Start ups
Small Business and Startups – 13 Great Reads From The Business Press
Mike | September 24th, 2012One of my daily pleasures is to read the paper, the blogs, and the magazines. I typically scan the major stories domestic and international, take a dive into the political coverage, read the opinion pages top to bottom, skim the sports and entertainment sections and then head over to the business section to see what’s [...]
7 Habits of Highly Effective and Successful Entrepreneurs
Ross | September 12th, 2012Some entrepreneurs invent only excuses, while other entrepreneurs are highly effective and successful. Success and failure doesn’t happen by chance. Highly effective and successful entrepreneurs share common habits. Here are seven habits of highly effective and successful entrepreneurs (plus a bonus at the end): 1. Measure progress. It’s very difficult to succeed unless you are [...]
Labor Day! Let’s Celebrate the Workers
Mike | September 3rd, 2012
“The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.” ~ Samuel Gompers Most of our posts on the crowdSPRING Blog focus on managing businesses and startups; we often write about best practices, and offer plenty of practical tips for managers. Today is a little different, because in the US, [...]
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 [...]
7 Habits of Highly Effective Employees
Ross | August 15th, 2012We’re fortunate to have built a great team at crowdSPRING. What makes one employee highly effective and another average? For some of our job postings, crowdSPRING receives hundreds of resumes. How do we find the the most effective people to join our team? Contrary to the way most companies hire – we never hire the [...]
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 [...]
Lean Marketing Tips: Public Relations and Focus
Mike | August 13th, 2012“The three main elements of public relations are practically as old as society: informing people, persuading people, or integrating people with people” ~ Edward Bernays Most startup entrepreneurs and marketing professionals will agree that a robust public relations strategy is crucial for startups and many small businesses. While there is no argument that these efforts [...]
What Small Business and Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Roger Federer
Ross | July 11th, 2012A few days ago, Roger Rederer defeated Andy Murray to win his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title. It was a phenomenal match and Federer’s 17th Grand Slam title (the most in men’s singles history). Many consider Federer the best male tennis player of all time. Federer, however, had not won a major tournament since 2010. How [...]
Small business and the Affordable Care Act: 5 Reasons Why Obamacare May Help
Mike | July 2nd, 2012Last week the Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (dba Obamacare). If you are a small business owner or manager, it really doesn’t matter whether you are in the 50% of Americans who were thrilled about this decision or the 50% who were [...]
Startups and Small Business: 5 Things We Really Need From Politicians
Mike | June 25th, 2012We hear a great deal of talk from the Presidential campaigns about what small businesses and startups really need to succeed. It’s “job creators, this” and “entrepreneurs, that” and “innovators, the other.” First of all we are not monolithic. Every small business has its own distinct needs and it’s own unique problems. For instance, my [...]
