crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 2, 2011

What Does It Take to Become an Entrepreneur? What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – wonderful new series (this episode about @GrubHub ) – [link]. 20 creative guerilla marketing campaigns – [link]. How to Avoid a Disaster When Outsourcing to an Overseas Web Developer – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2013

Think Like An Entrepreneur | brass – [link]. What Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Get Wrong: 7 Lessons From The Rest Of The Ecosystem | Forbes – [link]. 10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Their Interns – [link]. 20 Innovative examples of guerilla advertising | Desizn World – [link].

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

While many traditional jobs still can’t function remotely, or have difficulty adjusting, many entrepreneurs have found success in starting a business from home. Choose a legal structure for your business and register your business (sole proprietor is a popular entity for many home-based entrepreneurs). Start doing guerilla marketing.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JULY 14, 2012

The best entrepreneurs I’ve worked with aren’t brilliant as much as flexible. Consider this the introduction to Guerilla Strategies for Innovation. If it were obvious where to start a new company, everybody would be doing it. They adjust to what’s happening and somehow find a way to make it work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2020

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Successful entrepreneurs and successful companies never stop re-inventing themselves. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Successful entrepreneurs and successful companies never stop re-inventing themselves. business Dave Power entrepreneur s-curve startup' Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Successful entrepreneurs and successful companies never stop re-inventing themselves. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

According to Peterson’s Ultimate Home Office Survival Guide, most entrepreneurs who work from home start with less than $5,000. If you’re reading this checklist and still wondering whether or not you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur, take the Bplans quiz, Are You Entrepreneur Material? Start doing guerilla marketing.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I’ve seen a range of options for supporting entrepreneurs, which I can rank from least to most involvement in companies by investors: financier VCs, e.g., Correlation Ventures. Most firms that do decide to take equity do so because their risk is far reduced when compared to that of the entrepreneur, or that of the traditional cash investor.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 2, 2011

It was great because it was the true story of two entrepreneurs who worked hard, did the right things, and achieved the massive success they deserved. Hopefully you're on the same page with me here as this is the classic entrepreneur tale so far. So Scooter, it turns out, is another kick-ass entrepreneur. It inspired me.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

They offered employees referral bonuses, posted on job boards and committed themselves to so-called "guerilla recruiting." Every university makes efforts to get interconnected with the entrepreneur community," Zwilling says. As an instant-messaging and social media service, Meebo never really had trouble finding and attracting talent.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

A perfect example is when businesses are suddenly flooded with cash, they opt to buy the biggest trade show booth rather than thinking of creative ways to gain attention via smart guerilla marketing around the expo center. I’m sure I won’t convince every entrepreneur to turn down the cash. Final thoughts: Too much of a good thing….

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Guerilla Innovation. In the previous post/chapter of Guerilla Innovation we talked about “amping ideas.” Idea amping is a way of life for an entrepreneur — and especially so for a small business one. Being an entrepreneur is a contrarian state. Chapter 10. ” I reviewed two tools for doing so.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

A entrepreneur’s idea of closure. Longtime tech entrepreneur Steve Blank says he’s always been a guy who “liked to fail fast, move on, and not look back.&# Any guerilla sales tactics somebody may know for situation like this? And taxpayers are only out $35M on that one machine. What a deal.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 6, 2020

I know first hand how frustrating it can be for entrepreneurs who believe in their startup so strongly but are struggling to get the traction they need. Here is guerrilla marketing — how to growth hack your startup. Your marketing isn’t going your way. You’re preaching to the choir on this one. Yes, Elle Woods!

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Guerilla Innovation Chapter Nine. I’m not making light of the effort one must make to get to a breakthrough idea, but if you’re an entrepreneur, really, a great idea is only what you need to get to the starting line. This Guerilla Innovation post is about the amping up part.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Tennessee Ernie Ford, sang about the lack of money in his hit “Sixteen Tons” Guerilla Innovation- Chapter 12. Before I get into ways in which entrepreneurs (aka ‘guerilla innovators’) can get funds, a blurb on the whole money mindset is in order. The working title is Guerilla Innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2018

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Successful entrepreneurs and successful companies never stop re-inventing themselves. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Successful entrepreneurs and successful companies never stop re-inventing themselves. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs. One of the best things about being an entrepreneur is that there are no rules. One of the worst things about being an entrepreneur is that there are no rules. The lack of rules and structure causes many entrepreneurs to work incessantly. Entrepreneur (151).

