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1. Marketing

What Small Businesses Can Learn From The World’s Best Brands

We’ve previously shared lessons that small businesses can learn from the world’s best brands. For example, we wrote about five common lessons small businesses and startups can learn from the world’s best Brands, the 10 key ..

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1. Brand Identity

Secrets of The World’s Best Brands

We look at the important trends and lessons startups and small businesses can learn from the world’s best brands.

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1. Small Business

Tips On Defining The Size of a Market for a Startup Business

It’s important to properly measure the size the market in which you hope to compete. Without this information, it’s very difficult to raise funds, understand how much you can/should spend on product development and marketin..

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1. Marketing

Think Different: How To Make Your Tagline Stand Out From The Crowd

If you’d prefer to watch a video version of this post, you can find it on crowdspring’s YouTube channel here: The Small Business Guide to Crafting the Perfect Tagline or Slogan.

As I wrote last week in 10 Tips for Startu..

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1. Small Business

Five Suggestions About Working With Lawyers

Prior to crowdSPRING, I practiced law for 13 years. During that time, I counseled and represented clients (from internet startups to Fortune 100 companies) in transactional matters and in complex trials. I’ve set at the tab..

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1. Small Business

What Numbers Should Be Important To Startups And Small Businesses?

A 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..

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1. Marketing

10 Small Business Social Media Marketing Tips, (Part 1 of 2)

You must decide whether social media makes sense for your small business. Here are five insights to help you build your social strategy.

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1. Small Business

10 Legal Mistakes That Can Destroy Your Small Business And How To Avoid Them

Prior to co-founding crowdSPRING, I spent 13 years practicing law (representing small, medium and Fortune 500 clients around the world). Along the way, I advised many small businesses and startups. Entrepreneurs and small b..

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1. Marketing

5 Things Your Small Business Should Do Today To Increase Profits

I never fully understood, until co-founding crowdSPRING, the challenges of operating a small business. There’s a lot to do but so little time to accomplish everything.

Here are five practical tips from my own experience ..

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1. Small Business

Start-up tips: 10 Tips For Evaluating Your Competitors

If you’re working on a start-up or have an established company, there will come a time when you’ll need to evaluate your competitors. There are three components to a good competitive analysis: (1) defining the metrics and i..

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1. Small Business

Start-up Tip: What’s Your Revenue Model?

Mike 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,..