Archive for October, 2010
Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts
Ross | October 11th, 2010It’s tempting to count everything that can be counted. The current obsession with social media ROI is just one example – of many – showing how numbers influence our behavior. I had the opportunity to again think about this issue last week when I was on a panel at a Startup Bootcamp event in Boston. [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Penn Brewery
Laura | October 8th, 2010With it being Oktober and all, I thought it would only be fitting that we profile a German brewery! Penn Brewery just finished with their print design project for the body and neck labels of their Penn Kaiser Pils, a pale german-style pilsner that’s highly hopped with four kinds of Hallertau hops. Congratulations to mindsite09 [...]
New SEO Starter Guide From Google
Ross | October 6th, 2010Google’s revenue from adwords in 2009 was USD$23 billion. While adwords can be part of a strong small business marketing strategy, most startups and small businesses can’t afford to pay much for traffic. There are excellent alternatives, including search engine optimization (SEO). A few years ago, Google released a very useful search engine optimization starter [...]
3 historical innovations and the businesses they birthed
Mike | October 6th, 2010Innovation has been a driver in business for just about as long as business has existed. From the invention of the wheel (and the first appearance of tire salesmen on cave wall paintings) all the way up to the modern web browser (and the appearance of flashing ad banners and obnoxious pop-ups) businesses large and [...]
To Innovate, You Must Stay Dissatisfied
Ross | October 6th, 2010Success can make people complacent. Some will bask in the glory of success and expect to continue to succeed by doing the things that made them successful. This is not always possible. To innovate, you must stay dissatisfied. Here’s why: Do you agree?
12 Questions: Meet Raoul Camion (Belgium)
Audree | October 5th, 2010In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build [...]
