Start ups
PR for Start ups – Green Eyed Monster or Underdog?
Bethany | November 11th, 2009In the past few months, I have attended more networking events for PR, startups and social media than I ever thought even existed. At each event I feel like I’ve learned something, taken away some great tips and even made some great connections with other PR professionals in Chicago. When talking about my position and [...]
Small Business Legal Issues: Trade Names, Logos and Trademark Law
Ross | November 11th, 2009Prior to crowdSPRING, I was a lawyer for 13 years – focusing on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. This is the second in what will be a regular feature in our blog discussing important legal issues that impact every small business. What is a Trademark? Trademark law prevents businesses from operating under business names [...]
Choosing Technologies for Your Web Startup (Part 1)
Tal | November 10th, 2009You have a great idea, a viable business model, and investors lined up. Now, you need to build your web site. Likely, you’ll start by hiring a consultant or consulting firm. Consultants can be valuable resources, and good relationships with them can be key to growing your company. The unfortunate flip-side is that bad advice [...]
How small businesses can manage people for competitive advantage
Mike | November 9th, 2009Thinking about the health-care debate has caused me to reflect on our own approach to our team has given me a chance to consider some ways in which we add value to our own venture, create a stronger company, and (hopefully) achieve a real competitive advantage. When Ross and I started crowdSPRING, we were determined [...]
10 Ways Small Businesses Can Harness Big Crowds
Ross | November 4th, 2009Would your small business benefit from reducing costs, improving product and/or service quality, more effectively competing with bigger companies, innovating more, enhancing your expertise, and better managing your own capacity and the capacity of your small team? You bet! In this post, I discuss 10 ways that your small business can leverage crowdsourcing. I’ll explain [...]
Small business, startup founders, and leadership.
Mike | November 2nd, 2009Thinking about leadership in crisis, I was remembering the story of one particular venture. The leader who put together this tiny company was a visionary, a learner, and an insatiably curious individual. The venture was not his first; he had already served as a founding member of one team which launched a successful enterprise; had [...]
Small Business Legal Issues: Copyright Basics
Ross | October 26th, 2009Prior to crowdSPRING, I was a lawyer for 13 years – focusing on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. This is the first in what will be a regular feature in our blog discussing important legal issues that impact every small business. What is Copyright? Copyright is a form of legal protection provided to those [...]
How Do You Align Your Form Assets?
Jeff | October 20th, 2009There are three things that keep me up at night: Did Juliet really reset the island? What ever happened to Clusters cereal? How should I align things within my web forms? While not overshadowing options 1 and 2, the form alignment thing is a decision that probably effects a lot more people than the awesome Clusters [...]
