Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my own Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos I enjoyed reading or viewing. These posts and videos are about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

The graphic above shows the average age at which people reach the lowest point of happiness in their lives. The substantial age differences between countries are very interesting.

10 Tips To Help You Build a Successful Small Business Brand | Duct Tape Marketing – http://crowdspring.co/TdLz7o

Best Collaboration Tools For Remote Teams – http://crowdspring.co/T64Ojg

The Science of Persuasion: How To Persuade Others To Do What You Want – http://crowdspring.co/ShU8Bz

7 Web Productivity Tools That’ll Maximize Your Efficiency | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/T94qRb

crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: miiCard | crowdSPRING Blog – http://crowdspring.co/12m0lxe

Focus on Customers not Competitors – http://crowdspring.co/RWo0mS

Losers exist. Don’t hire them | Pando Daily – http://crowdspring.co/T9w1Bx

Your Competition is Never “No One” – http://crowdspring.co/SdzwtW

10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Standup Comics – http://crowdspring.co/Z52JZX

Best Collaboration Tools For Remote Teams – http://crowdspring.co/T64Ojg

New study on companies worth $100M+ shows how much of a lie the Web 2.0 fad was | Pando Daily – http://crowdspring.co/RKrvfO

Vision | Jordan Cooper’s Blog – http://crowdspring.co/SGNcKR

Vision vs. Pivot | QUIBB – http://crowdspring.co/RKpG2x

New Research: The Skills That Make an Entrepreneur – Bill J. Bonnstetter | Harvard Business Review – http://crowdspring.co/SOaK0v

The Science of Persuasion: How To Persuade Others To Do What You Want – http://crowdspring.co/ShU8Bz

How I negotiated my startup compensation – http://crowdspring.co/T1CRcv

Understanding Instagram and why Flickr might just have a chance | Gigaom – http://crowdspring.co/TdRk56

Focus on Customers not Competitors – http://crowdspring.co/RWo0mS

Some Quick Sage Advice for Young Employees Early in Their Careers – http://crowdspring.co/SNbF1a

Launch Early, Launch Simple and Test | WSJ – http://crowdspring.co/SLn6Gw

Your Competition is Never “No One” – http://crowdspring.co/SdzwtW

I don’t care about crowded markets | by StartupCFO : Mark MacLeod – http://crowdspring.co/Ta0H5D

Be yourself. Abnormal people create abnormal returns – http://crowdspring.co/SjIMgp

The History Of LeanStartup (and how to make sense of it all) | SaintSal – http://crowdspring.co/RWn0yZ

Does Tech Create Jobs Around the U.S.? Maps And Graphs And Charts, Oh My! | TechCrunch – http://crowdspring.co/RKsvAP

Nine Ways Successful People Defeat Stress | Heidi Grant Halvorson -Harvard Business Review – http://crowdspring.co/TcTAJS

7 Web Productivity Tools That’ll Maximize Your Efficiency | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/T94qRb

7 Tips For Getting Acquired – http://crowdspring.co/S0SR1n

Startups Cannot Afford to Have Indispensable Employees (and not for the reason you think) | Rand’s Blog – http://crowdspring.co/Tbkm5h

How Your Work Environment Affects Your Creativity | Clarity Blog – http://crowdspring.co/S4aflT

20 Tech Trends That Will Define 2013, Selected By Frog|Co.Design – http://crowdspring.co/TdR1qM

CEO Brian Chesky Says Airbnb Will Be Filling More Room Nights Than All Hilton Hotels By The End Of 2012 – http://crowdspring.co/Ta13cL

Fortune Exclusive: Larry Page on Google | Fortune Tech – http://crowdspring.co/T9yRXd

In Silicon Valley, Hardware Is Hot Again | Businessweek – http://crowdspring.co/SKwx9b

Scaling Support for 2 Million Users | MailChimp Blog – http://crowdspring.co/RKppNb

Great piece by Jon Morris in Inc magazine on building your business team – http://crowdspring.co/T1CsGU

The Paradox Of VC Seed Investing | TechCrunch – http://crowdspring.co/SKwoTn

Ron Conway steps back as Y Combinator cuts team funding – http://crowdspring.co/Tadd5n

Netflix Rival Redbox Instant By Verizon Movie Service Ready To Launch | AllThingsD – http://crowdspring.co/SdBiLJ

