Posts Tagged ‘startup’
Fessing Up To Our Mistakes
Ross | May 7th, 2009We started working on crowdSPRING in the summer of 2006. We incorporated the company in May 2007 and launched the crowdSPRING marketplace in May 2008. We’ve learned many important lessons along the way. In some ways, our experience is typical of other start-ups. In other ways, it is not. I want to share some of [...]
Celebrate Incremental Success
Ross | November 20th, 2008We have a daily five minute all-team meeting at crowdSPRING. At this meeting, we review key performance metrics from the day before. We share this information with the entire team because we believe in being transparent and because we want each person on the team to know how we are doing as a company and [...]
Five Reasons Why You Should Focus On Today And Not Tomorrow
Ross | November 11th, 2008People often worry about the future and make decisions that may not have any impact for months or years. While it’s important to consider the future, doing so might cause you to lose focus about the present. This is particularly true when running a business, and especially true in today’s challenging economic times. So, let me offer five reasons [...]
Start-up Tip: Building The Budget Side Of Your Revenue Model
Ross | October 2nd, 2008Mike and I stated working on crowdSPRING in the summer of 2006. We incorporated the company in May 2007 and launched the crowdSPRING marketplace in May 2008. We’ve learned many important lessons along the way. In some ways, our experience is typical of other start-ups. In other ways, it is not. I want to share [...]
Start-up Tip: What’s Your Revenue Model?
Ross | October 1st, 2008Mike and I stated working on crowdSPRING in the summer of 2006. We incorporated the company in May 2007 and launched the crowdSPRING marketplace in May 2008. We’ve learned many important lessons along the way. In some ways, our experience is typical of other start-ups. In other ways, it is not. I want to share [...]
The Benefits of Working at a Start Up #3
Angeline | September 25th, 2008The crowdSPRING crew tests and tests and tests some more in order to make sure the site is running efficiently for our users. We want to make sure that we are aware of any issues / bugs, and we try out new features before unleashing them upon the internets (I made that word plural on [...]
