crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2011

Photo: Virginia Guard Public Affairs. These differing approaches are sometimes stylistic, sometimes strategic, often driven by economics, and sometimes prompted by the company’s own culture. Related posts: Small business and startup tips: track your own customer service data. 10 Tips for small business: surveying your customers.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Tony Saldanha (P&G Next Gen Svces, Transformant), Farhan Shah (Allstate, CTO, Head of Platform Eng), Munu Gandhi (VP Infrastructure, AON), Virginia Lyons (CISO, Williams Sonoma) and GTM advisors?—?Natalie New CXO advisors join?—? Natalie Diggins (Neustar, ex-VP Cloud Platform/DevOps), Francesca Krihely (MongoDB, Dir.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

New CXO advisors join Tony Saldanha (P&G Next Gen Svces, Transformant), Farhan Shah (Allstate, CTO, Head of Platform Eng), Munu Gandhi (VP Infrastructure, AON), Virginia Lyons (CISO, Williams Sonoma) and GTM advisorsNatalie Diggins (Neustar, ex-VP Cloud Platform/DevOps), Francesca Krihely (MongoDB, Dir.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Having acted as director of sports psychology at the University of Virginia for 20 years, Rotella also wrote the book “ Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect.” Knight finally discloses the story of his titanic rise in this book about his determination to build a business importing low-cost, high-quality shoes from Japan. “My

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Randolph Barker, professor of management in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business has studied dogs in the workplace, and found that bringing them to work resulted in a measurable decline in stress among workers over the course of a day.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

There are terrific free YouTube channels for entrepreneurs and small business owners and many online schools and sites offer free or low-cost online courses. Here are two good courses you might consider through Coursera: Business Strategy, offered by the University of Virginia. Online learning takes many forms. ” Udemy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

Mike Lincoln (Washington DC / Virginia … Cooley). Cooley is taking on major costs not only of these professionals and the inevitable support staff that they will hire but they will also be establishing a major presence in Santa Monica where I’m told they’ve secured significant office space. Don Lee (LA … LKP).

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

There’s something wrong when the cost of entry of Palantir , SpaceX and Anduril as new DOD contractors required billionaire founders.) For example, the F-35/B-21/KC-46 aircraft, Ford-Class Carriers, Columbia-class SSBN, Virginia-class SSN, M-1 tank upgrades, etc. New startups/companies rarely break into the system. Slides 35-37.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

The number of users is only limited by your choice, and the cost does not increase by number of users. Lower Cost. Compared with PC-based in-house accounting systems, cloud accounting software proves to be more cost effective. There is no high upfront investment in desktop software or potential hardware upgrades.

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www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

You can contact Adam J.August at 1600 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 700 | McLean, Virginia 22102 Phone 703.720.8059 | Fax 703.720.8610 adam.august@hklaw.com | www.hklaw.com Affinity Lab is an entrepreneurial launch platform serving a rich community of Washington DC businesses, non-profits and start-ups.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2011

Veritas , the team building a low cost residential wind turbine wind turbine for cities and utilities.Last week the team pivoted and their wind turbine is now embedded into street and highway light poles. In Williamstown, West Virginia they spoke to the city planner and a member of the budget committee. The next team was D.C.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Rent and income: We thoroughly analyzed all states’ living costs and compared the numbers to income. Yes, living costs might seem a bit high initially, but the low unemployment rate, standing at 2.5%, balanced the whole thing. . Well, it’s West Virginia. What’s the state you want to forget about? North Dakota.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Train your AI models at twice the speed and less than half of the cost of other clouds. I remember buying it at my Barnes and Noble when I lived in Lynchburg, Virginia, and I was trying to get my business off the ground, and I was like, this guy knows what he's talking about. So how do you compete without cost spiraling out of control?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2017

In fact, the crux of the matter is you get want you to pay for – CCM Web Virginia Beach , for instance, is a web design firm that excels in offers cost-effective plans. Besides being cost effective, it also offers you additional advantages like the emphasis on mobile design and content management service for WordPress.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says. He prefers to work with companies that are building Web-based applications and have relatively low start-up costs. Take GlobalLogic , a $100 million software research and development company based in Vienna, Virginia. Its easy to see where Graham is coming from.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The United States is the 3rd most startup-friendly nation in the world, behind Germany and Japan, according to US News, but startup entrepreneurs in America still need to keep operating costs under tight control in order to build their companies and make them profitable. Saving even five percent will make a big difference.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

There are terrific free YouTube channels for entrepreneurs and small business owners and many online schools and sites offer free or low-cost online courses. Here are two good courses you might consider through Coursera: Business Strategy, offered by the University of Virginia. Online learning takes many forms. ” Udemy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Most simulcasts are free, although some charge a small fee to cover their costs. If you're not attending the conference in person, consider meeting up with one of these groups to watch. Past livestream attendees have reported great conversations and networking. All require RSVP in advance, so please sign up via their page linked below.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2012

