crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

The State of Web Development 2010 – [link]. Logo Design Trends 2010 – [link]. The Steps of Creative Communication – [link]. How To Redesign Your Homepage: A Bootstrapped Process – [link]. How To Redesign Your Homepage: A Bootstrapped Process – [link]. 25+ Free Vector World Maps (.ai,eps

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

Bootstrapped, Profitable & Proud: Github – [link]. Brilliant Adobe Photoshop CS5 Tutorials From 2010 – [link]. Best of the Vector Web – July 2010 – [link]. Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur – [link]. Legal risks and dangers of $99 logo stores – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Apply in the sky - impressed that the two women founders bootstrapped, but was hoping one of the founders were a techie, the list of potential partnerships is promising, working demo/app is good, but showed too many features in the pitch, liked the idea that AitS could be transferable to life management like job hunting, my vote went here.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Who says a bootstrapped startup can’t succeed? Here are 10 bootstrapped companies that did it on their own with no outside funding. Looking back on their previous experiences working at startup companies, the founders decided to bootstrap their business in lieu of seeking outside funding. Startup #1: Goldstar. How’d they do it?

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Apply in the sky – impressed that the two women founders bootstrapped, but was hoping one of the founders were a techie, the list of potential partnerships is promising, working demo/app is good, but showed too many features in the pitch, liked the idea that AitS could be transferable to life management like job hunting, my vote went here.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 21, 2022

Meta is successfully engaging with AR creators and users via Instagram already, and has a growing Spark developer community building AR social filters. Like Meta, Snap has a booming developer community who uses Snap Lens Studioo to build AR social filters: Over 250,000 developers have published a total of 2.5 Snap Spectacles.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. And between the free and premium programs, as well as the blog, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, we have a community of more than 200,000 people engaged in the initiative at various levels. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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startupbaltimore.org

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Finding a Technical Cofounder by Mike Subelsky on September 17, 2010 Advice View Comments Over the past 18 months I’ve had the same conversation with about ten entrepreneurs looking to start a software-based business. Baltimore’s startup community has plenty of room for new leaders. Start here. Start an event or project.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Baltimore Maryland 40

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

One of the discussions that ensued was about how to bootstrap a freemium venture. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. I think this is a question on many minds, and we discussed it today as a core topic. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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blog.traindom.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Traindom Traindom Customer Login Sign Up Affiliates Support Information Marketing Conversations 36 places where you can submit your startup for some coverage October 4th, 2010 § 45 Photo used under Creative Commons from theparadigmshifter So you have a new startup company and want some coverage. Are they in any particular order?

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Technical Review Startup Software Review PR 63

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2010

RSVP: [link] 5PM NY Tech Meetup Student Mingle The NYTM Student Group's mission is to encourage the involvement of students and student leaders in the New York City tech community and thereby better educate and prepare tomorrow's entrepreneurs. Bootstrapping a community from zero users. What works and what doesn't.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. He said, “We estimate that annual RBI market activity has grown 10x in the last decade, from two dozen deals a year in 2010 to upwards of 200 new company fundings completed in 2018.” Inflection Community. of founders raise VC; the other 99.4%

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Revenue Term Sheet Founder Technical Review 60

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. People are the whole game.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 29, 2010 New conference website, speakers, agenda The Startup Lessons Learned Conference on April 23 is fast approaching. These case studies range in size and scope: from pre-product/market fit to already exited, bootstrapped to venture-backed, solo practitioner to large organization.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 120

Austin Startup

AUGUST 9, 2019

In an effort to introduce our community to the entrepreneurs we’re lucky to work with, and encourage relationships to develop along the way, we’re launching our Saturday Startup Spotlight series. I relocated to Dallas from Southern California in 2010 and created this concept in 2015. We love that phrase, “pedal to the metal”.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. and Verizon Communications Inc. Journal Community. Journal Community.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island South Dakota 107

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. By Issie Lapowsky | Aug 6, 2010 Share ); Getty Related Articles The New Rules of Hiring Is It Legal To Use Social Network Data When Hiring? How do you determine who’s right for your company?

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Intellectual Property Los Angeles San Francisco Guerilla 55

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Bootstrapping is Bullshit – [link]. Modern Element Trends In Magazine-Styled Webdesign Of 2010 – [link]. Entrepreneurs Are Living The Dream, But Are They Happy? – [link]. “be better, be different or be cheaper. And the last is no fun&# (Seth Godin) – [link]. Will Freemium Work for You? – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

But Chicago-based startup MentorMob ( www.mentormob.com ) wants to change that – the free, community-based collaborative service aims to aggregate and organize the best online educational content on any topic, so it’s easier to find. MentorMob is bootstrapped and has 12 employees.

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Illinois Aggregator Chicago Widget 165

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? © 2010 Derek Sivers comments Pam Mark Hall (2010-06-19) # Derek, Yes,Yes,Yes! Thanks you!

