Interviews
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Good Migrations
Amanda | August 22nd, 2012Let’s not mince words here: moving abroad is rough, rough stuff. After someone finds their House Hunters International perfect home, they are faced with packing up their stuff and trusting strangers– who may or may not speak their language– to ship it safely half-way across the globe. As the founders of this week’s Small Business [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Orazure Hand Roasted Coffee
Amanda | August 15th, 2012I recently got back from a cross-country road trip where I drove from Chicago to Portland, OR. Besides putting nearly 5,000 miles on our rental car, my travel companion and I also became connoisseurs of gas station coffee. We became well-versed in the difference between “pot has been sitting here since yesterday, “tastes like dirty [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Eventual Millionaire
Amanda | August 8th, 2012So… would you like to be a millionaire someday? Most people would be hard-pressed to say no. However, most people would also be hard-pressed to come up with an effective game plan to accomplish this goal. That’s where this week’s Small Business Spotlight, Eventual Millionaire, comes into play. The blog was started by Jaime Tardy [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: French Truck Coffee
Amanda | July 11th, 2012There’s a particular love that beverages can inspire in people– I’m sure winos, beer aficionados, and Diet Coke heads can feel me on this one– it’s part deep appreciation, part comfort, and a huge part ritual. It’s the snap of the can tab breaking, or watching the head lace on the side of the glass, [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: GreenCoffex
Amanda | June 20th, 2012Whether it’s hour fifteen of driving on a long road trip, an early morning after little sleep, or just another day with that “2:30 feeling,” being tired is a drag. It puts a damper on creativity, concentration, and renders the strongest amongst us listless and grumpy. While we can all strive to get the recommended [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: RentValet
Amanda | June 13th, 2012Many universities and colleges in the United States use what is known as the Common Application when screening applicants. The Common Application a standardized set of questions and essays that students can hypothetically send into any school that opts to use it. It’s easy and efficient for students and institutions alike. The founders of this [...]
12 Questions: Meet Naoki Haruyoshi (Japan)
Audree | June 12th, 2012In 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 [...]
Spotlight on crowdSPRING
Ross | June 12th, 2012We recently sat down with Built In Chicago and NBC Chicago to talk about crowdSPRING. Here’s the short video.
Six Words Of Advice From Our Small Biz Community
Amanda | May 30th, 2012Each week, we ask small business founders and owners to distill their advice to new entrepreneurs into six words, as part of our Small Business Spotlight series. What we’ve learned–besides many pearls of wisdom– is that you guys are pretty darn pithy. From witty to practical, here quite a few of our favorites: Start [...]
