Twitter Link Roundup #277 – More Resources for Small Business, Startups, and Design!

At the risk of freaking out certain people in our office (no names mentioned; OK, hi Bianca!) I shared this video which is in turns creepy and incredibly beautiful. Not to mention an object lesson in the wisdom of staying away from shiny objects!  Not to worry, though: this roundup may glow in the dark, but is definitely NOT laced with cyanide!

And with that, it’s time once more for our weekly Roundup! Millipedes may be creepy-cool, but not near as cool as this set of links and articles that we shared with you over the past week on our  crowdSPRING Twitter account (as well as my own Twitter account) ! We just love sharing articles about fonts, logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! Enjoy!

How To Motivate Yourself To Do Virtually Anything crowdspring.co/1RoUYVK

A Fantastic Lesson My 4-Year-Old Taught Me About Selling crowdspring.co/1LEweu6

What If Your Furniture Could Make You Money? crowdspring.co/1RN4imp

What surviving an avalanche taught me about business crowdspring.co/1g3Ml7w

Essential Resources for Entrepreneurs Building a Business crowdspring.co/1LEod8m

How Do You Become The World’s Best Taxidermist? crowdspring.co/1eflbZX

5 Myths of Great Workplaces – buff.ly/1KIeg9J

Where Customer Service Starts and Ends inc.com/april-bloomfie…

Want To Be More Productive? Listen To The Sounds Of Nature crowdspring.co/1HtUxtR

How to Grow From Great Idea to Profitable Business in 3 Steps crowdspring.co/1dthq2u

Why this incubator takes the studio approach to startup creation for.tn/1D0Wh6C

8 innovative companies poised to disrupt their industries crowdspring.co/1KlwZGD

The Top 8 Mistakes I Made In My First 18 Months As a VC Partner –buff.ly/1Cix1O7

For Start-Ups, How Many Angels Is Too Many? nytimes.com/2015/07/07/tec…

Successful People Practice Lifestyle Hacks for Productivity – buff.ly/1TmP6yU

Growth Minded Entrepreneur on Instagram: “Less talking -> More doing. #JFDI” instagram.com/p/34KQylEHJt/

Tech Startups Woo Investors With Unconventional Financial Metrics — but Do Numbers Add Up? –buff.ly/1HcJbUF

Life-Changing Decisions Successful and Happy People Make – buff.ly/1gmtV1R

5 Tips for Launching a Startup With Little Money – buff.ly/1JUdHqF

Reasons Why You Should Say Yes to Saying No crowdspring.co/1g3LvYe

Which Are The Most Innovative Consumer Companies? crowdspring.co/1Hr5wCo

The 4 Things No One Tells You About Funding crowdspring.co/1LyGNOc

From the Vault: America’s Founding Entrepreneurs | crowdSPRING Blog – crowdspring.co/1f8F6uN

Is Live Streaming Right for Your Business | Convince and Convert crowdspring.co/1C2S3jY

Usability Metrics – A Guide To Quantify The Usability Of Any System – Usability Geek crowdspring.co/1HqW5mA

Social Media Crisis Management Plan crowdspring.co/1JlaoID

How to take a break from writer’s block | Men with Pens crowdspring.co/1JkUG0f

21 Places for Finding Social Media Content to Fill Your Schedule crowdspring.co/1BRCAD8

Unusual Tips to Improve Your SEO With Social Media crowdspring.co/1FLhrFL

What is a full-stack designer, and should you be one? crowdspring.co/1efdMdg

Q&A with ColorJar Founder and CEO @David_Gardner | BigMarker Blog – buff.ly/1MfIzls

Going Custom: Top Gear Talks Bike Design – Design Milk crowdspring.co/1Klny9V

Creative Business Card Design Ideas for Print crowdspring.co/1FLioh9

More Works from Studio Kxx crowdspring.co/1HqVst2

Japanese Paper-Cutting Is The Future Of Flexible, Bendable Gadgets crowdspring.co/1LyB5Me

