crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

15 Best Bootstrap Design Tools – crowdspring.co/1ncKgIa. Examples of the Effective Use of Typography in Web Design – crowdspring.co/1ekuT6Y. 17 Online Sandbox Tools For Testing Your Code Snippets – crowdspring.co/1ekvHsD. 20 Fantastic Free Icon Sets | SpyreStudios - crowdspring.co/1ektugw.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2013

40 Bootstrap Tools and Generators for Web Developers – [link]. Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 30 Brilliant Branding Identity Design examples for your inspiration – [link]. 40+ Rousing Branding & Identity Design Projects – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2014

15 Useful Bootstrap Tools and Generators for Web Developers | DJDESIGNERLAB – crowdspring.co/1iDkMPO. Advanced web typography: Responsive web typography – crowdspring.co/1m4knXa. 25 effective design patterns for ecommerce site search results | Econsultancy – crowdspring.co/1ms6D8K.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

40 Extensions And Plugins For Extending Bootstrap – crowdspring.co/1w2XjfG. Freelancing 101: How to Stay on Top of Trends | Design Shack – crowdspring.co/1ldmFXK. 50 Free Resources for Web Designers from August 2014 – crowdspring.co/1vJ9Fwa. Designing an Effective Donate Form | Brad Frost Web – crowdspring.co/1spf2f3.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Bootstrapped, Profitable & Proud: Github – [link]. Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur – [link]. 10 Legal Mistakes That Can Destroy Your Small Business And How To Avoid Them – [link]. Legal risks and dangers of $99 logo stores – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2010

How to Create a Great Startup Office Space on a Bootstrap Budget – [link]. Buyer Beware: Generic Logo Design – [link]. But I Just Wanted To Be Fair… – [link]. Three Kinds of People (from blog archives) – [link]. The Benefits of Top-Down Thinking & Why it is Critical to Entrepreneurs – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2010

How to Create a Great Startup Office Space on a Bootstrap Budget – [link]. Buyer Beware: Generic Logo Design – [link]. But I Just Wanted To Be Fair… – [link]. Three Kinds of People (from blog archives) – [link]. The Benefits of Top-Down Thinking & Why it is Critical to Entrepreneurs – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

21 Reasons To Bootstrap Your Startup | ZoomShift – crowdspring.co/M5SXUd. A special report from The Economist on Tech Startups. Here’s the full PDF – crowdspring.co/1cNY3hP. Small Business and Startups: 5 Tips For Keeping the Books – crowdspring.co/1f1zOfD.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

Competitive Differentiation that Matters – [link] 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. Why Do Some People Learn Faster? – [link]. Why You Need Marketing Analytics, Not Web Analytics – [link]. Women (Entrepreneurs) Who Go Their Own Way – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 21, 2013

13 Resources to Design for Bootstrap | Vandelay Design Blog – [link]. Making Sense Of Type Classification (Part 2) | Smashing Magazine – [link]. 35+ Photography Business Cards for Your Inspiration – [link]. 13 Free Flat Icon Sets – [link]. 30 stunning examples of calendar design – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 19, 2011

Turning an Addiction into a Bootstrapped Startup – [link]. The False Choice Between Babies & Startups – [link]. Research suggests entrepreneurs are not very good at making financial projections – [link]. Not a good trend – word of mouth on the decline, based on recent consumer survey – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Bootstrapping is Bullshit – [link]. Entrepreneurs Are Living The Dream, But Are They Happy? – [link]. “be better, be different or be cheaper. And the last is no fun&# (Seth Godin) – [link]. Will Freemium Work for You? – [link]. Groupon, Cinderella and Opportunity – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

The Series A Crunch: One More Reason to Bootstrap and Skip Venture Capital | Enterprise Irregulars - [link]. Micro VC’s and Super Angels Two Years Later – Looking Back and Some Predictions for the Future | Business Insider – [link]. Reducing noise … should be a signal to rest of market … YC W13 Will Be Smaller - [link].

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5 I started R Public Relations on a wing and a prayer, but my reputation in the public relations world has followed me to success. I hired another guide to help with the load, and I started charging for tickets to pay the guide.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2012

That same year I formed The Cutler Group, a public relations agency that helps innovative technology companies achieve high-value media coverage. This is what is called “bootstrapping,” though my friends on the Young Entrepreneur Council have always said that it’s really more like shoe-strapping — boots are too expensive.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

Don’t Accidentally Bootstrap Yourself to Death | saastr – [link]. How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. Five Linking Myths That Need To Go Away In 2013 – [link]. Single User Utility In A Social System (by Fred Wilson) – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a couple of years ago with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each. Sales and marketing costs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself.

