Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

I think this idea is particularly appealing to those of us from an engineering background. One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. The solution is to change our focus from outputs to inputs.

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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. In today's India, people with high-end engineering skills are in high demand. Gnosis India.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. You may get a software engineer to start something for you, but they wont stick with the project when it gets difficult.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) This is an incredible skill, one that most engineers overlook.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Thursday, December 18, 2008. Some result from years of work and/or education while others are a result of trying to identify a unique solution to a consumer or business problem. At SJSU, we also have a business plan competition in the spring, which ideally allows the students to build a viable business model around their NIF projects.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

Myth: Lean Startups are small bootstrapped startups. What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated. Myth: Lean Startups are small bootstrapped startups.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

(PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. Credit cards "just work" and peer to peer transactions just aren't big enough to bootstrap a network.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 6, 2008

. | The Secondhand Physician - or Just Go To The Meeting » March 06, 2008. Perhaps we take for granted the engine for good that entrepreneurship can be - but what better example than this one. Perhaps we take for granted the engine for good that entrepreneurship can be - but what better example than this one. Categories.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Tuesday, February 26, 2008. He was the first American in 30 years to graduate from the 5-year brewing program at the Technical University of Munich , the highest technical degree in brewing engineering. Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Theres Only a Test if you Sign Up for It » February 25, 2008. How many software companies died on the way to an SaaS model because they did not have the ability to think through the large scale changes a business model shift would require? Bootstrapping. Ideas Are Easy.but execution is hard. October 2010.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Business, Engineering, Computer Science, and Design were all represented. We need a program that not only has a speaker series and mentor program, but also fosters collaboration among the Engineering and Business departments. Collaboration with engineering, computer science, life sciences, etc. Bootstrapping 101.

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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

He believes that this transfer of manufacturing and engineering expertise out of the country will ultimately lead to less innovation. Bootstrapping 101. ► 2008. (14). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

I continue to work on additional programs and products for bootstrapped and angel-backed startups, as well as for enterprise and future entrepreneurs. I love the business model. Because of the cost and intensity of this program, it is designed for startups with significant venture backing or who have reached profitability.

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Professor VC

MAY 6, 2008

Tuesday, May 6, 2008. In the post, he raises the age old question of whether business students are better served by traditional academics or those with current, practical business experience. Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Academically challenged.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

One of the discussions that ensued was about how to bootstrap a freemium venture. Irit, however, needs to think through some of the details of the business model, pricing model, and positioning. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Boots photo by Northampton Museum.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

On the topic of business models, Spencer proposed building traffic and then selling the company, which I pushed back on. We spent considerable time exploring ways to verticalize the app and creating an ad-supported business model instead, which would also broaden his exit options considerably.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

SM: In September 2008, when the first Entrepreneur Journeys book was released, D.D. Our community has successfully established a culture of bootstrapping as a counterforce to the compulsive rush to financing that entrepreneurs mistakenly often engage in, only to be rejected over and again by investors. Numerous lessons.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Mark: Google had trouble dealing with customers and contracts because they historically were so engineering driven. What is the best reporting structure for an engineering team. His Tenure at Microsoft.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

You go hang out at the engineering school! Bootstrapping 101. ► 2008. (14). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. You network! You attend start-up events! You dont send in a bunch of applications.

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