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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Bootstrapping 101. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country.

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ProfessorVC: Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

Professor VC

Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. I did a little searching around the web to try and find a truth vs. fiction comparison, but the closest I found was "The 10 Most Glaring Lies In The Social Network" on the Business Insider. ► 2009. (7).

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

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This is typically called “bootstrapping&# and it is fraught with potential pitfalls and dangers. What is bootstrapping? So, what does it mean to bootstrap a company? Bootstrapping involves launching a business on a low budget. Why bootstrap? Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.

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How Link in Bio became the new online real estate for the creator economy

VC Cafe

In Oct 2009, during the web 2.0 explosion, when new social networks were popping up on a weekly basis, About.me ” Bootstrapped and Global from Day One: The Story of Linktree. As social media fragmentation continues to grow, the need for better linking a number of pages to a single person has become more clear.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

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Infiltrate the social networks (Facebook and Twitter) and then try to connect face-to-face. Practice your business development skills; you’ll have to be the socially skilled person because many technologists are shy and introverted. says: July 10, 2009 at 11:17 am fantastic article. says: July 25, 2009 at 3:56 am [.]

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Dec 26, 2009). Video From Business Of Software 2009: Building Great Software Businesses - OnStartups , August 23, 2010 Of the several conferences I attend or speak each at each year, my favorite is the Business of Software conference organized be Neil Davidson (of Red Gate ) and Joel Spolsky (of Fog Creek ). Why do startups?

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

They're going strong , and constantly adapting their platform to users' changing needs for information and social media aggregation. And there's DailyMotion , which is eating into YouTube's market share and had a 70% jump in US traffic in 2009. All those struggling, bootstrapping, Ramen-eating founders?

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