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Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a couple of years ago with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each. Sales and marketing costs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

I crawled my way back and have largely been able to bootstrap the business. Public Relations For Startups. If you read further back in the blog, you'll see that 2009 wasn't a very good year for me (and a lot of other people, too). I may or may not raise money in the future. Recruit Smokers. ► April. (2).

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 27, 2015

She has scaled global teams in customer acquisition, CRM, brand marketing, public relations and social media. She draws on more than ten years of senior leadership experience, from bootstrapped startups to publicly traded companies. Follow her on Twitter.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 16, 2015

11 Bootstrap UI Editors For Developers crowdspring.co/1Dkibmy. Why ‘Intuitive’ Interface Is A Myth | Co.Design | business + design crowdspring.co/1HtBXhM. 3 essential navigation trends for 2015 | Webdesigner Depot crowdspring.co/1Bx5wuV. How to Find the Perfect Free WordPress Theme – noupe crowdspring.co/1F4MXEr.

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Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2016

Or, perhaps your story is about how you bootstrapped your business by starting several side businesses and never gave up on your dream, even in the face of adversity. Maybe, like Jillian Darlington, creator of the MomCo app, you started your business to solve a personal pain point that the industry wasn’t solving.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

How To Redesign Your Homepage: A Bootstrapped Process – [link]. Media Relations 101 for Your Startup – [link]. How To Redesign Your Homepage: A Bootstrapped Process – [link]. How To Redesign Your Homepage: A Bootstrapped Process – [link]. The Steps of Creative Communication – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Bootstrapping Your Startup or Small Business - [link]. Bootstrapping Your Startup or Small Business - [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Be Better Than You Ever Thought You Could Be – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 21, 2015

Slim, bootstrapping teams could wear a designer hat and produce the rich content quickly and inexpensively by enlisting some of these fantastic content-producing tools: Capture the moment with Skitch.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

Showcase of Useful Bootstrap Tools For Web Developers - crowdspring.co/1kY1Qey. Top 20 Best Fonts Every Designer Should Have - crowdspring.co/1gKXMOE. 20 Creative Negative Space Logo Designs - crowdspring.co/1lNUtJx. 25 Rockin’ Rocket Logos | [Re] crowdspring.co/1lNUUDJ 1lNUUDJ - crowdspring.co/1lNUWLN. 1mZnijM - crowdspring.co/1mZniAb.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

Now, we have a well-calculated formula for launching businesses that are 100% bootstrapped with a very small amount of initial capital. Addicted to entrepreneurship at this point, I started my own PR agency in 2019–– PAAPR (Public Attention And Public Relations). Thanks to Brandon Monaghan, Miracle Brand ! #11-

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Braintree – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Braintree – [link]. The original post is in the Random Fun section below. Good post about the pitfalls of code refactoring for startups – [link]. Legal Risks And Dangers Of $99 Logo Stores – [link].

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We were bootstrapping the company’s funding, so we could not afford to hire a firm to help us come up with a company name. Thanks to Ron Wood, Ron Wood Public Relations, Ltd. #19 – A True Measure. Image Credit: Ron Johnsey. Image Credit: Allie Danziger. He hired my new firm to get more media attention.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Why our brains so easily relate to conceptual maps | My Design Shop crowdspring.co/1L1UlhR. 7 Best Alternatives to Bootstrap crowdspring.co/1Lc9obb. Is It Worth Paying For a Premium WordPress Theme or Not? crowdspring.co/1VB44AO. Fascinating UI Kits for Mobile App Designers crowdspring.co/1LxpopD. 1Le1oHZ.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

How Bootstrapping Became a Lost Art and Venture Capital Became an Addiction – Capterra Blog crowdspring.co/1fwqKUb. The Workplace Culture That Flying Nannies Won’t Fix nytimes.com/2015/08/24/opi…. Mark Zuckerberg’s FWD.us Fires Back at Trump’s Immigration Plan crowdspring.co/1Nrd4IS. From the Vault: Working Remote.

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