Posts Tagged ‘startup’
Startup and Small Business Tip: Don’t Chase Your Own Tail
Ross | January 14th, 2010We laugh when we see dogs chasing their own tail – it looks funny and we wonder in amazement why they don’t understand that they’re chasing THEIR tail. Some startups and small businesses (we’ve made this mistake from time to time at crowdSPRING) do the same thing – by focusing on distractions and things that [...]
What Numbers Should Be Important To Startups And Small Businesses?
Ross | January 11th, 2010A number of small business owners and young entrepreneurs have asked us what numbers and measurements are most important to crowdSPRING. We measure many different things, so there’s no simple answer to that question. But in thinking about the categories of numbers we measure, I came up with a list of five categories – I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
