Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

How do we know how much the customer will buy and how long it will take?  How big is the customer problem being solved? How do we know how much the customer will buy and how long it will take?  How big is the customer problem being solved? October 2012. Bootstrapping. Signup for email updates.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Normally you have to have a team in place, have made progress toward idea validation , or—better still—traction (paying customers). The two most reputable sites in this area are: Gust Angel Network. In most cases, the lender doesn’t take the risk of payment—if your customer doesn’t pay you, you have to pay the money back anyhow.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

   We worked all day building market strategies for customers while we tried to embody our expertise on software that would expand the company's reach.     We worked all day building market strategies for customers while we tried to embody our expertise on software that would expand the company's reach. 

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

The customer comments were entirely negative. We communicate to customers and competitors by how we price, and it is not simple to change. The customer comments were entirely negative. We communicate to customers and competitors by how we price, and it is not simple to change. October 2012. Bootstrapping.

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Software Review Wisconsin Technical Review Angel Investor 60

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In 2012 I got together with Alexander Osterwalder , Henry Chesbrough and Andre Marquis to think about the Lean and the future of corporate innovation. Big companies know how to scale—most have a lot to learn about starting (as in Lean Startup) but they know how to leverage assets, use network effects, plan and execute.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Our wheelhouse is bootstrapped (or lightly capitalized) SMB SaaS. At least 12 months of customer history, generally 20+ enterprise customers or 200+ SMB customers. Most programs culminate with a Pitch Day and Investor Networking Event where the companies present their newly defined and expanded growth playbook. .

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

It was bootstrapped.   We had a customer and a value proposition.   We were fortunate enough to have customers like Boston Store, Carson’s, Penney’s, Sears, GNC – and they loved our exceptional customer service and ability to deliver a better value to their customers – and more sales and customer satisfaction to them.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. She focused on her customer. The premise is that you should blog for your customers, suppliers and ecosystem – not for your peers. How’s that for an ex painter? Sam just told me, “You HAVE to meet Tracy.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Tools for Hackathons – added Dec 2012. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Throughout that development process the marketing team kept pressing, leading the company to 50,000 influencers over the Summer, which made us the largest warm contact influencer network in the market. What makes me really proud though is we’ve been 100% bootstrapped for our 3.5

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

I'm in Dublin this week and was at the Halo Business Angel Network meeting on Monday evening. All of us like leaders of ventures who:  Have a passion for the customer, and a deep understanding of the customer's business.  « Choosing the right corporate form for your enterprise | Main.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 11, 2013

.  Sales goals have to involve first hand knowledge of the possible (how often people will buy, how much, what the demand is, why, etc.)  coupled with an ongoing creativity about solving customer problems to win the order. October 2012. Bootstrapping.   (See "The Challenger Sale.") Enter your Email.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

In September of 2012, Zapier closed our seed investment round of $1.2MM. In May of 2012, I had no idea where to start when it came to raising money for a company or if I even wanted to raise money. The best way to survive is to have customers paying you. There’s a couple places you can find other investors: Your customers.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Long term thinking -- for entrepreneurs » October 03, 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.  By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Technology versus market risk in angel investments.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Where in your area will you find land or a building with the right zoning, size, facilities, and access for bringing in raw materials, attracting customers, and/or shipping out finished beer for distribution? See Also: Fear Doesn’t Have to Hold You Back From Networking. Relationships. Brewing is not a solo endeavor.

Oregon 60

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. ► 2012. (1). We hope to see you again soon.

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Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The Performance Appraisal » October 08, 2012.   The company prepared, as I recall, several million labels for their big customer (really their only customer) a major retailer based in the midwest.  They failed to mail a substantial portion of the best customers for the biggest event of the year.

Wisconsin 68

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 4, 2010

If your business sells to a quantifiable and identifiable group of business customers who are in the tens of thousands, or less, there's really no reason not to individually identify every one of them and track all of your contacts with them.  Any former customers from other places now working there? Market Math. Market Math.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Marketing Angel Investor Startup 60

Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

It welcomes feedback from potential customers and experts, reduces the cost and risk of the startup and can potentially drive success quickly.    An average customer will spend $X per year with us because they spend three times that now.    Customer premise - who will buy and why.    Why?) 

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Tim Keane

JUNE 8, 2009

  In my case, in the first company, it was early customer selling that provided the startup cash.  These companies find capital primarily by finding customers and understanding trade-offs.  Posted at 09:23 AM in Bootstrapping | Permalink. October 2012. Bootstrapping.   (Remember Vermeer? . 

