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). Do whatever you want with the founders".

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

He is the CEO of Rainmaker Digital, founder of Copyblogger, host of unemployable and curator of further. As a bootstrap company without investors we always have to use cash flow as our development and maintenance funds. On the other hand, I haven’t done client based marketing since 2005 when I swore I’d never do it again.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I decided it was time to put pen to paper and lay out what I see as a repeatable path with a higher-than-normal success rate, to bootstrapping yourself to the point of quitting your job. That kind of growth is the promise that drives a lot of new founders to dive headfirst into SaaS projects.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I decided it was time to put pen to paper and lay out what I see as a repeatable path with a higher-than-normal success rate, to bootstrapping yourself to the point of quitting your job. That kind of growth is the promise that drives a lot of new founders to dive headfirst into SaaS projects.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2012

While you do need some money to get started, you can seriously reduce the amount if you take advantage of some key bootstrapping strategies. More and more you’re starting to wonder, Should I just cut my losses and throw in the towel now? Not so fast. Trust me, I know what it’s like to try to start a business when you’re basically broke. (Co-founder)

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2015

David Daneshgar, Gregg Weisstein, and Farbod Shoraka, the founders of BloomNation.com. But, of course, they need funding—and wouldn’t you know it, one of the founders is a world class poker player. So, from the consumer end, the founders believed they could do better. Creating a better experience for both florists and consumers.

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Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I decided it was time to put pen to paper and lay out what I see as a repeatable path with a higher-than-normal success rate, to bootstrapping yourself to the point of quitting your job. That kind of growth is the promise that drives a lot of new founders to dive headfirst into SaaS projects.

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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.

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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.

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genuinevc.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

What's Your Founder Superpower? An Entrepreneur’s Perspective on Information Asymmetry in Bootstrapping. Conferences are for Conversations » Wednesday Oct 12 2005. Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 01:15PM. October 13, 2005 |. GenuineVC - David Beisel RSS. Most Popular Entries. Seven Founding Sins.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Who says a bootstrapped startup can’t succeed? Here are 10 bootstrapped companies that did it on their own with no outside funding. Looking back on their previous experiences working at startup companies, the founders decided to bootstrap their business in lieu of seeking outside funding. Startup #1: Goldstar.

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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. In looking back at the old financials, at the end of Q2 2005, our cash balance was a whopping $546. Bootstrapping 101. ► July. (1).

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Spencer Fry

MAY 11, 2011

A quick Google search for "bootstrap marketing" brings up a bunch of useless nonsense. The results are either in the form of "Top 10 Bootstrap Marketing Tips" or "Bootstrap Marketing 101" guides. Since launching in December 2005, we've given away just under 500 of these. Building Your Founder Reputation.

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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. I was an informal advisor to the founders from the time they were the only two employees. Is it too late to get in?" Sorry about that.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

Startup life is all about bootstrapping, but you need a place to work, right? “There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2013

The Singapore video games industry grew from $87 million in 2005 to $285 million in 2007 , and the sector currently comprises of around 60 games development, publishing and services-related companies, featuring various major global industry players such as Electronic Arts, LucasArts, Tecmo Koei, and Ubisoft. Bootstrapping to Success.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Company founders don’t have the luxury of ‘diversifying their portfolio,’ so to speak. They work at their company until funding is pulled, it goes bust, it’s sold, etc… It’s hard to be the founder at multiple companies at the same time. 1 day ago Well, not most.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 6, 2012

I know firsthand what it takes to bootstrap a business from the ground up. My partner Bonnie Harvey and I are the founders of Barefoot Cellars, the company that transformed the image of American wine from staid and unimaginative to fun, lighthearted, and hip. But first, it’s important to figure out what went wrong (and why).

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Altgate

MARCH 8, 2009

The early stage investors are going to take a huge hit since many of their portfolio companies will be capital starved and will be forced out of business or into fire sales. But some will be saved.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 9, 2012

There were 30 of us the first time I went back in 2005. First, the fact the Meetup.com was a NYC company and that the founder, Scott Heiferman worked with Dawn Barber to create the NY Tech Meetup was really significant. It bootstrapped the activity while introducing you to it at the same time. It wasn't always like that, though.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Co-founder Dustin Moscovitz is referred to as a programmer, but he is actually an operations guy. Several weeks after Zuckerberg and the team move to Palo Alto for the summer, co-founder Eduardo Saverin finally pays a visit. It was early in 2005 and the company was Facebook. Also, be sure to include vesting for all founders.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? ” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Founder Equity Issues.

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