crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

ExcelerateLabs ranked in the top Startup Incubators by Forbes – [link]. Why Startups Shouldn’t Hire PR Firms – [link]. Facing Another PR Disaster: Google Accused Of Fraudulently Undermining A Kenyan Startup – [link]. Love this post and agree 100% about need to promote intense debate among teams - [link].

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

APRIL 25, 2011

One weekend I was at the National Speakers Convention in Melbourne, and a very inspiring professional speaker by the name of Kirsty Spraggon explained the incubation concept. Something that really stuck with me was what she calls the Incubation Period. She calls this the incubation period. And he is still with me today.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

1871 to launch incubator for female entrepreneurs – crowdspring.co/1gnuwsz. Our Dangerous Obsession With The MVP | TechCrunch by Bill Aullet – crowdspring.co/P5QJpf. 9 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Their Customers – crowdspring.co/1loBthB. Why Big Teams Suck – crowdspring.co/1g1zYk1.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 13, 2012

What history teaches us about startup incubators – [link]. PR to come to grips with Data (or not) – [link]. Interesting and good read, especially for women … Confidence is a Numbers Game – [link]. 10 things entrepreneurs can learn from chefs – [link]. Why You Can’t Hire – [link].

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Launch48 is a new kind of micro-incubator taking place over the course of a weekend, which enables entrepreneurs to pitch their concept in one minute, in order to find team mates who are interested in pursuing the idea.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Within a few months, they raised $30,000 (which was a lot of money for them) and were invited to an incubator for new business owners, where they learned how to run a company. That’s quite a turnaround from gaining $30,000 in funding and joining a startup incubator. I have been running a PR Firm, Whitegate PRINC since 2007.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

At least startups have accelerators, incubators, etc. In fact, thanks to increased scrutiny of investment funds in a post-Madoff world, this imbalance will probably get bigger and bigger. Raising money for a new fund is harder than raising money for a new company. and now croudfunding sites.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2015

Angela Stringfellow is a Startup Advisor for 25K Startups , a Long Island incubator providing funding and resources to promising startups.

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www.bothsidesofthetable.com

MAY 13, 2012

I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. new features need to be rolled into PR strategies and competitor analyses. - I don’t believe it.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

StartMate , a new seed fund that has brought the Y Combinator-model of incubator program to Australia, has just graduated its first class of startups. StartMate's first graduating class includes: Chorus : a service that lets you prioritize your response to customer service emails based on level of anger and PR fallout.

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The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Great news — your startup just got accepted to an incubator! But before your startup signs up and cashes that $[XX,000] check, your startup’s co-founders should sit down and evaluate the incubator’s offer. Pre-money valuations startups receive from incubators are typically low…really low.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2011

You’ll find content categorized into different topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . – Incubating companies. – Thesis. An extreme example of portfolio acceleration is the approach of Y Combinator and the other accelerators.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . – Incubating companies. – Thesis. An extreme example of portfolio acceleration is the approach of Y Combinator and the other accelerators.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives. It’s either part of the DNA or it’s not.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either). However after Sequoia and Ron Conway announced their investment in YC in 2009 , and after YC alumni DropBox and AirBnb raised capital on billion-dollar valuations in 2010-11, the program quickly became the gold standard among early-stage startup incubators.

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

These days sales, marketing and PR people seem to grow on trees. If you post up an ad to an online job board asking for someone to join your very high risk early stage startup company the odds of getting someone who decent are slim to none. . Ycombinator © 2010 Social Matchbox, - WordPress Themes by DBT.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2015

Why this incubator takes the studio approach to startup creation for.tn/1D0Wh6C. Want To Be More Productive? Listen To The Sounds Of Nature crowdspring.co/1HtUxtR. How to Grow From Great Idea to Profitable Business in 3 Steps crowdspring.co/1dthq2u. 8 innovative companies poised to disrupt their industries crowdspring.co/1KlwZGD. 1Cix1O7.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2016

Recent college graduates often knew the grunt work that went into working at a big PR firm, or the hustle required to sell their own apparel, and could communicate to me the transition from college to real-world better than a CEO could. See Also: How to Find a Mentor.

