2005 Bootstrapping Business Model Founder 
Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 15, 2019
Today HuffPo is one of the most well-read and well respected online media outlets but when she started it in 2005 she had lots critics who dismissed her unpaid bloggers and editorial content. She found her audience and her business model and focused on scaling her concept and she made it work. Then, he lost it all.
Professor VC
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. Bootstrapping 101. ► July. (1). ► May. (1).
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Professor VC
JUNE 6, 2008
It seems appropriate to have this discussion as Kent Desormeaux grabs Big Browns reins and goes after the Triple Crown tomorrow at Belmont.There is an age old debate in the venture business on whether it is better to bet on the horse (business/market) or the jockey (management team/founders).
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 26, 2011
It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community. Credit cards "just work" and peer to peer transactions just aren't big enough to bootstrap a network. Android Backlash.
Professor VC
APRIL 11, 2008
I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. In fact, for a good laugh, I just went back and checked our accounting system, and at the end of one quarter in 2005, we were down to $143 cash on the balance sheet. ► September. (1). Bootstrapping 101.
Professor VC
JUNE 20, 2011
Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan.
Professor VC
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
When I pulled out the May 30, 2005 issue with Real Estate Gold Rush on the cover and posting the question "Inside the hot-money work of housing speculators, condo-flippers, and get-rich-quick schemers. No, the question today is not whether these unicorns are viable businesses. Is it too late to get in?" igthwghjg2q2g8hu4).
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