Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. SM: In September 2008, when the first Entrepreneur Journeys book was released, D.D.

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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. It was a concious business decision from the top. This was the moment where Zuckerberg (20 something entrepreneur) schooled Rupert Murdoch. Stackoverflow was created in 2008.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2016

Experience and vision were the focus of today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

In many of these cases, the funds or the accelerators want to put in $100,000 to $500,000 in select ventures but are having a hard time finding mature entrepreneurs to support. Announce one or two $100,000 prizes that only those entrepreneurs who have gone through and completed at least 60 hours of 1M/1M curriculum would be eligible for.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

« The Whitehorse Daily Star - good advice for entrepreneurs | Main. Forward to the past: The (re) rise of direct marketing » October 08, 2008. Last week, our angel group reviewed a business with an online lie detector technology.     What does that mean for entrepreneurs?  October 2010.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Witness, for example, this terrific Fast Company article on Bill Nguyen , serial entrepreneur who’s seventh startup “Color” famously raised $41m for a new mobile app before it even launched. Note that some of those companies were bootstrapped, some bootstrapped and took money later, and some had huge funding from the start.

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

It was bootstrapped.   I’ve been fortunate enough to be teaching aspiring entrepreneurs at Marquette University ever since.   I’ve been fortunate enough to be teaching aspiring entrepreneurs at Marquette University ever since. Most of these, to an entrepreneur, seems ordinary. Here’s a list to consider.

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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. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. Gnosis India.

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Tim Keane

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

« Paying attention to the business model: Whos in charge here? » November 11, 2008. What Entrepreneurs and Angels Want To Know. Madison, WI -- Here' are two downloads to my presentation from last week's Early Stage Symposium, "What Entrepreneurs and Angels Want To Know About Each Other.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

When the project winds up getting cancelled for failing to meet its ROI justification, it’s natural for the entrepreneur to feel like it was the CFO – and their innovation-sucking spreadsheet – that is the real cause. Just because entrepreneurs tend to forget about these models doesn’t mean their investors do.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act (H.R. Since small businesses are responsible for the vast majority of new jobs, legislators believe that these new rules will make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital and ramp up hiring. Bootstrapping 101. ► 2008. (14).

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

However, I have seen some blog posts posing the question about whether the same principles of valuing baseball players could be applied to entrepreneurs. I encourage entrepreneurs to give it a shot and let me know what you think. Bootstrapping 101. ► 2008. (14). September 27, 2011 5:09 PM. Steve Bennet.

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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. Im going to continue to follow the paths of entrepreneurs turned VCs turned entrepreneurs again and see how it evolves.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

Those general managers are entrepreneurs , too. 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.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

I have counseled innumerable entrepreneurs to change their focus to revenue, and many companies who refuse this advice get themselves into trouble by running out of iterations. What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# And will lead to longer term success.

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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. The NIF (in its 5th year), is essentially a science fair for entrepreneurs. Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Being The Best You Can Be » September 15, 2008. The Whitehorse Daily Star - good advice for entrepreneurs. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference The Whitehorse Daily Star - good advice for entrepreneurs : Comments. The Whitehorse Daily Star - good advice for entrepreneurs. Bootstrapping.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Thursday, January 17, 2008. I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. The theme of the event was angel investment trends for 2008. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

This will also serve as a good pointer for all the entrepreneurs who ask why I am not interested in their company led convertible note financing round. Ive seen a number of entrepreneurs, angels and VCs fall into the trap of providing debt in small pieces. Bootstrapping 101. ► 2008. (14). ► July. (1).

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

Thursday, May 29, 2008. An entrepreneur will pitch their business plan to what they think is a group of angel investors and will get a number of follow-up calls afterwards, but they are pitches for services not investment interest. Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC. ► July. (1).

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Tuesday, February 12, 2008. While spending time with the entrepreneurs and championing the deal through the group, you tend to become emotionally attached. In most cases, the entrepreneur hasnt hidden anything, it is just buyers remorse kicking in and the realization that the hard work is beginning. February 14, 2008 7:46 PM.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

was part of a Dow Jones VentureWire webinar last week titled Negotiating An Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. I let him know that he just accomplished two things - left a bad taste with the entrepreneur and opened the door for the next investor to ask for a multiple preference that is senior to yours.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Do you have the right make-up to be an entrepreneur? You need to be true to yourself and many people arent cut out to take the personal and professional risk associated with being an entrepreneur. Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 6, 2008

The Secondhand Physician - or Just Go To The Meeting » March 06, 2008. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Categories.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 2, 2018

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. Very, very, very few.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

At a high level, I definitely agree that being an entrepreneur and being in school dont necessarily mix. Most of us know of Exhibits 1 ( Bill Gates ) and 2 ( Mark Zuckerberg ) from Harvard, but I have met dozens of other successful entrepreneurs who felt a greater need to get going on an opportunity than to wait around to complete a degree.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

An Internet entrepreneur needs a website. A business geek with no money and no income isnt going to inspire confidence in a software geek. If a software geek really wants to try building something for no pay, theyre going to work for themself instead of following another cashless entrepreneur. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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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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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Ideas Are Easy » February 18, 2008. He points out that theres " greater risk (and variability) in first-time CEOs than in serial entrepreneurs." The follow on question, though, (aside from the interests of the investors,) is how does the first time entrepreneur get assistance to succeed? Bootstrapping.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 24, 2008

» March 24, 2008. Heres an interesting proposition for a new medical diagnostic business. You (the entrepreneur and founder of this "company") hire a call center to take calls from customers who want an inexpensive medical diagnosis. Heres an interesting proposition for a new medical diagnostic business.

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Tim Keane

JULY 16, 2008

. | The Whitehorse Daily Star - good advice for entrepreneurs » July 16, 2008. Use your business model to build an early warning system. A business model reveals how the business plans to make money. Every entrepreneur is faced with the choice of making do with less or swinging for the fences.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004. The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. Bootstrapping 101. ► 2008. (14). ► July. (1). ► May. (1).

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

BizMe2 , a new Israeli startup led by serial entrepreneur Yair Margolin, is looking to do to conferences what WordPress did to blogging. Long story short, I ended up spending a year and a half in China from 2008 to 2010 and now I’m hard at work with BizMe2. what’s BizMe2′s business model?).

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Tim Keane

APRIL 14, 2008

Always Make New Mistakes » April 14, 2008. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Trust but Verify.or October 2010.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

I have to build a financial model? I get asked this question a lot by entrepreneurs (and students). Is the model consistent with the business plan? Does the business model make sense? Do you understand the business and market? Bootstrapping 101. ► 2008. (14). ProfessorVC.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

» February 04, 2008. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC.

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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. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? 12comments: Hiten Shah said. Great idea.

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