crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2014

How Greylock Partners Finds the Next Facebook – crowdspring.co/Ud9VE5. An Oral History Of Apple Design: 1992–2013 | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1nJ2Ms0. MUST READ post on women & men in tech by @mariakatris on @BuiltInChicago and her experiences – crowdspring.co/1xftfiX.

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Software Review 94

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Advertising. The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. Advertise Locally on WSJ.com. 1992 Recommendations.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

By 1992 Research in Motion (RIM) had been in business for eight years, had 16 employees, sales of about $500,000 a year, and three or four business lines. Instead the company used most its cash on marketing and advertising in trying to define a new product category and accelerate adoption. Research in Motion (RIM). Summary.

Hockey Stick 279

Hockey Stick Customer Development Silicon Valley Networking 279

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 12, 2023

I went pretty deeply in debt, you know, back in 19, late 1989 to about 1992 when I first discovered marketing. And I have people that are already in relationships and married that use the process and it improves the relationship that they have with their existing partner. I lived off credit cards.

Networking 92

Networking Naming Software Review Artificial Inteligence 92

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 20, 2022

I went pretty deeply in debt, you know, back in 19, late 1989 to about 1992 when I first discovered marketing. And I have people that are already in relationships and married that use the process and it improves the relationship that they have with their existing partner. I lived off credit cards.

Networking 97

Networking Naming Marketing Developer 97

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 1, 2014

In order to identify good joint venture (JV) partners, you want to ask yourself, Who else has relationships with the types of people I want as customers or clients? For example, realtors are a natural JV partner for mortgage brokers. Financial advisors and estate-planning lawyers make obvious sense.

Social Media 187

Social Media Marketing Video Media 187

Up and Running

APRIL 4, 2014

Part of the problem was that the company bought into its own hype, but the bigger sin was that Pets.com’s owners—Hummer Winblad Venture Partners—ignored the fundamentals. Ford’s advertising agency—Foote, Cone & Belding—solicited its employees to suggest names for the new car, offering the winner a car of their own as the prize.

Sales 126

Sales IPO Texas Naming 126