crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Tech Start-Ups: Take the Money and Build | by @tullman – crowdspring.co/1jvoIEu. 29 Tips for Entrepreneurs & Women in Tech | Tech Cocktail – crowdspring.co/1oj9QIU. A Dozen Things I’ve Learned About Marketing, Distribution and Sales | 25iq – crowdspring.co/1lD0q6Y. – crowdspring.co/1j2mWos.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Kenya and Nigeria are of a particular interest for the employers in the UK due to the high percentage of English speakers who have received bachelor’s degree or higher. 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.

Africa 75

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ConversionXL

MARCH 6, 2019

But there are technical and strategic keys to smart deployment. Just as LinkedIn videos perform differently than YouTube pre-roll clips, they have unique technical and targeting requirements, too. LinkedIn video ads: tech specs, targeting, metrics, and cost. LinkedIn video ad tech specs. The growth of B2B video marketing.

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Video B2B Technical Review Campaign 129

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2017

The fact is people often suffer failures along the their path to success, and some businesses have to close, due to a lack of fund, sales decisions, or a lack of demand in the market. from 1997 to 2014. Entrepreneurs Create and Distribute Wealth. Entrepreneurship is known for the high risks involved in launching a startup.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 17, 2024

We had initially wanted to begin with a performance review product or a more conventional marketing product, but we started off in recruiting for very practical reasons: 1) We cared about the problem and 2) We were pretty sure we were going to win. Today, you’d look at Textio and say it’s an HR Tech company.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We 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.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 78

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2014

I’ve run into organizations that don’t know how to effectively create, participate, manage or lead analysts and often believe that “data science” or the latest technology will save the day , not the team of people with different skill sets working cross-functionally to make systematic improvements. What to do?

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

acronyms e.g. MIT for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In this example, we know that new and used cars have distinct appeal due to differences in price, features, customer appeal, current advertising, etc, so they are separated to focus our targeting. Close variations include: singular or plural forms e.g. shoe or shoes.

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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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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. I see this happen far too often when people submit products to me for review to post on Product Hunt. Product launches are one phase in the product lifecycle.

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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. Both GSM and CDMA mobile systems are deployed, though CDMA is declining due to limited devices. Expect to see more of these brands in the West.

India 74

India Indonesia Israel China 74

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2017

The fact is people often suffer failures along the their path to success, and some businesses have to close, due to a lack of fund, sales decisions, or a lack of demand in the market. from 1997 to 2014. Entrepreneurs Create and Distribute Wealth. Entrepreneurship is known for the high risks involved in launching a startup.

Developer 68

Developer Technical Review Equity Distribution 68

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We 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.

Sweat Equity 50

Sweat Equity Software Review Vesting Cofounder 50

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

By 2011, the number of subscribers worldwide had surpassed 5 Billion and cellular communication had become an unprecedented technological revolution.” ( article via @trengriffin ). I don’t think very many people put young kids into taxis (due to trust), but they are quite comfortable doing this in an Uber. New Use Cases.

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San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 2, 2013

How to Honor Your Most Important Relationships written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing One of the things that technology has surely enabled is the ability to build a truly global network. photo credit: weeviraporn via photopin cc. Call your mom today!).

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Social Media Technical Review SEO Distribution 78

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2014

As powerful as self-optimizing results are, the technology can truthfully be expensive. Understanding the different ways people might describe the same item becomes especially important if you cater to an international customer base, where multiple countries might technically speak the same language, but the vernacular is widely different.

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Search Design eCommerce Technical Review 107

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The goal of growth hacking as marketing is rapid growth, using strategies and tactics that leverage (and even exploit) technology, platforms, and behavior to reach an end goal. Where Airbnb recognized the value in another platform, Dropbox doubled down on the strength of its product as a distribution channel. The result?

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Retention Marketing Acquisition Channel 113

Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

It’s actually hard to find an investment thesis that was hot in 2014 that hasn’t had a corresponding disillusionment today. Normal distributions do not exist; standard deviations are meaningless. 3D printing was going to revolutionize manufacturing until it stopped at Dungeons & Dragons. Betting on the wrong horse.

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Harvest Vertical IPO Early Stage 60

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Most frequently people use this phrase in association with personal technology devices (heart-monitors, exercise accessories, sleep monitors, etc) that allow consumers to take direct control of their health information. Technology to the Rescue? The subject of the “consumerization of healthcare” has been around for many years.

