crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

A Dozen Things I’ve Learned About Marketing, Distribution and Sales | 25iq – crowdspring.co/1lD0q6Y. The Single Biggest Reason Most Entrepreneurs Fail in 2014 – crowdspring.co/1jzW3Oy. A Dozen Things I’ve Learned About Marketing, Distribution and Sales | 25iq – crowdspring.co/1lD0q6Y. 1gj2qVK.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2017

When we introduced the live chat support in 2014, we immediately saw a 7% decrease in bounce rate. David Chambat is Chief Executive Officer of Villa-Finder.com , the leading villa booking and distribution platform in Asia, with 1,000+ villas in Bali , Sri Lanka , Phuket , Samui and Mauritius. Listen to your customers’ feedback.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2017

from 1997 to 2014. Oprah Winfrey ranked as the 12th most influential women entrepreneur of 2015 by Forbes with “The Life You Want” back in 2014 and her Harpo Films production co-produced the film “Selma” which won an Award. Entrepreneurs Create and Distribute Wealth.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 17, 2024

If 2024 Kieran could whisper something into the ear of 2014 Kieran, what would you have told her about the difference between leading a team vs leading a company? If I could give 2014 Kieran one piece of advice from 2024 Kieran, it would be to center this much more explicitly in how I approached my job as CEO.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

For this reason, we’ve partnered with Guild members who have experience across different kinds of customers, business models, and distribution channels. Some of our portfolio companies will rely on great design to create loyal usage like Sunrise Calendar. Pierre was also named to MIT Technology Review ‘s Innovators Under 35 list.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Post Brexit, many companies in the UK consider distributed teams overseas as an alternative to the shrinking talent pool and high recruitment costs in Britain. In 2014, the unemployment rate was just 2.7% New regulations have been adopted in 2014 to safeguard and create more jobs for its citizens. Seychelles.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

percent between 2009 and 2014. This in turn led to the creation of online repository sites that enabled the distribution and storage of information by multiple parties. The benefits so far accrued from the use of VDRs is unprecedented. According to IBISWorld, the VDR industry grew at an incredible annualized rate of about 16.7

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. It was launched in 2014 for $40–50k, and Wong says that he and his co-founders paid themselves only minimal stipends in the beginning.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2016

Since its founding in 2014, more than 10,000 people have given to turn the water back on for over 1,000 families. Tiffani was also a 2014 Code for America Fellow working with the City of Atlanta. Her first startup, Pencil You In, grew from a personal need to schedule hair appointments.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 29, 2013

To find out, I asked a panel of successful entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) , the following question: What do you think will be the new “it” social- or content-related job in 2014 for startups and why? The year for Google+ in social is 2014. Google Glass is no doubt going to create many new opportunities in 2014.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

Entrepreneur Prerna Gupta believes that there’s a billion-dollar opportunity in bringing “Lean” principles to the development and distribution of mass-market fiction, and in presenting stories as a mobile-first experience. Telepathic, a new technology startup, is bringing A/B testing to the world of mass-market fiction and storytelling.

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Up and Running

JULY 19, 2014

The show premiered in 2013 to critical acclaim, and in June 2014 Netflix released all 13 episodes of its second season. Specifically, much of the plot revolved around their competing ventures in smuggling and distributing illegal contraband to other prison inmates. Lock down a distribution strategy.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2013

2014 will be the year in which internet radio leads the music industry’s growth. Internet radio was the driving force that allowed SoundExchange, the nonprofit responsible for collecting royalties on behalf of copyright holders and record labels, to distribute $462 million in digital performance royalties in 2012, 58% more than 2011.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2016

In 2014, then Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Toshimitsu Motegi , concluded a joint industrial R&D agreement in Israel. The complexities of Japan’s distribution and regulatory environment are important considerations. We can help with issues like regulation and distribution to reach Japanese consumers”.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Scale Horizontally (or “scale out”): Add more nodes to a system, such as adding a new computer to a distributed software application. My entire world functions as a large and wide distributed network. Think of vertical scaling as building a bigger monolithic machine and horizontal scaling as add more machines to the system.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Successful product launch campaigns have a strong value proposition, multi-channel distribution, supporting content, and other trappings common to every marketing campaign. mahabis #slippers #packaging #shoes #footwear #design A post shared by mahabis (@mahabis) on Jul 16, 2014 at 3:50am PDT. Image source ).

