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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. Step 5: Get financed. You could bootstrap your startup and do most of the tough legwork on your own, perhaps while you hold down another job. Angel Investment Guide.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

In December 1996, while I was still a student in the Master of Software Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon, I got bit hard by the entrepreneurial bug. in December 1996, while on a student visa. I was bootstrapping the company and started with $5,000 that I had saved up from a prior summer internship.

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ProfessorVC: Is it the Horse or Jockey?

Professor VC

Hvide analyzed 6,800 companies that started between 1996 and 2003 in Norway. Bootstrapping 101. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► July. (1).