Losers exist. Don’t hire them | Pando Daily – http://crowdspring.co/T9w1Bx

5 Leadership Lessons From Tim Cook | Business Insider – http://crowdspring.co/SKuRwu

Customer Service on Twitter: Top Brands Respond To Only 14% Of Tweets | The Realtime Report – http://crowdspring.co/S6Rbni

Inside the IPO pipeline: It’s all B2B, all of the time | GeekWire – http://crowdspring.co/SGLnxF

Ask any entrepreneur: The freelance economy is a sucker’s game – http://crowdspring.co/SLmP6u

Five UX Research Pitfalls from cofounder of Meebo – http://crowdspring.co/Se69I2

Everything is my fault | Derek Sivers – http://crowdspring.co/T644uk

Inside the Elephant Room at Kayak | Businessweek – http://crowdspring.co/SOfxyV

The evolution of culture at a startup – http://crowdspring.co/S4aBJx

Peter Thiel’s Unorthodox Management Philosophy of Extreme Focus | iDoneThis blog – http://crowdspring.co/SGLCJ8

Netflix Gets Warning Over Facebook Post | Business Insider – http://crowdspring.co/RKodct

Peter Thiel on The Future of Legal Technology – http://crowdspring.co/TK2FbV

Technology will replace 80% of what doctors do | Fortune Tech – http://crowdspring.co/RKA1vx

The Era Of Easy Riches In Mobile Apps Is Over | ReadWrite – http://crowdspring.co/RLecMb

Webbmedia Group 2013 Tech Trends – http://crowdspring.co/SLmYaf

Six Social Media Trends for 2012 David Armano |Harvard Business Review – http://crowdspring.co/Ta3qw3

The Can’t-Miss Social Media Trends For 2013 | Fast Company – http://crowdspring.co/SdKVdn

A Rant on Why I Disagree with so many Blogging and Content Marketing Experts – http://crowdspring.co/RHUnFK

Customer Service on Twitter: Top Brands Respond To Only 14% Of Tweets | The Realtime Report – http://crowdspring.co/S6Rbni

The Science of Persuasion: How To Persuade Others To Do What You Want – http://crowdspring.co/ShU8Bz

The Biggest Disruptions To Hit The Ad Industry In 2013 | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/T63Tzf

Why I hate ‘Content Marketing’ and ‘Blogger Outreach | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/11YP9r8

Mobile SEO Is Not A Myth: 8 Popular Claims Refuted | Search Engine Land – http://crowdspring.co/SOeajP

Great Marketing Is Utilitarian – http://crowdspring.co/VuKnva

Best Free Fonts of 2012 – http://crowdspring.co/RWC1km

96 alternatives to Helvetica – http://crowdspring.co/ULamgM

Buttons and Badges – 40 Tutorials to Help you Create One| Dzineblog360 – http://crowdspring.co/SLpsp1

Adobe Illustrator Tutorials – 20 Cartoon Characters – http://crowdspring.co/RWDh79

15 Awesome Examples Of Brochure Designs | Inspihive – http://crowdspring.co/RWDozx

500 + High Quality Ink and Watercolor Brushes For Photoshop | Design Inspiration – http://crowdspring.co/RWC5AC

50+ Impressive and Inspirational Print Designs | GoMediaZineGoMediaZine – http://crowdspring.co/RWxOwZ

Surprises when Designing an iPhone App | Jack Groetzinger – http://crowdspring.co/SibuhD

A Showcase of Beautifully Designed Business Cards | Designing Mall – http://crowdspring.co/SLsGbW

20 Beautiful Photoshop Tutorials of 2012 | LuckyWP – http://crowdspring.co/SLsDgz

7 Web Productivity Tools That’ll Maximize Your Efficiency | Forbes – http://crowdspring.co/T94qRb

25 Amazing Examples Of Typography Designs | TutorialFreakz – http://crowdspring.co/RWwbzy

25 Beautiful Nature Inspired Logos | TutorialFreakz – http://crowdspring.co/RWD3g9

23 Creative Business Card Designs | mameara – http://crowdspring.co/SLszgC

The Latest And Best Looking Fonts You Could Download And Use – http://crowdspring.co/RWCdjB