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CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

You could bootstrap your startup and do most of the tough legwork on your own, perhaps while you hold down another job. On the one hand, bootstrapping your business gives you much more control over it. You can also spend some time participating in relevant online communities. The Complete Guide to Registering Your Business Name.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. For a seed stage round, legal fees can be upwards of tens of thousands of dollars, which is costly for a bootstrapped startups. Launch Date: 2010. → Learn More. Crunchbase. Company: AngelList.

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Term Sheet San Francisco Technical Review Seed Stage 70

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

I closed down my first business last November and I am bootstrapping the second one currently. Im open to being the coffee and snack technician :-) On another note, I live in Atlanta and believe that we have a strong enough start-up community that would greatly benefit from your lessons learned. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2018

How we got into Y Combinator (OwnLocal W10) OwnLocal received seed funding from Y Combinator in 2010 and has grown to work with 279k+ businesses through 3,500 local newspapers This is a repost from my self-hosted blog that mysteriously disappeared in 2014. I even asked for help from the community and what they thought the company should do.

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Cofounder Texas Video Software Review 48

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 17, 2012

"The government wants to bring in foreign entrepreneurs to interact with the business community," Davis says. Davis and his partners, Amit Aharoni and Nicolas Meunier, were members of Start-Up Chile's freshman class, arriving in August 2010. If we'd had to bootstrap it, I don't know if we could have done it," Davis says.

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Chile Silicon Valley San Francisco Cofounder 158

ultralightstartups.com

MAY 20, 2013

Community Partners. Bootstrapping. Vinicius Vacanti, co-founder of Yipit (and Ultra Light Startups speaker in December 2010) tells how he used a Python script to search for “needles in a haystack” Now there’s LeanDomainSearch to automate this. Newsletter Sign up to receive our weekly community newsletter.

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Naming Startup Technical Review Cofounder 45

www.subelsky.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Can't beat that in terms of bootstrapping. January 26, 2010 11:01 PM NBA basketball shoes said. March 8, 2010 9:25 PM Anonymoussaid. shoe carnival nike sneakers Nike Basketball shoes MBT shoes supra shoes March 27, 2010 10:27 PM NIke Air MaX said. May 17, 2010 9:44 PM Chris said.

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Lean Baltimore Ruby Maryland 41

techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. 1 comment… read it below or add one } John Guidos August 27, 2010 at 7:55 pm I want to be your legal counsel. Where do I sign up? JG Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment { 1 trackback } ??????????????

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San Francisco Startup PHP San Diego 44

YoungUpstarts

JULY 8, 2014

Fund R&D: Bootstrapped raising funds is far ‘cheaper’ than debt or equity. Develop an Initial Audience: Tap into a large existing community of potential customers who could evangelize your product even before launch. Test Positioning: See what marketing messages resonate behind your product. Delivery Issues.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

To those in our eco-system who are facing this problem around the globe, I have the following suggestion: Instead of giving $100,000 to one startup, give $1,000 each to 100 startups, and put a larger number of entrepreneurs in your community through 1M/1M. Spencer needs to think through a strategy for bootstrapping that phase.

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Silicon Valley Columbus Ohio Nebraska 105

Tim Keane

MARCH 4, 2011

Spend ten minutes talking to any investor in the community who sees a lot of deals and inevitably you find that the companies that've been around are largely the same.   Posted at 06:03 AM in Bootstrapping | Permalink. October 2010. September 2010. Bootstrapping. « Market Math | Main. | March 2011.

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Wisconsin Bootstrapping Angel Investor Startup 60

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

It could be a good business to bootstrap the social/mobile edutainment business with. Last up, Alvin Yuen from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pitched Techsailor , a services company that provides online community engagement to major brands. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Home About Contact Me How To Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur Vinicius Vacanti Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder September 7, 2010 | View Comments Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder “I’ve got this HUGE idea. You have good community building skills and quickly become other people’s friends. Thanks again.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

If we could get the the right crypto products and services into underserved communities we could vastly improve lives and eliminate poverty. I played competitive poker for many years, and even had a sponsor for the 2010 World Series of Poker, so I’ve developed a good sense of how to read people. What’s your actual super power?

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Houston Phoenix Cofounder San Francisco 63

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 16, 2010

I wanted to share some of the questions I’ve found particularly useful for startups: What SaaS products are on the startup’s toolchain in 2010? Short answer: Start building your community from day one, and put a real emphasis on building it offline. How do bootstrapped companies hire talent?

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Option Pool Analytics LLC Startup 88

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

May 14, 2010 10:56 PM. June 3, 2010 9:50 AM. I've learned more in the three months working with a real-life entrepreneur on a new venture than in all 5 years of Community College and my BA. November 11, 2010 9:52 AM. November 11, 2010 1:56 PM. ► 2010. (7). Bootstrapping 101. Steve Bennet.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Yes, I am sure Davids venture is eminently fundable within a few months.

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Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52