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Why Bootstrapping Was Best For Us

Austin Startup

By Madhan Kanagavel, CEO, FileCloud When we launched FileCloud in 2012, it was an ambitious venture given the competition in the Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFFS) space. And we did it by bootstrapping our company. As time went by, we sustained a focus on building a better product, a better business and solving for customer needs.

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7 Tips To Secure Funding They Don’t Teach In Business School

YoungUpstarts

In other words, you have done wonders while “bootstrapping.” Focus on solving those problems and then it’s gravy if you can spin the business model to get their end customers involved. Unless you’re a serial entrepreneur who has started and sold companies in the past. Show Capital Efficiency. Kickstarter.

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Crowdsourcing Hope With Online Donation Platform GoFundMe

YoungUpstarts

The company has seen 20% average monthly growth in the last year, is on track to handle $3 million in donations this August alone, and projects a total of nearly $40 million in 2012. How successful have they been?

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

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. ProfessorVC. Steve Bennet.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

June 19th, 2012. 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. June 17th, 2012. June 13th, 2012. June 10th, 2012. June 5th, 2012. June 4th, 2012. Invested Interests. Power Pitches.

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How to find funding for your hardware startup while we’re waiting for the hardware revolution

Version One Ventures

To increase your chances of venture capital financing, you’ll need to lower the risks as much as possible, such as: Bootstrapping as long as you can to get a working prototype into the market. For example, Pebble (a watch that wirelessly connects to a smartphone and displays its messages) raised $10M on Kickstarter in 2012.

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How bootstrapping helped my business cheat death

The Next Web

At the end of 2012, I was in a really tight spot. I decided to keep it running, because I kept seeing the signs of more customers. My startup, BizeeBee, had run out of capital – and even though we were making money, it was just not enough to cover everyone’s salaries. This story continues at The Next Web.