as well as some insight and strategies that will allow businesses and consumers to better navigate the uncertain seas of web-based retail. Unusual or Commoditized Products. More Stories in Apps & Software. Print Story.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Then you can gradually transformyourself from a consulting company into a product company, and haveyour clients pay your development expenses.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

There are a lot of sites that just list and / or review apps. My app was recently added to Cloudli.st (14 visits converts at 7%) without my doing and it was reviewed on Appvita (41 visits converts at 4.88%). Around 250 podcast subscribers in iTunes and 11 5 star reviews. App listing sites.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. In the life cycle of an entrepreneur, shutting the doors on a business isn’t necessarily a gloomy situation. Small business. Print Story.

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LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

. “Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Once you master step one… graduate to the next level, aim for the large possible global audience that is relevant for your products/services/mission. Take your existing help videos from your support site or trainings or the CD you bundle with your product, and put them on YouTube. Small, initial efforts are ok.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

There are a lot of sites that just list and / or review apps. My app was recently added to Cloudli.st (14 visits converts at 7%) without my doing and it was reviewed on Appvita (41 visits converts at 4.88%). Around 250 podcast subscribers in iTunes and 11 5 star reviews. App listing sites.

Social Media 27

Social Media Viral Startup Audio 27

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

And often, businesses suffer from a “set it and forget” mentality, in which a product manager will slap a Facebook Like button on his sites and declare the business’s website now social. We know from reviewing our client base that one set of social login providers that works for one site doesn’t necessarily work for another.

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates. Chrome and Safari.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. If your startup is in that boat, it’s really not a matter of figuring out how to pitch your company — instead, you may want to consider improving your product before hitting the pavement. Screenshots of the product.

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PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Most of the scripts that run the spreadsheets are “public,” meaning you can access them from the Tools + Script Gallery menu (this also means they were reviewed and approved by Google Spreadsheets team). More Stories in Apps & Software. Business & Marketing. Productivity Lists. Small Business.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Buzz Is Great, But Substance Matters Most In the end, if a startup’s product sucks, it doesn’t matter if it has four users or 4 million when it launches. Another way is get behind the power blogs such as mashable, techcrunch and get them to write a review or do an interview for your solution. Now to get the product out to people!

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Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

I’ve reviewed hundreds of startup pitches and I can tell you that everyone makes the same types of errors. Lack of Any Market Validation It’s no exaggeration that most applicants have not found a single person willing to pay money for this product. App reviewers know when you’re fudging it. It’s OK.

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Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

More Stories in Apps & Software. Get people who know about IP address, HTML and its impact on ranking, QR codes, NFC and other 21st Century marketing tools. Business & Marketing. By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C. MIT Technology Review. Topics to follow. 56,235 followers.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. For most businesses, that means making a choice of creating an optimized mobile commerce website or a native mobile application.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 18, 2022

After my career as a financial analyst, I decided to pursue a career assisting consumers and small businesses with various financial needs. While working in a big world-known company, our early process around translation management in software localization consisted of Google Sheets usage. 17- For better product performance.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review Jordan 139

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. The process is called mass syndication, or a party round. Between this blog and reviewing applications to Capital Factory I see hundreds of pitches a year.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217