Posts Tagged ‘team’
Lean Business: Office Space – A Meditation
Mike | March 18th, 2013Our lease is up at the end of the year and Ross and I have been discussing our options. We love our office: it has all of the features we need, plus a great location, fantastic light, a dramatic view of the downtown skyline, and plenty of space. Problem is, truth be told, it probably [...]
How To Build A Strong Startup Team
Ross | April 19th, 2011Many entrepreneurs have heard that 90% of startups fail within two years. Looking at the number of startups launched every month and the many that hit the deadpool, that’s not a shocking number. There’s research suggesting that the failure rates are actually smaller. However, this is a disctinction without a meaningful difference for companies that [...]
Tips for writing with teams: 5 great collaboration tools (not to mention the Declaration of Independence)
Mike | July 6th, 2010In high school we are taught that “writing means revising.” When working with teams, it is critical that the revision process be as simple and streamlined as possible. Here’s what Wikipedia says about the process: “In a true collaborative environment, each contributor has an almost equal ability to add, edit, and remove text. The writing [...]
Appreciations
Mike | November 24th, 2008We’ve had several milestones recently on the crowdSPRING team. In the past few weeks, both Pete and Chad have celebrated their one-year anniversaries with us, and now (sniff) Angeline has decided to move on to greener pastures. Pete Burgeson was (and always will be) employee number 1 at cS. He was our first real hire, [...]
