Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2020

Some food banks saw demand 3-4x normal, just as their volunteer base shrunk due to worries about COVID-19 infection. Since then, in about 3 months, we’ve fed over 170,000 people and injected over $1mm into the local economy in San Francisco and Detroit. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cars line up at a drive-thru food pantry.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

Why would people “save&# ads to review later? You need to be HUMAN, not amateur, when building communities. Well thought out points on building a web design community – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. – [link].

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 12, 2004

Lee Gomes from the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting piece (sorry, not a free site) in his Portals Column about Project Avalanche which is essentially a software co-op for businesses to share their applications and code. If Detroit car makers can collaborate on research, why couldn’t U.S. technology users?”

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2018

I started PromotionCode.org as an online spreadsheet of coupon codes for teachers out of necessity ten years ago with no idea it would eventually become a business. 8 tons transportable dome capable of withstanding 200 or more mph winds due to its shape and design. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Half of Detroit’s public schools being shut down? Graphic Design Examples Worldwide: How Nationality Reflects In Artworks – [link]. All About BIG and BOLD Typography: Tips and Inspiration – [link].

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In townslike Houston and Chicago and Detroit its too small to measure. Who knows exactly how these factors combine to booststartups in Silicon Valley and squish them in Detroit, but itsclear they do from the number of startups per capita in each. Our startup made software for making online stores. Afterthat theres not much.

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