Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. Instead of sitting down to write a 40-page business plan, start with a one-page pitch. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods.

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

However, a perfectly acceptable—and perhaps even better—answer is that there are no investors other than the founders, and the plan is to bootstrap the company as long as possible. Check out the personal finance topic by clicking here. Your Money Questions Answered Mint.com on 07/07/2010 0 comments How Much Should I Tip?

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

Choosing the right corporate form for your enterprise » May 27, 2010. Remarks to the Visionary Companies Conference, Billings, MT May 27, 2010 It’s a fact that all net job creation since the 1980s has come    with under 100 employees. It was bootstrapped. It was bootstrapped. People are the whole game.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Sunday, August 15, 2010. These professionals can help with anything from finance to marketing, but you wont find any software engineers volunteering their services. If you want to build a business that requires software, be prepared to invest a little money. After a few months, the demo site won a business plan competition.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

« How should I finance my new venture? How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan. First develop a business model.   If you've been through a plan review with someone like a potential investor, think for a moment about the questions you get asked. First develop a business model.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Bottom Up Market Sizing » January 12, 2010. Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   An inexperienced investor, when things don’t go perfectly according to plan, can be very unhappy.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Monday, October 11, 2010. October 13, 2010 6:38 PM. October 18, 2010 2:41 PM. I'd be happy to send you our business plan, exec summary, and ppt. October 19, 2010 1:28 PM. ▼ 2010. (7). Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Steve Bennet. at 11:35 PM.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

May 14, 2010 10:56 PM. June 3, 2010 9:50 AM. November 11, 2010 9:52 AM. November 11, 2010 1:56 PM. ► 2010. (7). If you are interested in getting involved in the E-Lab, there are a few opportunities. Steve Bennet. LK, Always good to hear from former students. is a big goal of ours at SJSU. Steve Bennet.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. SlideShare. Haiku Deck. GoAnimate *. Customer service. Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite. Women Focus. Girls in Tech. Grasshopper â??

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Many entrepreneurial programs feature a business plan competition, which is a great exercise. 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. ► 2010. (7). Bootstrapping 101.

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Professor VC

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. ► 2010. (7). Bootstrapping 101. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► May.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 4, 2011

How should I finance my new venture?   Posted at 06:03 AM in Bootstrapping | Permalink. October 2010. September 2010. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. March 2011.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Think Again. This has been the case for decades.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Understand finance.  Never, ever “let Mikey do it.”  Know, yourself, how your venture is financed, what the alternatives are, and when you will know it is time to execute them.  Giving up for lack of funding for plan A just means you haven’t thought about it deeply enough. . Understand finance.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Steve Belkin , owner of the Atlanta Hawks, couldn't get his first deal financed and wound up cobbling together a friends and family round to start his travel company in the 70s. October 2010. September 2010. Bootstrapping. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I first met Jeff about 8 years ago when he was finishing his first year at the Stanford GSB and was beginning to raise money for a business plan he developed for a secondary market ticket exchange. However, I was glad to see they were able to raise financing and launch the service. ► 2010. (7). Bootstrapping 101.

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Tim Keane

AUGUST 21, 2006

If my process of reviewing a business plan helps the entrepreneur to align the performance plan with my growth expectations and then to base the plan on a "reasonable" set of assumptions that subsequently prove to be optimistic, who is to blame? Will it happen? Posted at 03:14 AM in Startup ideas | Permalink.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

That is a mistake and I’m going to teach you how to get to the nitty-gritty of that, so that you make sure that the day you open your business you know who your target customer is. We’re also going to talk about developing a business plan. I want you to have a plan for success, so we’re going to talk about that.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Financing, that is.I Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan. One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. As I said up front, I have mixed emotions about the financing.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 8, 2006

That does not apply to every operational issue - but it sure applies to strategy and finance. That does not apply to every operational issue - but it sure applies to strategy and finance. October 2010. September 2010. Bootstrapping. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 22, 2006

If lowered risk translates into higher valuations when the business either attracts investors or is sold, then lowering risk for the lowest possible dollars creates very high returns. For instance, if a business plan with a sound idea is interesting, it may be valued at or below $1MM. October 2010. September 2010.

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Tim Keane

MAY 9, 2006

The entrepreneur has the opportunity to master the intricacies of his business process; his customers minute but important expectations; venture financing; people management. October 2010. September 2010. Bootstrapping. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 30, 2007

In another company, the finance manger decided to cancel the software maintenance fee for the company management system since the company never called the help desk. In another company, the finance manger decided to cancel the software maintenance fee for the company management system since the company never called the help desk.

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dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

It isnt always possible to have a competitive bidding situation at each financing round so here are some guidelines for funding sources and percentages. Friends & Family can usually raise between $30K and $300K and usually take an interest bearing note that is convertible into stock at the next financing. 5% Managers -.25%

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

We held our annual business plan competition at San Jose State this month and first prize was $10,000. Ryan was actually working on another business plan for my class when he came to discuss this concept with me a few weeks before the business plan competition. ► 2010. (7). Bootstrapping 101.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. Is the model consistent with the business plan? Does the business model make sense?

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Tim Keane

APRIL 24, 2006

Last night, Bob Zieserl, Venture Capitalist, and general partner at Stratus Ventures, was the keynote speaker at the Marquette University Business Plan Competition. Reducing risk for the next round of financing yields a higher investment value. Reducing risk for the next round of financing yields a higher investment value.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. Of course, the most important funding statistic to an entrepreneur relates to one specific company, and whether there is sufficient capital available to build and scale his business. ► 2010. (7). billion to $5.5

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010. Of course, given the state of venture returns, perhaps randomly picking from a stack of business plans would provide as good or better results than an entrepreneur selection algorithm or detailed due diligence. Labels: entrepreneur , seed investing , venture capital , venture financing.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

As I am quoted in the article, it is easy to pick holes in a business plan. ► 2010. (7). Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. ► February. (1). ► January. (1).

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Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

What’s your attitude about “next round” financing? What’s your attitude about “next round” financing? October 2010. September 2010. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. A list of possible answers: 1. March 2011.

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