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 21, 2019

Amazon has captured up to 50% of total online holiday sales this year and it was 22% back in the year 2014. Nowadays most coupons are digital distributing online and many are delivered to highly targeted audiences. Holiday online spending increased by 16.6% More online shopping means more coupon hunters for CouponBirds.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

The B2B video examples below were distributed on LinkedIn or other social channels, as well as YouTube. It certainly helps if you partner with a highly regarded video production company, as Slack did in 2014. That hasn’t stopped some pioneering (and deep-pocketed) brands from venturing into unfamiliar territory.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2017

from 1997 to 2014. Oprah Winfrey ranked as the 12th most influential women entrepreneur of 2015 by Forbes with “The Life You Want” back in 2014 and her Harpo Films production co-produced the film “Selma” which won an Award. Entrepreneurs Create and Distribute Wealth.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If The goal was to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share – because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Peers won’t be able to help you much in finding external investors, co-founders with prior experience and industry connections for distribution and marketing. The idiosyncrasies of supplier relationships, distribution and pricing are just as important as the generic elements of time and money management.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 2, 2013

The thing is I think that number gets even harder due to the potentially distributed nature of many of our most important relationships. What tools and tips can you share to help people make 2014 the year of honoring their most important relationships? Call your mom today!). So that’s my story and part confession.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. RigUp was founded by Xuan Yong and Mike Witte in Austin, Texas in March of 2014. As a result, productivity naturally improves.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

This is because these are very unique products compared to the other Focus and Fit models, due to electric vehicles having more limited distribution, and a highly unique list of selling points that deserve to be focused on separately. If you can target a specific product combined with intent and desired attributes (e.g.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. It was launched in 2014 for $40–50k, and Wong says that he and his co-founders paid themselves only minimal stipends in the beginning.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 18, 2014

Deepika Padukone, Best Bollywood actress of 2014. Apple has a very limited market presence in India, due to high price and limited distribution. With his salt and pepper hair and soft-spoken manner, Suneel Bandhu could easily be mistaken for a college professor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2014

Innovations are often as simple as better delivery, more customization or better distribution. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/21/2014. Who knows, your imitation with innovation may turn out to be the bigger than the disruptive technology of your dreams.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Though it may seem obvious, according to the CMO Survey , which collected responses from Fortune 1000, Forbes Top 200, and other high ranking Marketers, found that the state of analytics even now in 2014, is quite dismal. Here are the highlights: Only 2% of companies are tracking lead generation to sales metrics.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2013

“We hope to have the company up and running by March 2014.” . “With the winning money I decided to invest in creating a patent for my product and start the first steps of creating the first prototype,” Ismael said. ” Meet Michelle Sangalang and Andrew Ekelem, 23, of Chariot Mobility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2014

Before you focus a senior decision-maker on your new cloud and distributed data technology, make sure he or she understands how it will lower user privacy exposures, rather than increase them. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/22/2014. Personal-privacy assurances. Reduce litigation risks and support costs.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We loved the product, but weren’t convinced it would get much distribution quickly. We met Sonder’s founder Francis Davidson many times between 2014 and 2016. And, we passed on the opportunity to invest every single time as we were too hung up on their dependency on AirBnB for distribution. Carta (prev. Sonder (prev.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2013

They’re here: electronic wallets, mobile credit card payments, smartphone powered gift cards, combination transit/debit cards are available today and they will grow in importance and ubiquity in 2014. Related posts: Small business and startups: engage your customers the old(spice)-fashioned way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

Even if your company doesn’t sell high-tech products, for example, Zappos, having and using the right technology in the business, for distribution, marketing and customer support, can easily make the difference between winning and losing in today’s high-tech world. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/8/2014.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2013

I started a couple of weeks ago with the first part of a post on small business trends for 2014; today I have 5 more trends that I’d like to share. Illustration, Wikipedia: 2014 – Year of the Horse. Related posts: Small Business and Startups: The Trends for 2014 (Pt I). Secondly, trends are trends and nothing more.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Where Airbnb recognized the value in another platform, Dropbox doubled down on the strength of its product as a distribution channel. On its official launch in 2014, it had 15,000 daily users. The result? An increase in listings from 50,000 to 500,000. Dropbox Basic account holders earned 500 MB of storage for each successful referral.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

In contrast to “distribution-first content,” movement-first content is a conscious sacrifice of reach: “it isn’t beholden to any SEO tactics like word count and keyword density.” For Drift, founded in 2014, that was easier said than done: Drift didn’t go all-in on “conversational marketing” until 2018.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Coming off a massive hacking incident of Sony Pictures where unauthorized security breaches led to highly sensitive information and unreleased films being distributed online, it seems rightfully so that many other corporations are now on their guard to prevent something similar happening to them.

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