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Have a background as a successful entrepreneur and/or real world innovator. Richard Branson is the ultimate entrepreneur/innovator speaker in my view. I’d also be careful about getting the entrepreneur of the month. While I often enjoy entrepreneur talks, I typically walk away thinking “how could I replicate that?”

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BeyondVC

JUNE 2, 2004

Companies like Yahoo, Google, Amazon, and EBay have become big enough to build a business around-they have an ecosystem-they are the gorillas of the web and entrepreneurs can launch products around them. The smart and seasoned entrepreneurs now have more outlets for guerilla marketing (blogger community is a new and great one).

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

A perfect example is when businesses are suddenly flooded with cash, they opt to buy the biggest trade show booth rather than thinking of creative ways to gain attention via smart guerilla marketing around the expo center. I’m sure I won’t convince every entrepreneur to turn down the cash. Final thoughts: Too much of a good thing….

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MARCH 18, 2014

Let’s get behind raising the minimum wage in Silicon Valley.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JULY 18, 2012

Guerilla Innovation Chapter Two. I have a problem with innovators and entrepreneurs spending weeks and even months developing an elegant document which ages like bad smelling cheese. Business Plans That Work –One You Can Take to the Jungle.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JULY 19, 2012

Guerilla Innovation Chapter Three. This is where many wanna be innovators, and wanna be entrepreneurs simply give up. Small Biz Creative Problem Solving. Small business innovation is simply this: one problem after another. It’s a gauntlet. It’s a series of hurdles you have to jump over, and lots of them.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JANUARY 18, 2019

Most GFi projects are done by Gregg Fraley, a master innovation facilitator, trainer, entrepreneur, and author. Our goal is not to generate thousands of consulting hours, it’s to get you on track with an innovation project, and fast. Call or write if this is of interest.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

APRIL 22, 2011

The Christian Science Monitor recently asked me what five books I would recommend every entrepreneur own. Gerber, in which he gives a realistic job preview that all first time entrepreneurs should read before they jump in the water. Here are my essential titles: The E-Myth by Michael E.

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BeyondVC

JUNE 2, 2004

Companies like Yahoo, Google, Amazon, and EBay have become big enough to build a business around-they have an ecosystem-they are the gorillas of the web and entrepreneurs can launch products around them. The smart and seasoned entrepreneurs now have more outlets for guerilla marketing (blogger community is a new and great one).

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Seth Godin has a list for fall reading list (h/t Startup Mason ) and I thought I’d pass along the guerilla marketing book he recommends: The Best of Guerilla Marketing–Guerilla Marketing Remix. (My I’m going to download the first chapter to the kindle app on my iPad.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 5, 2014

This is also a good time to think about what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Make those tweaks before fully entering the market – and understand that, for most entrepreneurs, this is a process, not a single final product. Can you sell ‘yourself’ or the things you create? Believe me, this is a valid question. Solicit ideas from others.

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Small Business Force

AUGUST 31, 2011

I've heard so many entrepreneurs lament about the fact that their market has multiple competitors. As an entrepreneur, you have to pick and choose your spots. You have to think of yourself as a guerilla warrior, always outmanned and outgunned by larger competition. The Entrepreneur's Yoda" knows these things.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

We are not growing entrepreneurs. No, not everyone can be an entrepreneur, but if we don’t have a goodly number of them, we’re not doing well as a country. The percentage of new entrepreneurs who are women has also dropped significantly since 1997. We are not growing entrepreneurs. in 1997 to 24.7

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Small Business Force

JULY 9, 2011

Many entrepreneurs are most defensive about the fact that their company is small, or worse, intimidated by the fact that their competitors are large. When, if truth be told, their size can be their biggest asset. And by applying these same principals, the small business can succeed, time and again in competitive encounters!

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Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Entrepreneurs are in a business battle every day. Yet, many entrepreneurs don't go into battle with that mindset. So what is a general (the entrepreneur) to do with his rag-tag army up against the well-provisioned enemy that already occupies much of the high ground in the ongoing business battle? He's been there.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

Resources to help you do market research and determine your niche: Practical Market Research Resources for Entrepreneurs. Plenty of your focus should go into social media marketing and more “guerilla marketing” tactics. “I Words of advice: Final tips from entrepreneurs who have started successful travel businesses. “We

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Business coach and entrepreneur Scott Hallman (more on him below) shares his own cautionary tale in an interview with Mindvalley Insights: We began to lose money. He started his journey as an entrepreneur by running a few small businesses while he was still attending university. 1) Brad Sugars. Image courtesy of ActionCoach.

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