ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. As a thumb rule, try to get enough validation so that you can get to at least a $2 million pre-money valuation before raising equity capital.

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Valuation Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Bootstrapping 119

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Having turned down all overtures for investment, Zoho continues merrily on in its bootstrapping path. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Zoho is already over $100 million in revenue and is seeing tremendous traction. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

North Carolina 116

North Carolina San Diego Entrepreneur Balance Sheet 116

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

At today's roundtable, we had some very interesting discussions on creative bootstrapping. I recently wrote an article on this topic, calling all EDA entrepreneurs to build $5 million to $10 million to $20 million cash businesses that are self-financed, bootstrapped, and built organically. Read EDA Entrepreneurs: Build To Enjoy.

Bootstrapping 113

Bootstrapping IP India Silicon Valley 113

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Altgate

MAY 14, 2009

As an entrepreneur it means bootstrap, bootstrap, bootstrap. The investment won’t work if you spend $80K on legal fees preparing investment documents that include things like registration rights and all those other terms that will never get used. Spend nickels like they were manhole covers.

Boston 28

Boston Oakland Bootstrapping Venture Capital 28

Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

It was started in 2008 at UT Austin, with a mission to spur entrepreneurship in students through an experiental, 3-day program where they effectively jumpstart the startup process. It was a great experience to not only talk about that bootstrap startup life, but see and interact with student entrepreneurs.

Austin 57

Austin Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 57

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

He needs to bootstrap it to a certain level, and following the 1M/1M methodology would be a good start. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. It is however, still a concept, not yet a business, and Adrian should not be under the misconception that VCs would be lining up outside his door to fund the business. Discuss.

Costa Rica 114

Costa Rica America Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

VC Cafe

MAY 5, 2011

He was previously the head of R&D for F raud Sciences, which was sold to eBay/Paypal for over $160 million in 2008 , after proving the strength of their technology over the course of a weekend (the story is brought in detail in the excellent Startup Nation book). Klarna provides credit over the Internet.

Bootstrapping 94

Bootstrapping Algorithm Europe Mobile 94

Hunter Walker

MARCH 19, 2016

EO: That’s a good question, the world of accelerators has changed so much since we went through Techstars in 2008. Bootstrapping is sexy! What should entrepreneurs consider when deciding whether an accelerator is right for them? We were guinea pigs then as the second class! VC money is made out to be sexy and the only path.

Bootstrapping 48

Bootstrapping Cofounder Founder Guinea 48

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 23, 2010

Occipital’s founders – Jeff and Vikas – are the epitome of bootstrap entrepreneurs. Every TechStars class seems to have one and Occipital wins the bootstrapper of TechStars Boulder 2008 award.

Bootstrapping 131

Bootstrapping Acquisition eCommerce Valuation 131

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

She partnered with Rett Clevenger who at that time was an online media manager for a large e-commerce site, to launch Steals.com in April 2008. Being a completely bootstrapped company, Steals.com cannot offer its team the best possible pay. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. The revenue in 2012 was $16.4

Silicon Valley 266

Silicon Valley Utah India Massachusetts 266

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

After I sold Smart Bear, that division has increased revenue and profit every year, for five years, even through the 2008/2009 economic disaster. Note that some of those companies were bootstrapped, some bootstrapped and took money later, and some had huge funding from the start. But really, are all those acquirers so stupid?

IPO 240

IPO Flash Bootstrapping Private Equity 240

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Forward to the past: The (re) rise of direct marketing » October 08, 2008. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. « The Whitehorse Daily Star - good advice for entrepreneurs | Main. Being The Best You Can Be. October 2010. September 2010.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Due Diligence Wisconsin Angel Groups 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2018

If you remember 2008, you’ll know what I’m talking about. We had bootstrapped to the point where my co-founder was already working 100% with the company, and I was closely behind. Basically, it’s the anti-me job, and after three months I started to look for the next thing. We were committed to doing the company full time.

Cofounder 48

Cofounder Texas Video Software Review 48

Hippoland

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In late 2008, I was about to turn in my 2 week resignation at Google to start a company when Sequoia sent out a presentation to their portfolio companies. What is different between now and 2008? In 2008, raising money as a startup was brutal. It seems that every 8 years, money seems tight. In 2000, we had the dot com bust.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Angel Investor Bootstrapping Startup 48

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 20, 2012

Erica Douglass bootstrapped her company and sold it for a million dollars while her friends were switching majors for the third time or dicking around at some entry-level job. circa 2008.) She’s successful by any measure. According to Erica’s criteria, let’s see who wins.

San Jose 233

San Jose Bootstrapping Hosting Engineer 233

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

As a result, the expectation is that you have to figure out a way to get to some level of momentum on your own (by bootstrapping) or with small doses of angel money - "drip financing" so to speak. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. Gnosis India.

Channel 115

Channel India Bootstrapping Silicon Valley 115

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

And these pilots will pay for her early bootstrapping phase. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. I advised her to get one or two reference customers out of her current pilots, and then start charging the follow-on pilot customers. And a very large one at that.