These free (or low-cost, in some cases) offerings provide everything from overviews to entire classes for self-motivated learners wanting to pick up pretty much any subject imaginable. Virginia Tech recommends writing down the week’s major events and goals as a viable strategy for sticking to a more definitive timeline.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

million as a Kickstarter funded project, Virginia entrepreneur Alex Hawkinson has put together a promising partnership with If This Then That , a service that also ties other services together. If you want a ride that costs you about 1/3 that of a cab, consider using Lyft to get you around. Receiving $1.21

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2014

Despite the interconnected nature of our nation’s economy, there are still good places to be and bad places to be when it comes to jobs, the cost of living, and markets. This provides an immediate endorsement of existing leaders by the new person and reassures rank-and-file personnel that the apple cart won’t be upset.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2017

Where you work is also a big part of saving ; so being able to design a cost-effective production space is a considerable option. Just consider the average cost of renting an office. Do you think you can find any office space requisite to your needs which will cost less than one thousand dollars a month?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

There’s something wrong when the cost of entry of Palantir , SpaceX and Anduril as new DOD contractors required billionaire founders.) For example, the F-35/B-21/KC-46 aircraft, Ford-Class Carriers, Columbia-class SSBN, Virginia-class SSN, M-1 tank upgrades, etc. New startups/companies rarely break into the system. Slides 35-37.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 2, 2009

Some people make a living out of being virtual assistants and helping busy people with their everyday tasks (such as organizing a meeting, doing some online research, calling someone, etc…) Depending on the skill set and the country of origin, the cost of hiring a virtual assistant can be as low as 5 US$ an hour.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 2, 2019

As you negotiate your move, consider asking for reimbursement of some of these costs. The costs of buying a new home and selling your old home are typically part of executive level relocation packages. Simpler moves might reimburse the cost of packing materials and a truck. Finding a Place to Live. Keep Great Records.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

I stopped being annoyed by that a while ago and just view it as part of the cost of the room. I plopped down in my room, took out my laptop, went through the “connect to the Internet” process which appeared to cost $9.95 Or maybe AT&T will work in the middle of Arlington, Virginia. bill for Internet access.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Small business owners like Bill Butcher, who owns a Virginia brewing company, were featured prominently at last week’s Democratic convention, praising the administration for lifting barriers for the little guy.”. But has Obama done much to boost small businesses in return? American Public Media: Marketplace. “IN Based in Rochester, Mich.,

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

If you have to pay your own rent in addition to company costs and that kind of thing sometimes the amount of money that the company makes is going to dictate how much you make at the end of the month. Most surprising on the list, for me as a northern Virginia resident, Richmond, Virginia, number three. Is that fair?

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2021

But, hiring a lawyer will cost you more than you realize because the money will be deducted right away from your closing costs. You may already be struggling with many legal bills while you’re in the process of buying and selling your property, so you may not want to hire an attorney.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Even an extraordinary engineer or product lead who have built a breakthrough product aren’t guaranteed success unless they can get access to capital, get much needed press to drive low-cost customer acquisition and persuade fickle business leaders to join their company and help them shape their businesses beyond tech innovation.

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Steve Blank

MAY 16, 2016

Sentinel initially started by trying to use low-cost sensors to monitor surface ships for their 7th fleet sponsor in a A2/AD environment. Hill in Virginia. Understanding how to measure mission achievement/success for each beneficiary is the difference between a demo and a deployed solution.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 18, 2016

I’m talking about good, old-fashioned networking, which—especially at the local level—is still one of the most cost effective marketing methods available to a small business. You’re invited to visit his chapter the next time you happen to be in central Virginia on a Thursday morning at 8 am.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In the last decade if the 1800s, the West Virginia Mail Pouch Chewing Tobacco company would pay farmers to use their barns as outdoor advertising for their product. The viral affect of the ads, decades before the internet, made this one of the most effective (and cost-effective) advertising campaigns ever. One last one, shall we?

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Campus Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2013

BTW, Virginia has a petition calling for tax credits for crowdfunding investors. Given their high development costs and passionate fans, video games are a good match for crowdfunding, particularly as established publishers churn out ever more sequels, leaving a long tail of unmet demand (see article). Good insight into crowdfunding.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 26, 2011

And the best thing about great customer service is that providing it doesn’t cost you an extra penny. Today’s small business owners need to understand that cutting costs will not save their business. After all, studies have shown that it costs much more to attract a new customer than it does to keep an existing one.

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Andrew Payne

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

Back home in West Virginia, our Verizon phones have no 3G service. “When one party’s getting all the benefit and the other’s carrying all the cost, issues will arise” This is going to get more interesting.

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Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2016

Sentinel initially started by trying to use low-cost sensors to monitor surface ships in a A2/AD environment. Hill in Virginia. Slides 3-11 are a good example of what is required to go from initial Buy-in to scale in the sponsors organization. If you can’t see the presentation click here. If you can’t see the presentation click here.

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