The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

In early 2011, I wrote a post, Startups: Not for the faint of heart , that discussed Parse.ly’s survival through a one-year bootstrapping period after Dreamit Ventures Philly ’09. If you’re only doing a startup, then if the startup fails, you fail. But it will still be your company.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 19, 2011

Turning an Addiction into a Bootstrapped Startup – [link]. Good NYT piece on how Drudge has managed to grow and stay popular – [link]. Tons of fun facts in this summer 2011 movie infographic – [link]. The False Choice Between Babies & Startups – [link]. Kill Math, by Bret Victor – [link].

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Up and Running

JANUARY 10, 2012

As of the end of 2011 I thought it might be useful to post here about my most read posts over there. These are the most-read posts on that blog for 2011. 10 lessons learned in 22 years of bootstrapping. They are in order of traffic, page views, which isn’t the same as quality, but still, what better measure is there?

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The Next Web

MARCH 11, 2013

John Marshall began his enterprise-grade mobile device management company, AirWatch , in 2003 as a wireless hotspot management company before providing device management for old-school mobile devices. ” Development of a mobile device management system compatible with iOS shot AirWatch into the enterprise level. .”

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

It consists of a standard term sheet, automatically generated closing documents, and tools to manage the process including electronic signatures, managing wire information, generating PDFs, and more. For a seed stage round, legal fees can be upwards of tens of thousands of dollars, which is costly for a bootstrapped startups.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Bootstrapping. Managing Company Growth. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. October 2010. September 2010. Categories. Angels and Advisors. Creating The Opportunity. Funding startups. Startup ideas.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 20, 2009

Bootstrap your venture. At last week's Business Plan Competition at Marquette University , the keynote speaker, Greg Gianforte, CEO of Right Now , talked passionately about the keys to bootstrapping businesses.    Greg is the well known author of Bootstrapping Your Business , and a frequent speaker on the topic. 

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Run & Grow Run and Grow Your Business Home Human Resources Leadership Innovation Growth Strategies Business Management Travel Innovation Play Video Docstocs Jason Nazar on Fostering Innovation (Video). Human Resources Play Video Shark Tanks Barbara Corcoran on Bootstrapping a Growing a Business (Video). What is Sweat Equity Worth?

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Bootstrapping. Managing Company Growth. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. October 2010. September 2010. Categories. Angels and Advisors. Creating The Opportunity. Funding startups. Startup ideas.

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blog.teamtreehouse.com

DECEMBER 5, 2012

The 1140 Grid has not been updated “in more than a year” (January 2011 in github) but remains online with an invitation to use it as a starting point for future development. In a separate stylesheet, though, it includes styles to manage a site’s baseline, or vertical grid. Simple frameworks. Toast is simple.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Posted at 05:09 PM in Managing Company Growth | Permalink. November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Bootstrapping. Managing Company Growth. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Pricing strategy is a big topic. Thinking about pricing.

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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. About a year strapped to this rollercoaster and I managed to have my best month yet.

Entrepreneur 147

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Job Descriptions > How to Hire a CTO When its time to add a technologist to your slate of executives, what are the best practices to follow? 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Managing Partner , Tangent Capital.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Tools that technical people have had for years (project management methods and tools, programming frameworks, etc.) Duncan Connor • Jan 4, 2011 I was about to provide an answer, but then read this response and realized Saul had already provided an even better response than I would have done. Could not have said it better myself.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

August 20, 2011 by Lauren Drell 1 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Startup life is all about bootstrapping, but you need a place to work, right?

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Altgate

MAY 14, 2009

On the investment side, it means putting in less money, being more on-par with management in terms of rights and preferences, having less control. As an entrepreneur it means bootstrap, bootstrap, bootstrap. Spend nickels like they were manhole covers. Bookmark the permalink.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Monday, September 26, 2011. Ive written previously about Right Side Capital Management (RCSM) , the latest in my post earlier this year, " How Much Diligence is Due. " (Full disclosure: I am an investor and adviser in RCSM.) September 27, 2011 5:09 PM. September 27, 2011 5:51 PM. ▼ 2011. (7). ProfessorVC.