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Customer Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 59

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

In 2014, when Satya Nadella succeeded Steve Ballmer and became CEO, Microsoft was worth $330B. The distributed workforce will continue to add impetus to the zero trust architecture imperative and infrastructure as code will lead to the convergence of code security, application security and cloud security.

Global 62

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2016

From 2010 to 2014, the company launched their service nationwide and received over $50 million in funding. During this time, the original model of short-term, hourly rentals discontinued in favor of longer duration rentals of 1 day or more due to growth potential. Technology is just a tool to get us there.”

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

The stakes are too high to risk losing business due to weak website design or poor user experience. In 2008, famed digital trends and internet analyst Mary Meeker predicted that mobile web traffic would overtake desktop traffic by 2014. The results are quite technical but should give you an idea of how well your site performs.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. In 2014, for example, 18 IPOs raised a record-breaking $9.8 Israel has been branded the “startup nation.” We think so.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

But as impressive as its technology is, the Apple’s smartwatch has been a product looking for a solution. Large tech companies like Google, Amazon, Apple recognize that the multi- trillion dollar health care market is ripe for disruption and have poured billions of dollars into the space. Healthcare on Your Wrist.

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China Technical Review Software Review Algorithm 67

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

This combinatorial model works because it’s diversified, can best withstand bear markets, benefits from technological synergies, and it’s the mix of products and services clients value. To dig deeper, let’s first review the influence of technology on the core components. However each component will change dramatically.

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Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 30, 2014

ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year. One thing common to 2014’s most intriguing upstarts is how they didn’t just serve themselves: They empowered others to innovate, too. Here are 2014’s most influential small companies.

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API Software Review Technical Review Startup 60

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In blue is how much time we spent in 2010 and in blue the time spent in 2014. was the dramatic shift between 2010 to 2014 to mobile content consumption. They use different technologies of course, and different distribution mechanisms. Surely you are not surprised that digital finally beats TV. You have many choices.

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Analytics Metrics Mobile DC 143

Brandanew

MAY 14, 2015

As important, is their ability to move with speed – they don’t require two week’s advance notice for an individual post can be reviewed by Marketing , Legal, and Management. Brandanew: In terms of content distribution, do you think social is the single biggest channel out there?

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

I’m incredibly excited that every day I have the opportunity to use my tech background to make it easier and more affordable for the 35 million Americans with hearing loss to receive high quality, audiologist-backed hearing care. I sold the spa in 2014 (age of 37) and I have never looked back, not once. Thanks to Adam Karp, Lively !

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge. This may work in stable markets and technologies. As articulated in the classic Clayton Christensen book The Innovators Dilemma , in industries with rapid technology or market shifts, disruption cannot be ignored.).

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge. This may work in stable markets and technologies. As articulated in the classic Clayton Christensen book The Innovators Dilemma , in industries with rapid technology or market shifts, disruption cannot be ignored.).

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Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2019

I am thrilled to be able to pay my publicists more than larger companies because it’s the right thing to do and cheer alongside the hard-working authors for whom reviews are far and few between without an independent publicist on their team. The only blog post I had ever written went viral in 2014. Photo Credit: Nigel Sielegar.

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Entrepreneur Thailand Arizona Technical Review 110

Austin Startup

JUNE 5, 2018

Economic Diplomacy and Tech Startups: the “What” and “How” of an Honorary Consul of France in Austin, Texas I do not have diplomatic immunity, but special license plates are available to me for purchase. Our previous Consul general, Sujiro Seam, called me for a meeting in downtown Austin during SXSW 2014?—?right I have a photo I.D.

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France Technical Review Texas Austin 48

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year. While there are certainly still products and services fetching big price tags with little to no revenue, the majority of companies in our year-end roundup are building products that will have an impact on how we think about technology.

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Startup Cofounder San Francisco Software Review 60

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

I’ve had the opportunity to work with many impressive teams and product managers from a broad range of leading tech companies, and this has helped me to get a better sense of the what is essential to the role, and to success. Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model.

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Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

He was president of the startup accelerator YCombinator from 2014-2019, and is currently the CEO of OpenAI, which he co-founded. 29:24) We talk about the social and economic impact of all the technology we've all been using to make our lives possible these last weeks. (35:09) The technology has advanced so much.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Government .Net 68

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

has transformed from a small information technology components firm into a comprehensive and full-service IT computer hardware and support solution provider, servicing over 20,000 clients across the country. It was so bad that I almost wrote my first Yelp review. Today, Aventis Systems, Inc. Thanks to Roni Eshel, goFlow ! #9)

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