ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some interesting companies and a lot of fundraising discussions, and I will review them shortly. 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. Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Adrian wants to build a location-based service focused on assembling, and then reviewing and rating various services from fixing roofs to plumbing. 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. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Then Kristen Becker presented Kir Devries , an e-commerce site that offers a well-edited collection of unique goods for practical everyday living that have been sourced due to their impeccable craftsmanship, unique design and style, and their "good factor" in the moderate price range. Kir Devries. Photo by takatuka.

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blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

making technical recruiting suck less. I ran technical recruiting at TrialPay for a year before going off to start my own agency. Bemoaning that non-technical people are the first to filter resumes is silly because it’s not going to change. Aline Lerner's Blog. Lessons from a year’s worth of hiring data.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Dan Frommer, in Moneyball for tech startups , interviewed Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon, Paul Graham and Ben Horowitz on the topic. And given that four of the most important tech investors in the world seem skeptical of it, if someone can figure out a good formula that works, they may be able to exploit it". How Much Diligence is Due.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2018

If you remember 2008, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Now, to be clear, I haven’t reviewed YC applications in a while, but when I did it was pretty mind blowing how little thought most people put into their submissions. BTW, after reviewing hundreds of YC application videos I can tell you that almost no one’s is under a minute.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

DEMO has always been one of my favorite tech conferences. Labels: #democon , DEMO , tech conferences , vuvuzela. How Much Diligence is Due. Bootstrapping 101. ► 2008. (14). I spent the past couple of days at the conference and certainly felt like it. There wasnt a lot of buzz in the air. Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

Sunday, January 27, 2008. During the next four months, we will examine over a dozen entrepreneurial ventures from a diverse mix of industries - technology, service, food & beverage, and fashion. After a successful career in a technology leader (Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, etc.) How Much Diligence is Due.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Tuesday, February 12, 2008. Of course, rigorous diligence is performed, the team is challenged, and assumptions are tested. February 14, 2008 7:46 PM. February 15, 2008 2:08 PM. April 14, 2008 12:48 PM. How Much Diligence is Due. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Buyers Remorse.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

Technically, the start-up is insolvent from the day they take the first dollar of investment. How Much Diligence is Due. Bootstrapping 101. ► 2008. (14). Ive seen a number of entrepreneurs, angels and VCs fall into the trap of providing debt in small pieces. Why Invest in an insolvent company? ► 2010.

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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. How Much Diligence is Due. Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC. ► February. (1).

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Thursday, December 18, 2008. This team had a working prototype of the first solar powered wetsuit using nano-solar technology. While many people would have a hard time doing without a garbage disposal some municipalities have banned the use due to the impact to the water treatment systems. How Much Diligence is Due.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Friday, June 6, 2008. In most of these cases, the founder relinquished the CEO role within the first 18 months following institutional funding, but remained in a critical technical or visionary role, often as the companys external evangelist. How Much Diligence is Due. Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. I closed down my first business last November and I am bootstrapping the second one currently.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Tuesday, September 16, 2008. A: Technology companies and Drug dealers While the fall semester is in full swing, summer doesnt officially end for another few days. December 17, 2008 11:35 PM. December 18, 2008 9:07 AM. December 27, 2008 11:28 AM. How Much Diligence is Due. Bootstrapping 101.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap. Conglomerates, which were the engines of growth and vitality in the twentieth century, have proven themselves unable to innovate, and have a tarnished public image due to financial woes and poor management. Most now routinely buy startups for new technology and new products.

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

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. One partner takes on a business role and the other takes responsibility for technology. Again, go where the geeks are.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

At every one of them I was the person who wrote the proposals, did the technical interviewed on candidates, went on sales calls with the Account Managers to make them look good and got put on troubled projects to help right the ship. So I started a gig economy job site, with a focus on transparency of pay estimates and user reviews.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

They need to have a place where they can gain an understanding of their different options for financing the venture, how to determine exactly what is needed in the marketplace, how to negotiate, how to read contracts, the role of technology, how to write a business plan, understand what your ratios are saying. How Much Diligence is Due.

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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. The post The Stair Step Method of Bootstrapping first appeared on Rob Walling - Serial Entrepreneur. Here’s how it works: Step 1: Your First Product.

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

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

While the flick has gotten rave critical reviews (93% on Flixster), the question of what percentage of the movie is true has also gotten a lot of discussion in the blogosphere. This is a good review of the movie and both books. How Much Diligence is Due. Bootstrapping 101. ► 2008. (14). ▼ 2010.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Many companies founded on partnerships ultimately fall apart due to friction between the partners, be it over money, power, direction of the company, or something else. In the very early stages of a technology company, one of the biggest unnecessary cash sinks is office space. In the early stages of a company, this can be critical.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

These are good things to think about and companies to study as we move back from consumer to Enterprise in the tech cycle. And so we think that the model flipped to a model where, today, where the most interesting and advanced new technology now comes out for the consumer first. Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. ProofHQ – Online management and review of designs, artwork and documents. Invoice Journal – Free invoicing program. SpringCM – Online contract and document management. Join the 2.3

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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

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ajit Narayanan, from Chennai, India, presented Invention Labs , a speech technology for helping children with disabilities, like autism, communicate and learn.

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