Illustrator of the Week: Steven Noble – Print Magazine crowdspring.co/1CFkZt2

Freebie: 16 Really Cool Must Have Grunge Textures crowdspring.co/1CFk3Vs

Confidence-Building Exercises for New Freelancers – Studio Blog crowdspring.co/1FLhukM

Things No One Tells You When You Start Freelancing crowdspring.co/1CFkWxt

Everyman Marker – Print Magazine crowdspring.co/1FLjJED

This Is The Most Realistic CGI Skin We’ve Ever Seen crowdspring.co/1U1Ajv0

Reading is My Bag – Print Magazine crowdspring.co/1CFlCCP

300+ Coffee Stains Photoshop Brushes | Best Design Options crowdspring.co/1LyAY3f

The TRIBES | Client: Animation Mentor on Character Design Served crowdspring.co/1LyBqP2

These Photos Of Tiny, Futuristic Japanese Apartments Show How Micro Micro-Apartments Can Be crowdspring.co/1HtUAWD

Playful paintings defy the laws of gravity and space | DesignFaves crowdspring.co/1dtafqX

These Old City Buses Have A New Purpose: Mobile Homeless Shelters crowdspring.co/1IHl3ut

“Fresh from the SPRING” features a wonderful designer: Graphis | @crowdSPRING Blog –crowdspring.co/1LWozre

How to Choose the Right Stock Photo for Your Next Project crowdspring.co/1IHl6GK

Instagram’s All-New Search & Explore Features Will Change How You Use Instagram crowdspring.co/1IHk1OW

Tips For Finding Success As A Female Engineer – buff.ly/1gk9SkA

Do The Simple Thing First: The Engineering Behind Instagram crowdspring.co/1LyGPWy

Three takeaways for web developers after two weeks of painfully slow internet – buff.ly/1JXvhtR

Splendid Website Design with Angled Blocks crowdspring.co/1JkUIFs

Popular Trends in Newsletter Signup Forms | Design Shack crowdspring.co/1BRC3B7

10 WordPress themes perfect for small business crowdspring.co/1U1Ajeg

Advantages of Using White Spaces in Designing crowdspring.co/1g3wENu

The Role of Decorative Animations in Web Design – Print Magazine crowdspring.co/1J8fSJC

Factors to consider when choosing the right web host • Inspired Magazine crowdspring.co/1CFk5ww

20 Best Responsive eCommerce Themes For Your Online Store crowdspring.co/1BRCQSp

Google Search Console: A Beginner’s Guide crowdspring.co/1HtTqu6

Custom interfaces with aria html and javascript – Léonie Watson crowdspring.co/1R097h4

Designing For (and With) Color Blindness — Sonic Digital Lab — Medium crowdspring.co/1R093Oj

How to build a simple reservation system | Developer Drive crowdspring.co/1IHl0yT

How Mobilegeddon Affected Big Brand UX | UX Magazine crowdspring.co/1CFkX4n

New, Simple ‘Buy’ Buttons Aim to Entice Mobile Shoppers nytimes.com/2015/07/06/tec…

11 Services to Get Your Site & Business Mobile Ready – Studio Blog crowdspring.co/1efd13P

Concept Design: Medium for Android crowdspring.co/1R07K1Z

The Biggest Bang: A Dazzling View On the World’s Largest Fireworks Festival crowdspring.co/1eCw6x7

Listen To How Much More Soothing The NYC Subway Could Sound crowdspring.co/1C2QFOc

The Science Of Why We Talk Too Much (And How To Shut Up) fastcompany.com/3047285/know-i…

IBM Discloses Working Version of a Much Higher-Capacity Chip nytimes.com/2015/07/09/tec…

Kids Can Play Together Without A Screen Using These Smart Wooden Dolls crowdspring.co/1Bua7TW