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The Next Web

JULY 20, 2012

When it comes to as finding the perfect words to say while crafting your short and sweet pitch, this is the second way most startups and PR firms end up doing it wrong. What not to say. Here’s a mind-numbingly easy guideline : as soon as words like disrupt, stealth, rock star and gamification are used, all is likely lost.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

He mentors young startups at Singapore Management University and True Incube Thailand , a 500 Startups Partner. If a big corporation is pushing a new product, you might expect them to take out TV ads, online ads, maybe hire a PR agency and set up big distribution partnerships.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 9, 2019

Giving back does more than promote goodwill and provide a PR win. Now, our company helps support an amazing youth incubator program that’s aimed at teaching our local high school students how to build businesses and that culminates in a competition. .” It doesn’t even require you to set aside time away from your startup.

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sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

This means that the Press and PR you get isn’t working in silo but working to push your generic keywords as well. Have you researched a PR / launch strategy? I think that a nice PR will really help a startup with their SEO if they know how to utilize it for their own needs. The result of that? Well, they may either: a.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2012

Others have partners with expertise in PR. Given the proliferation of accelerators and incubators that pre-vet entrepreneurs, roll up their sleeves to help companies, and dress them up for demo days, the best and brightest are being showcased to look better than ever. It's happening on their side, too.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 28, 2011

This summer, in NYC alone, over 50 companies will be participating in various incubator programs. Frankly, I don't think a lot of first time entrepreneurs are really grasping how difficult it is to succeed, and the impact their companies will need to make to acheive success. It's fine to fail.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series. All three of today's roundtable companies will soon be featured on Incubation Radar. This is her core market.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

For example, when companies say, “We value our employees” but have reserved parking spots, a private cafeteria and over-the-top offices for the executives that tells you more than any PR spin. Or if a CEO proudly boast about their corporate incubator, but the incubator’s parking lot is empty at 5:15 pm.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2011

No PR firms or shameless self promoters will be accepted. The posts will appear exclusively on VC Cafe and the writers will get picture bylines, a short bio with a link. this is a non-paid position.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Talk of buildings and incubators reminded me of the story of Building 20 from "Where Good Ideas Come From". ".Legendary VCs add knowledge, connection, and PR moreso than they add money that wasn't there before. What's key if Brooklyn is going to become a huge tech hub is that awareness and connection are critical.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I asked him to create a couple of success stories to validate the assumptions, and then do a very focused PR campaign in the blowing center industry. Well, Marcos, using his technology, believes he can increase weekday utilization by 200% - a very bold and robust ROI value proposition. You can register for the next roundtable here.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

A few highlights of the university’s role in fostering innovation and the economy in Vermont include: The release, which can be read here , lists various actives and institutions such as: The UVM Office of Technology Commercialization, a statewide incubator program. We must think broadly.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 22, 2015

Note: I haven’t included accelerator programmes or incubators. Founder Collective: hired a journalist to help their portfolio with PR. Balderton Capital: have a head of PR and content, a data scientist, and a talent and development analyst. These are just the ones I know. Frontline Ventures: have a head of platform.

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Up and Running

JULY 25, 2016

The forever-failing-upward “Big Head” had just opened his own incubator with some of the $20 million he received as severance from tech giant Hooli, and is eventually talked into partnering with fellow incubator Erlich Bachman, who brings little to the table beyond his desire to glom onto the success of others.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 2, 2019

Representing numerous different aspects of the startup journey, speakers at the Austin Forum on April 9 include Gordon Daugherty (Capital Factory), Kirk Cesari (Cesari & Reed), Harold Ingersoll (Atchley & Associates), Mitch Jacobson (Austin Technology Incubator), Brian Lang (Profit Foundry), Jill Murphy (FBI), and Nicolia Wiles (PRIME|PR).

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series. All three of todays roundtable companies will soon be featured on Incubation Radar. This is her core market.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. In addition, we are offering entrepreneurs access to investors and customers through our recently launched our 1M/1M Incubation Radar series. All three of todays roundtable companies will soon be featured on Incubation Radar. This is her core market.

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