Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

According to a report just out, a record 156 operating companies went public in the U.S. According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more. No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap. percent to 23.4

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

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. You could bootstrap your startup and do most of the tough legwork on your own, perhaps while you hold down another job. 11 Angel Investor Blogs You Should Be Reading.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Hvide analyzed 6,800 companies that started between 1996 and 2003 in Norway. The 6-year firm survival rate was 60% for dead founders and 61% for live founders, while the average Operating Return on Assets was 6% for dead founders vs. 8% for live founders, but neither are statistically significant (Hvilde 15). Bootstrapping 101.

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San Jose Technical Review Norway Angel Investor 28

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Time and time again, experts in entrepreneurship and business (often with little to no operating experience of their own) offer formulaic advice on what startups must do to succeed. When Larry and Sergey first began BackRub (which would eventually become Google), they didn’t run to a venture capital firm or angel investor.

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