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Announcing our summer intern class

David Teten

Having never lived in New York, he very much looks forward to working and playing in the city. Jason is a high-school student, currently attending the Montclair Kimberley Academy in Montclair, New Jersey. Jason Frankel.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: SignNow.com

crowdSPRING Blog

Our first week of launching NotaryNow, we received multiple threats via message boards, forums, and I even got a call from a notary threatening to “Wring my F*ing neck&# and to “Stay the F*ck out of New Jersey&# if we did business in there.

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Twitter Link Roundup #89 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

10 New Creative Guerrilla Marketing Examples – [link]. Important for bloggers: New Jersey supreme court denies blogger protection under press shield law – [link]. If you think you do, then think again – [link]. How to design a business – [link]. 37 Creative Shoes Advertisements – [link].

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

it is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, but because of its dedication to sustainability, it is now working with local communities to form separate stove manufacturing factories in their countries. Here in the U.S. InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs. Maryland was the first U.S.

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Social shopping

BeyondVC

One of the reasons why eBay and Amazon have done so well is because of their respective communities and the ratings that are created by their customers. It leverages almost a wiki like concept so when I add a bottle of wine, it first searches its database to see if anyone else in the community has already input the data.

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Innovation and Venture Capital in New Jersey

Feld Thoughts

If you are a fan of Startup Communities , there’s a lot going on around new initiatives on this front. Ian Hathaway and I are hard at work on a book called The Startup Community Way, which is modeled after Eric Ries’ evolution of The Lean Startup to his recent book The Startup Way.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I can now give back to my community in ways that would not have been possible earlier. That's one of my motivations in pursuing my family real estate business in New Jersey. 14- To solve issues in the beauty community. The plan was to solve those issues not only for us but for others in the beauty community.