Free Vintage Paper Sleeves Textures – http://crowdspring.co/RWyJh0

A Collection of Vibrant Pink Business Cards | Graphic Design Inspiration Blog – http://crowdspring.co/RWxyOC

Interview with a crowdSPRING designer … 12 Questions: Meet Ana Grigoriu (Germany) – http://crowdspring.co/T5L27C

Free Sand Textures | TutorialFreakz – http://crowdspring.co/SLr7L9

Time to Look At Only the Best Brochure Designs | Dzineblog360 – http://crowdspring.co/SLqjpC

There Is No Getting Round These 40 Inescapable Fonts In 2013 – | noupe – http://crowdspring.co/RWvpSY

Design Principles: Part One | Creative Beacon – http://crowdspring.co/RWwV7A

Free Paper Seamless Patterns | Webdesigner Lab – http://crowdspring.co/SLpaOP

20 Effective and Amazing Ad Campaigns | PelFusion – http://crowdspring.co/RWveao

Amazing and free Resourceful Fonts For Designers | Dzinepress – http://crowdspring.co/SLp4H3

The December $1,000 cS Award and the November $1,000 cS Award Winners! – http://crowdspring.co/RHUJMB

Creative idea rethinking the lockscreen on the iPhone … Rethinking the Lockscreen | The Verge – http://crowdspring.co/RHSj0g

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – http://bit.ly/1ySfi

Legal Contracts for Graphic Designers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – http://bit.ly/XTLkS

Best Free Fonts of 2012 – http://crowdspring.co/RWC1km

62 Branding Identity And Logo Designs – http://crowdspring.co/SLsIk4

Showcase of Awesome Branding Collections | Front-end Magazine – http://crowdspring.co/SLpZHq

The Latest And Best Looking Fonts You Could Download And Use – http://crowdspring.co/RWCdjB

20+ Beautiful Christmas Logos | TutorialFreakz – http://crowdspring.co/SLrBRq

96 alternatives to Helvetica – http://crowdspring.co/ULamgM

Amazing and free Resourceful Fonts For Designers | Dzinepress – http://crowdspring.co/SLp4H3

There Is No Getting Round These 40 Inescapable Fonts In 2013 – | noupe – http://crowdspring.co/RWvpSY

Five UX Research Pitfalls from cofounder of Meebo – http://crowdspring.co/Se69I2

Restaurant Web Designs: 40 Yummy Cafe & Restaurant Websites and Trends | DesignModo – http://crowdspring.co/RWuH8o

10 Must-Have User Interface Design Tools – http://crowdspring.co/SLrtS4

25 A Must-Use Free Responsive Image Sliders | Web Design Habits – http://crowdspring.co/RWv3vB

Huge Collection of Blue Website Designs | Graphic Design Inspiration Blog – http://crowdspring.co/SLsPw2

300 Beautiful Icons For Web and User Interface Designers | Graphic Design Junction – http://crowdspring.co/SLsMR2

Websites Design for Mobile Applications: Trends and Examples | DesignModo – http://crowdspring.co/SLsAkA

The Significance of Warm and Cool Colors in Web Design – http://crowdspring.co/SLr9Th

Best Free UI PSDs of 2012 – http://crowdspring.co/RWxnTu

27 Classic Examples of Retro and Vintage in Web Design – http://crowdspring.co/SLq79R

Stop designing for screen width, design for content | Webdesigner Depot – http://crowdspring.co/SKwla1

50 User Experience Best Practices – http://crowdspring.co/RWpuNS

The average age at which people reach the lowest point of happiness in various countries – http://crowdspring.co/ScPK6Q

20 Tech Trends That Will Define 2013, Selected By Frog|Co.Design – http://crowdspring.co/TdR1qM

Animal mating habits can be pretty strange – http://crowdspring.co/Sdrph8

I quit Twitter for a month and it completely changed my thinking about mostly everything – http://crowdspring.co/RTY9vH

Top 10 Everything of 2012 – http://crowdspring.co/TdP4ut

The power of ignoring mainstream news – http://crowdspring.co/SGOYvH

Best Buy Can’t Match Amazon’s Prices, and Shouldn’t Try | HBR – http://crowdspring.co/SLZ6TZ

I hope you enjoy these links! Please leave a comment and let me know what you liked/didn’t like.