Partner 117

Partner Belgium Portugal Bootstrapping 117

Mucker Lab

MARCH 8, 2016

Four years after founding and bootstrapping Mucker Capital , we are pleased to announce the close of a new $45 million fund, Mucker III. The macroeconomic conditions of 2000, 2008 or even 2016 — none of that matters to them. This is our third fund, which might make us seem like grumpy, rich, old VCs.

Burn Rate 60

Burn Rate Limited Partner Bootstrapping Portfolio 60

Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2016

— Peter says they launched Prezi in the middle of the 2008 crash, with the audacious goal of taking on Apple, Microsoft and Google. Again, remember, everyone was losing their job, no one was willing to invest and so we had to bootstrap Prezi in the beginning. Plus, having a family motivates me to make this successful.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Sweden 120

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

As someone who has bootstrapped a software company ([link] and funded it through selling software and consulting to customers, I certainly know what it means to live lean and Ive even taken your advice ([link] I just wish I was in the Bay area and could come by "office hours". (a Labels: events 2comments: Andrew Meyer said.

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Lean San Francisco Web Advisory Board 68

VC Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

Itamar Weisbord and I were introduced in 2008 by a mutual friend. So, when he invited me to join him as the first VC guest on the Bootstrapped Podcast with the inimitable Hillel Fuld and serial entrepreneur Guy Malachi, I naturally said yes. The post Long Form – A chat with the Bootstrapped Podcast appeared first on VC Cafe.

Bootstrapping 132

Bootstrapping Early Stage Matching 132

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Again, referring back to the Finisar case study I often teach on this topic , bootstrapping using services is a very effective way to build companies. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

Bootstrapping 114

Bootstrapping Marketing Angel Investor Silicon Valley 114

blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

Or I can spend a year bootstrapping a startup in my off hours and get it up to tens of thousands of users. Find me on: © 2008-2013 All rights reserved. Or I can create a new, actually useful JavaScript framework. Or I can arbitrarily call myself CTO of something I spaghetti-coded in a weekend with a friend. About Posts Press. -->.

CTO Hire 98

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 98

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 21, 2011

I presented my usual 1M/1M perspective on bootstrapping. Even if there were fleeting thoughts of being bailed out by investors, they have now been banished and we are focusing on bootstrapping and making the model work with customer money." From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. System-Sea.

Networking 115

Networking Partner Entrepreneur Bootstrapping 115

www.subelsky.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Can't beat that in terms of bootstrapping. released RailsConf 2008 Recap ► May (9) See you at Railsconf 2008 random_data v1.3.0 A new A/B testing tool for Rails is Vanity: [link]. November 30, 2009 10:49 AM StartBreakingFree.com said. Yeah Heroku is great for getting an app up for free.

Lean 41

Lean Baltimore Ruby Maryland 41

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

Sunday, January 27, 2008. We will also look at a variety of financing methods including venture capital, angel investing, licensing, franchising, roll-up, venture debt and my old favorite, bootstrapping. Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. ► July. (1).

San Jose 28

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Venture Capital 28

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Startups – especially bootstrapped startups – typically don’t have funds to hire SEO experts and must find ways to execute SEO strategies on their own. We committed at the end of 2008 to learn as much as we can about SEO and to see what we could do on our own. That’s what we’ve had to do with crowdPSRING.

Engineer 90

Engineer Search SEO Startup 90

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures.

Startup 113

Startup India Silicon Valley Incubator 113

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Bootstrapping 101. ► 2008. (14). Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct. ► July. (1). ► May. (1). Can you start a company on $10K? ► March. (1). ► January. (1). The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. ► December. (1). Why didn't I think of that?? ► November. (1).

Technical Review 38

Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

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. Here’s how it works: Step 1: Your First Product.

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 41

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Well, that’s fine as far as it goes but when you’re a startup and you don’t have customers yet you need a way to bootstrap and that can feel awfully chaotic and wasteful. Combining agile development with customer developm. Don't launch Lo, my 2295 subscribers, who are you?

Agile 111

Agile Customer Development Developer San Francisco 111

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

These case studies range in size and scope: from pre-product/market fit to already exited, bootstrapped to venture-backed, solo practitioner to large organization. These case studies range in size and scope: from pre-product/market fit to already exited, bootstrapped to venture-backed, solo practitioner to large organization.

San Francisco 120

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 120

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Tuesday, September 16, 2008. December 17, 2008 11:35 PM. December 18, 2008 9:07 AM. December 27, 2008 11:28 AM. Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Brickbreaker - Mindless Amusement or Viscious Addiction. That was a large part of why I started to blog.

San Jose 28

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Venture Chronicles

MARCH 27, 2012

Prominent SV angel investors passed on the deal, few people wrote about it, and it took 2 years from it’s founding (2008) to get a Crunchbase entry, much less any significant press coverage.

Silicon Valley 59

Silicon Valley Angel Investor Bootstrapping America 59

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Tuesday, February 12, 2008. February 14, 2008 7:46 PM. February 15, 2008 2:08 PM. April 14, 2008 12:48 PM. Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Buyers Remorse. Wikipedia (where else would you look.) Steve Bennet. Anonymous said. Lake Placid Vacation Rentals.

San Jose 31

San Jose Technical Review Venture Capital Angel Investor 31