crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

For most web startups, the initial launch of the product would likely have a contained number of users: you, the friends you forced to help you test, and possibly some beta testers. Let’s call that “startup scale.” The jump from “startup scale” to “Facebook scale” will be significant, no matter what your initial choice is.

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. So, today we’d like to highlight a few main points to consider when building your startup team. Startup’s can be stressful and there may be many times when people want to quit.

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Small startups rarely have a recruiting professional on their team — or even someone who has enough spare time to imitate a recruiting professional. One effective strategy is to recruit job seekers who already have their hearts set on working for a startup. Here are six websites that can help you make the most of the hunt: 1.

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If you post up an ad to an online job board asking for someone to join your very high risk early stage startup company the odds of getting someone who decent are slim to none. For starters, you have to get inside the head of a programmer who might want to work for your startup.

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siliconflorist.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Covering the blossoming startup industry in Portland, Oregon, and the Silicon Forest. Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors. Inspired again, I thought I’d augment their mentor guidance a bit with some things that I’ve learned from observing PIE startups and mentors over the past year.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I realized that I enjoy interviewing startup friends about their business, but sending them a bunch of questions and having them reply didn’t allow for me to react to their answers, and honestly, if I actually interviewed them over Skype or something I think about eight people would actually watch the video.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

View More » Jobs Ruby on Rails Developer at Mashable (. Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. GE Campaign Turns YouTube Videos and.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

During a presentation at Startup School at Stanford University earlier today, the prolific investor discussed the state of startup funding with a packed auditorium of students and entrepreneurs. These investors usually raise a smaller fund and make investments into startups that range in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

During a presentation at Startup School at Stanford University earlier today, the prolific investor discussed the state of startup funding with a packed auditorium of students and entrepreneurs. These investors usually raise a smaller fund and make investments into startups that range in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

APRIL 27, 2010

To me KissMetrics looks like another case of Simplicitrite (a new disease among developers / entrepreneurs). Why on earth would I use their product when I already use Google Analytics (99% of the web developers do too)? by Aymeric on April 28th, 2010 simplicity. Yes, KissMetrics what it does very well but it is not enough.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

How do you find that perfect Twitter handle or that ideal epithet for your blog, website or startup — one that’s snappy and memorable, and that you won’t hate by next year? to get the scoop on finding a name that will work on the web. View More » Jobs Ruby on Rails Developer at Mashable (.

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup. in security , startups. Many startups use Ruby on Rails. Other startups don’t but, like the Rails community, may one day find themselves asking What Do We Do When Apocalyptically Bad Things Happen On Our Framework of Choice? Posted on January 31, 2013.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Email us or call +44 (0) 844 3579899 home about services blog labs Which language should my startup use? Share this: net c# development django java language php software Were often asked by entrepreneurs which language their startups should adopt when developing their technology. Ruby on Rails doesnt scale?

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

These are with no doubt worthwhile goals, but I’d like to pose an important challenge for founders: Make learning and development your key resolution in 2013. I’ve gathered a comprehensive list of resources for startup learning. Startup Hiring : How to attract, hire and retain the best people. Let’s get started!

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. I’ve been a web developer for 10 years and I cringe when I see that I need a module that’s not included…there goes two hours of my day searching, configuring and installing dependencies. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us.

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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. Have an account?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Home Social Media Business Entertainment Tech Web Video Dev & Design Apple Mobile Social Good Jobs Web Design Web Development Now Trending : Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman After 30 Years September 28, 2010 Jolie ODell View Comments 11 Trends in Web Logo Design: The Good, the Bad and the Overused email share email share Do you like this story?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Home Social Media Business Entertainment Tech Web Video Dev & Design Apple Mobile Social Good Jobs Web Design Web Development Now Trending : Sony Retires the Cassette Walkman After 30 Years September 28, 2010 Jolie ODell View Comments 11 Trends in Web Logo Design: The Good, the Bad and the Overused email share email share Do you like this story?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. million in venture financing.

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adam.heroku.com

MAY 18, 2012

Some startups, on reaching this stage, declare “we’ve got to grow up and act like a real company now” and immediately try to switch to heavy-handed tactics. Grow to 10 - 15 developers, and you’re on the verge of a major team structure change. Your single internal chat and email channels continue to work fine.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Non-Technical Co-Founders Co-Founders Technical Co-founders Finding Co-Founders Startups & "How Important Are Ideas?" " Web Development Startups Solo Founders I am a creative guy with a startup idea.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You become so steeped in tools and techniques that have absolutely no relevance outside of.NET that you are actually less valuable to a startup than had you just taken a long nap. Two things: If you ever want to work in a startup, avoid.NET. But what they do is very, very rarely startups. It does you no favors.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Problem was, I seemed to suck at the whole startup thing. Rather, I didn’t have anyone around me familiar enough with startups to tell me that I was doing it all wrong. One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

But by the time I was building my first websites for commercial use , PHP had taken over. Since then, PHP (as part of the LAMP stack ) has really been the dominant development platform, at least in the free software and startup worlds. Given that startups depend on superstars to survive, why stick with PHP?

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

If you live in an area that has "hacker" or "startup-weekend" type events where idea people are teamed with developers, it can be great way to get some free (or low cost) experience in what it is like to work with a team of developers, narrow the scope of your project, and understand what it takes to get to v1.0

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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