Companies We Love
David on twitter- Patent Trolling Doesn’t Pay: Intellectual Ventures Shows A Negative 73 Percent Return http://tcrn.ch/cSQZAB
- 3 Deadly mistakes made by SaaS providers and maybe entrepreneurs in general http://bit.ly/algpm5
- @ryandotsmith Glad we can feature customers in that type of stuff
- Siamak on twitter
- Invalid Twitter Response.
Archives for David Hauser
Take a Ride on the Entrepreneur Roller Coaster
What does it take to be an entrepreneur? Take a ride on the Entrepreneur Roller Coaster to find out:
Founders’ Letter: You Inspired Us In 2009
This letter was emailed to customers earlier today:
Dear Grasshopper Entrepreneurs,
Ah, what an eventful year it’s been. While large corporations received big bailouts, entrepreneurs like you used the unpredictable economic climate to create jobs, innovate, and help turn our economy around. Your passion for finding new solutions to old problems makes us want to find even more ways to help your businesses grow in 2010.
You inspired us
Since many of you sign up for Grasshopper shortly after starting your business, we’ve had the chance to see people joining our entrepreneur movement in droves. Many of you faced enormous adversity, perhaps after being laid off from a job or in attempting to find capital to get your business up and running. So many of the entrepreneurs we’ve spoken to have made the “big leap” this year after facing uncertain times, and have turned a less than ideal situation into an opportunity to pursue your passion. Your stories have been moving. Your resilience and commitment to making your dreams a reality has inspired us.
Top Entrepreneurs on Twitter: Who to Follow & Why
One of the best things about Twitter is getting great information from great people in real-time. As an entrepreneur it is extremely valuable to hear from and learn what other entrepreneurs are doing, what is working, what isn’t working and what tips they have for others.
The twelve people I have listed below are certainly not the only entrepreneurs out there offering valuable information but they are some of my favorites:
Ben Yoskovitz
- @byosko
- Who: “CEO/Founder Standout Jobs. Blogger. Entrepreneur. Father. Opportunity-seeker.”
- Why: Ben interacts with his followers and presents great information for start ups.
Mike McDerment
- @MikeMcDerment
- Who: “FreshBooks CEO”
- Why: Mike does a great job of answering questions about FreshBooks, interacting with his followers and keeping everyone updated on events and engagements.
MINDdrift: Nando Parrado Talks Survival and Success
Check out David’s latest blog post on MINDdrift:
“What would you do if the plane you were on crashed into the snow-covered Andes, you survived the crash with an injury, but then you had to figure out how to survive a night in horribly cold and treacherous conditions? Imagine what that would be like–not having food, enough clothing, perhaps even injured, and never having seen or felt cold snow before.Now imagine having to face those conditions for 72 days.”
Read the rest of “Nando Parrado Talks Survival and Success“
MINDdrift: Learn how to fund a web app startup from nothing to $170M acquisition
Check out David’s latest blog post on MINDdrift:
“If you’re in the web app startup space, no doubt you’ve heard the big news during TechCrunch50 that Mint was acquired for $170M. That’s a very high return on a company that did a great job visualizing data from Yodlee. What is Mint? It’s a great service that allows you to track all your accounts, expenses, budget and more. Many people, even ones that use the service, didn’t know that Mint actually gets their data from Yodlee, which preforms all the heavy lifting and connecting with financial institutions.”
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Does 160mph Wind Make You More Creative and Fuel Growth?
You’re brain is tired, but your body wants to go. I find this to be the typical sensation following one of our quarterly off-site planning sessions for Grasshopper. I’ve looked at data, talked for hours, and at the end of it all, it’s nice to give your mind a rest and find an outlet for that pent-up physical energy.
So, for all of the quarterly planning sessions at Grasshopper, I’ve tried to find something fun and different to do at the end of the day. My goal is to give people a release and also build group interaction based on something other than talking about Grasshopper.
In the past, the team has gone snowmobiling, go-kart racing, and brewed beer together. For our latest post-planning session activity, we decided to go indoor skydiving at Sky Venture in NH.
Welcome to the Grasshopper Blog
Hello, and welcome to the Grasshopper blog. We think you’ll like it here. Why?
Simple: we’ll be posting about a wide variety of topics—everything from starting and growing your business to new product offerings, and candid commentary from Grasshopper employees. There’s something for everyone on our shiny new blog, so stick around a while.
Lucky for you, it won’t just be the two of us (the co-founders of Grasshopper) writing blog posts—it’ll be the whole team. Check out the Grasshopper Labs portion of our blog to find out what web apps our mad scientists are cooking up for entrepreneurs. Then head over to the Team section of the blog, where you’ll get to know the outstanding people who make up Grasshopper. If that’s not enough for you, we’ll also be posting helpful tips and tricks to the Company portion of our blog. This is where you’ll find announcements regarding new features, improvements, as well as helpful info from Grasshopper that will help you take your business to the next level.