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Bootstrapping Angel Investor Startup 60

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

 They take risks, create opportunities, satisfy customers - the list goes on.  They take risks, create opportunities, satisfy customers - the list goes on. October 2012. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. April 2013.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Startup 60

Tim Keane

JANUARY 14, 2009

" In some ways this is analogous to bootstrapping, where the first principle really is "go ask the potential customer if they like what you want to do."  " In some ways this is analogous to bootstrapping, where the first principle really is "go ask the potential customer if they like what you want to do." 

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Advisory Board Wisconsin Bootstrapping Angel Investor 60

Tim Keane

MARCH 24, 2008

You (the entrepreneur and founder of this "company") hire a call center to take calls from customers who want an inexpensive medical diagnosis. Of course, in the interest of being a low cost provider, your call center is staffed by folks with a good customer service orientation, but no medical training. Ridiculous?

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Startup 60

Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

" "What are your assumptions about how long it will take to get customers?" " "Where do you expect to find these customers?" "  "What's the current solution these potential customers are using today?" Sales to segment A will be $500 per customer.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 14, 2008

Can we quantify success in terms of calls, visits, customer sizes, and so forth? Can we produce a market map to track what our customers want, and from whom they are getting it? Can we quantify success in terms of calls, visits, customer sizes, and so forth? October 2012. Bootstrapping. Signup for email updates.

Ireland 60

Ireland Wisconsin Forecast Sales Cycle 60

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Are we planning for the lowest customer acquisition cost the industry has ever seen? Are we planning for the lowest customer acquisition cost the industry has ever seen? October 2012. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. April 2013.

Business Model 60

Business Model Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping 60

Tim Keane

JULY 20, 2007

I was in Italy a couple of weeks ago at the request of the US State Department to discuss angel investing with IBAN, the Italian Business Angels Network. The most important person in the business is the customer. The most important person in the business is the customer. October 2012. Bootstrapping. April 2013.

Italy 60

Italy Angel Investor Wisconsin Harvest 60

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 11, 2006

  Telling a customer you are busy--when you aren't 2.    Being busy and prioritizing work based on customer criteria -- and raising prices 2.    Telling a customer you are busy--when you aren't 2.  October 2012. Bootstrapping. The Sound of One Hand Clapping. April 2013.

Term Sheet 60

Term Sheet Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping 60

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

In a lot of startups (especially good ones) the founder/CEO/leader is a customer-oriented sales person. Because of the virtuous feedback loop right at the center of the company, innovations for customer benefit come more rapidly. Even with bumps along the way, the major customer facing components add up to more and more success.

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Tim Keane

MAY 2, 2006

The company cannot get the pulse of the market into the product cycle and make the rapid, instinctive changes and improvements that come from customer contact if the customer contact is relegated to a “function” on the team. October 2012. Bootstrapping. It has to be the reason for being. It has to be the reason for being.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Early Stage 60

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Also, if the weather gets really bad, they offer a full refund voucher good for your next trip - all about customer retention. ► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. Labels: Bandon Dunes , business models , golf. No comments: Post a Comment.

Oregon 28

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 8, 2019

In 2012, when we opened up the coworking space Bill Boebel and Gordon became co-founders and helped establish the model that we have in place today. We are a bootstrapped business so cash management is critical?—?you Capital Factory is fortunate to have many co-founders and some that even joined a few years in. Vice President?—?Operations

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 30, 2007

They would like businesses solving “big hairy problems” of real value to the customer. We used that information for a lot of our customers. The joke around the office was always that the systems that performed the worst had the best customer service and the best performers provided customer service that was terrible.

Wisconsin 68

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

Last year, I tried out a custom textbook through one of the major publishers, which seemed like a great way to go. ► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. Guess its not only the students who procrastinate. Now Its Organic Chemistry."

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San Jose Software Review Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 13, 2006

They understand their customers and the market the customers live in. They get the idea of value creation, of delivering more for the customer than they promise. Sometimes the leader caves in to the customer. This is easy to do when the customer is big and you are small and knows you are starting out. October 2012.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Distribution 60

Tim Keane

MAY 8, 2006

" Possible answers might be prototypes, market tests, potential customer testimonials, or some combination of these and other factors. For the first time entrepreneur, this will often mean starting with a bootstrap or friends and family model, or a combination of the two, to create some credibility for the product concept.

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Angel Investor Wisconsin Bootstrapping Startup 60

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Where in your area will you find land or a building with the right zoning, size, facilities, and access for bringing in raw materials, attracting customers, and/or shipping out finished beer for distribution? Know your customers and your financials. Step 4: Building relationships with vendors and the local community.

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