January 2012
Grasshopper - Office Tour [slideshow]
Welcome to the Grasshopper Office Tour! Grasshopper moved into their custom renovated office space in Needham last November. This new space was designed by Co-Founder, Siamak Taghaddos, as an open concept to encourage mingling & collaboration. Let’s take a look!
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January 2012
Building Credibility with E-Commerce Customers You Can’t See
The abundant emergence of Internet business is not a coincidence; companies see how lucrative e-commerce can be and are jumping at the opportunity. Corporations are moving their store fronts to desktops and raking in the cash in the process.
Easily navigated websites, organized inventory and the convenience ...
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January 2012
Sh*t Entrepreneurs Say: “We’re Not Too Concerned With Profit Right Now”
It’s happened. Thanks to the guys at Grasshopper.com, ”Shit People Say” has come to the entrepreneur-world, hilarious truths blazing. While I don’t know an entrepreneur that would ask what the “difference between a VC and a angel is” ( at least openly), most of the one liners hit the nail on the ...
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January 2012
Top Tech Video of the Day: [Stuff] Entrepreneurs Say
“Connect it to Facebook, viral spread, boom, boom.” I have no idea what that means but I do know that for some reason, I’m still not tired of the Sh*t [fill in the blank] Says meme. This video is for anyone who’s spent more than five minutes reading Techcrunch, knows what Y Combinator is and has faced the ...
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January 2012
LessAccounting.com's referrer traffic 2011 breakdown
I’ve often wondered where other apps get their traffic…
In 2011 we spent $0 on advertising for our LessAccounting.com application. Our traffic and revenue isn’t in the millions yet, but we’re growing at a steady rate. The following is a breakdown of the referral traffic we’ve received, where it came ...
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January 2012
5 Online Tools for Starting Entrepreneurs
It’s a new year…time for small business owners to think big!
1. Grasshopper: This online phone service allows you to make your cell phone (and those of your employees) into a full service business landline. No matter which cell phone customers call they are directed through your main system, just like the ...
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January 2012
How to Pitch Your Small Business To Bloggers And Other Media Types
You have a great business and a great new product and you really want to be featured in TechCrunch or “insert name here” publication. But here’s the thing—so does everyone else. The more prominent the blogger or media outlet, the harder it is to get noticed.
Although the PR industry hasn’t entirely ...
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