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[INTERVIEW] Peter Tassiopoulos, President Of Sphere 3D Inc.

YoungUpstarts

“But I’ve also dealt with many successful entrepreneurs who were exposed to that model for bootstrapping and trying new ventures through their parents and others close to them,” he adds. “I Peter Tassiopoulos has focused on finance, technology and startups since 1992. He currently is vice chairman and president of Sphere 3D Inc.,

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Surviving 2016 as a seed stage startup: Don’t batten down the hatches but take an umbrella.

Hippoland

That said, because I know that it may be challenging for our portfolio companies to raise from downstream investors, so it will be extra important for me to believe that companies I invest in will 1) Survive even without downstream capital and 2) Will have the traction to potentially bootstrap for a while if need be. Keep your burn low.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

I came to the United States in 1992 at the age of 17 (so there, now you know exactly how old I am!) I was bootstrapping the company and started with $5,000 that I had saved up from a prior summer internship. I figured I would share some of the background of this story here, as it may help make a case for the Founders Visa movement.

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Software Startup Myths Debunked

www.singlefounder.com

Bob Minor wasn’t an equal partner financially, and may not have been all that valuable as a contributor and manager past the start-up period — but he was a partner nonetheless until the day he died (which was in 1992 or 1993, if I recall correctly). CAM Dharmesh Shah says: October 13, 2006 at 4:53 am Great points.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

When youve bootstrapped a business where youre not drawing a salary and depleting whatever savings you have, thats one of the very difficult things to do," says Toby Stuart, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. ;” - Rick Schaler. 1992 Recommendations. 176 Recommendations.

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Transcript of How to Transform Your Company Into an Inbound Organization

Duct Tape Marketing

They had no choice but to build their company this way, because they were bootstrapping. It could’ve been made in 1992 by some graphic artist. I was just at a company here in Orlando yesterday that’s in the payment processing business. They’ve created a subscription model. Amazing company, four years old.