The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2013

When cloud services company Cornerstone OnDemand got its start in Los Angeles in 1999, the odds were against it. Cornerstone also benefitted from having less competition when hiring talent. Even once it had access to capital, Cornerstone kept its bootstrap mindset.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

I closed down my first business last November and I am bootstrapping the second one currently. I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999. I would love to attend one of the Lean Start-up Workshops, but unfortunately that would be difficult for me to do so financially. Cash is tight. May 14, 2009 5:23 AM David said.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

We just hired our first in-house recruiter, Lisa Novak, and she is leading our team in this regard. In The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #10 , I cover the most proven way to hire well?—?it First, you hire truly passionate and convincing sales people. We are lucky to have her on board, and we’ve got a big hill to climb on that front.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And then the other thing is companies are having — if you talk to anybody running a company, they are having real trouble hiring enough qualified people. It’s very rare that they actually successfully bootstrapped, because it’s just so hard to do if you can’t invest any money. The GitHub guys did an amazing job.

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