Technical Review 38

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

It was bootstrapped.   They’ve relied on their ability to generate sales from improved and innovative products and services and have bootstrapped their businesses to success.   He founded RightNow Technologies in a spare bedroom in his home in 14 years ago - by bootstrapping. It was bootstrapped.

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Tim Keane

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

» November 09, 2011. November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Bootstrapping. Managing Company Growth. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. October 2010. Categories.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Recruiting and Hiring Employees > How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up At a start-up, you need employees that are in it for the long haul and fit your unique culture. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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Tim Keane

MAY 22, 2006

November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Bootstrapping. Managing Company Growth. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. October 2010. September 2010. Categories. Angels and Advisors. Creating The Opportunity. Funding startups. Startup ideas.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Task Management. Project Management Tools. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Subscription Payments / Management. Managing APIs. Customer Relationship Management. Contractor Management. Private beta invitations & management: Prefinery.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Tim Keane

JANUARY 11, 2013

  I digress here, but one of the real challenges is managing sales goals both agressively and realistically.   I digress here, but one of the real challenges is managing sales goals both agressively and realistically. November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Bootstrapping. October 2010.

Wisconsin 89

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Tim Keane

JULY 2, 2010

November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Bootstrapping. Managing Company Growth. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. October 2010. September 2010. Categories. Angels and Advisors. Creating The Opportunity. Funding startups. Startup ideas.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011. If you want to skip to the end of the story, I ended up becoming an adviser and investing in the management company. May 1, 2011 10:32 PM. June 28, 2011 3:41 PM. ▼ 2011. (7). Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. How Much Diligence is Due.Or

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Monday, November 14, 2011. and an investor in Right Side Capital Management (RSCM). I am curious about the rise of kickstarter type intermediaries who can manage the investment process and potentially make a single investment in a start-up. ▼ 2011. (7). Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC. Steve Bennet.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

 My advice was to execute with the big player by bootstrapping and then, as the market risk retires, to think about deploying outside capital.    Greg Gianforte at RightNow Technologies in Bozeman, Montana (recently sold to Oracle) is a famous proponent of bootstrapping for this exact reason.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 21, 2011

I presented my usual 1M/1M perspective on bootstrapping. Even if there were fleeting thoughts of being bailed out by investors, they have now been banished and we are focusing on bootstrapping and making the model work with customer money." Management schools have awareness, but not enough budget. System-Sea.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

Thursday, April 7, 2011. April 25, 2011 11:00 PM. May 14, 2011 2:39 PM. June 7, 2011 11:58 AM. ▼ 2011. (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. ProfessorVC.

San Jose 36

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Understand bootstrapping and its central role in the development of almost every business. Understand bootstrapping and its central role in the development of almost every business. November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Bootstrapping. Managing Company Growth. October 2010. September 2010.

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

If managed improperly, you’re unnecessarily risking lawsuits and worse. In fact, any bootstrapped company should be aiming for slow, consistent growth rather than explosive growth. Time management is critical – I’m naturally awful at personal time management. You don’t need funding.

Software Review 41

Software Review Startup Technical Review Mobile 41

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Picking Ventures: Part 2 » September 27, 2011. November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Bootstrapping. Managing Company Growth. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC.

Pennsylvania 68

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Think about change your pricing or policies, perhaps, to allow those outrider clients who are hardest to manage to fall gently out of your client base. Strategically, the idea is to give yourself room to expand with more of the business you like more, that has more future, that helps you build. How do you do it?

Management 66

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Management. When youve bootstrapped a business where youre not drawing a salary and depleting whatever savings you have, thats one of the very difficult things to do," says Toby Stuart, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Manage Email Preferences. Manage Email Preferences.

Venture Capital 107

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Tim Keane

MARCH 17, 2009

Bootstrap your venture » March 17, 2009. Marquette University today approved the creation of a Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship , which will be offered through the Graduate School of Management starting in fall 2009.  November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Bootstrapping. April 2013.

Wisconsin 60

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Tim Keane

MAY 16, 2010

November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Bootstrapping. Managing Company Growth. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. October 2010. September 2010. Categories. Angels and Advisors. Creating The Opportunity. Funding startups. Startup ideas.

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