Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

Can you bootstrap your way to positive cash flow?   If the answer is relatively soon, then bootstrapping is a very serious consideration.    Even if it isn’t soon, early bootstrapping can reduce risk and increase chances for success, resulting in more aligned interests for entrepreneurs and investors.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Hiring the right folks with broad experience beyond what is immediately called for is a great idea - if you can find them and if they'll work well with the entrepreneurs.  October 2012. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

You should also be aware that angel investment was affected by the 2012 JOBS Act that loosened some restrictions and allowed what we now call crowdfunding. Most businesses are financed by home equity or savings as they start— bootstrapping. You can also post your business plan on websites that bring angel investors together.

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The Next Web

MAY 2, 2013

Belosic ultimately conceived of a software platform that would allow thousands of users to create Facebook apps for their businesses without needing to hire a developer. Pancake Labs is bootstrapped; numbers indicating the success of its flagship product include acquiring more than 80,000 users during the company’s first year.

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The Next Web

MAY 1, 2013

Belosic ultimately conceived a software platform that would allow thousands of users to create Facebook apps for their businesses without needing to hire a developer. Pancake Labs is bootstrapped; numbers indicating the success of its flagship product include acquiring more than 80,000 users during the company’s first year.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Our wheelhouse is bootstrapped (or lightly capitalized) SMB SaaS. The mode purpose for funding is (in order of frequency) Sales, Marketing, Market Expansion, Product Development, and Hiring Employees. Lighter Capital : “Since 2012, we’ve provided over $100 million in growth capital to over 250 companies.” Bigfoot Capital.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

What makes me really proud though is we’ve been 100% bootstrapped for our 3.5 Hiring new resources and get them trained is much time taking, unless it is an obligation, rather than adding a small number of investments on experienced employees. Thanks to Joe Sinkwitz, Intellifluence ! #3- 3- Publishing a book.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

.  From an investors point of view, the ability to select and hire is a critical element in assessing the entrepreneur herself. 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. April 2013.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2016

Myself and the other founders managed to develop our company and generate more than 200,000,000 visits, hire 22 people, get 3,000+ customers, and promote products for the likes of Creative Labs, Polaroid, and Sony. Things began to get serious in an apartment in 2012. Which was the case in 2012. The Beginning. It was 2009.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Eventually I was able to scrape up a few bucks and hired Sarah to build me a website prototype. Eventually Ill hire a software geek of my own, but right now Im doing just fine without one. Also hire offshore devs to assist you in building your product. I crawled my way back and have largely been able to bootstrap the business.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. is a SaaS tool that companies can use to assess engineers before they hire them. The company started bringing in revenue in 2012. spent $1k on their MVP.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

  If we time these cash flows correctly, we can hire 5 new reps per month.    If we time these cash flows correctly, we can hire 5 new reps per month.  October 2012. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

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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. You (the entrepreneur and founder of this "company") hire a call center to take calls from customers who want an inexpensive medical diagnosis. October 2012.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gadea leveraged his connections in Silicon Valley to seed viral distribution of the product, which, in turn, generated the revenue to hire engineers and scale the company. is a SaaS tool that companies can use to assess engineers before they hire them. The company started bringing in revenue in 2012. spent $1k on their MVP.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

 If this holds true for one month, we will hire and train a full time sales person who will be productive (or terminated) by month 3.  If this holds true for one month, we will hire and train a full time sales person who will be productive (or terminated) by month 3. October 2012. Bootstrapping. April 2013.

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Tim Keane

JULY 6, 2007

I talked to someone today who clearly needs a particular kind of expert, but, as "CEO" is fearful of hiring someone in an area in which he is not an expert. I talked to someone today who clearly needs a particular kind of expert, but, as "CEO" is fearful of hiring someone in an area in which he is not an expert.

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Tim Keane

JULY 20, 2007

We actively discourage companies from hiring when they can use contractors, from thinking about developing their own manufacturing, or in any way building too many fixed costs. When companies do hire, hire slowly and accurately. The cost of hiring quickly and making mistakes is very costly in many ways. October 2012.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 26, 2012

As December and 2012 draws to a close, I've decided to weigh in with my thoughts on the impending (or not depending on which blogs you read) Series A Crunch. Out of these companies, 102 have received follow-on funding and 212 have been acquired (or more likely acqui-hired). Sarah, of course, responded with Jason is Wrong.

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Tim Keane

JULY 16, 2008

There will be plenty of time to build a factory or hire more people – after your model is proven. Its OK to hire sales people and train them to do what you want done, but if you leave them to figure it out for themselves, you take a huge risk. October 2012. Bootstrapping. Make everything possible an indirect cost.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 13, 2006

Sometimes the leader caves to the sales manager hes hired. Sometimes the leader caves to the sales manager hes hired. October 2012. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Good selling is creative. Good selling is creative. April 2013.

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css-tricks.com

JANUARY 2, 2013

December 18, 2012. — Ryan McLaughlin (@ryanmclaughlin) December 18, 2012. — Tim Panicucci (@tpanicucci) December 18, 2012. chriscoyier fire incompetent devs and hire someone who can do it right from the start. — Nando Vieira (@fnando) December 18, 2012. inkpixelspaper) December 18, 2012.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Since small businesses are responsible for the vast majority of new jobs, legislators believe that these new rules will make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital and ramp up hiring. February 9, 2012 7:40 PM. February 11, 2012 11:00 PM. April 12, 2012 11:10 AM. April 12, 2012 3:16 PM. April 12, 2012 4:48 PM.

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

It was bootstrapped.   Yet we outperform the companies that hire those same folks.   They’ve relied on their ability to generate sales from improved and innovative products and services and have bootstrapped their businesses to success. It was bootstrapped.   We had a customer and a value proposition.

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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. We found we needed to hire expert starters—people who knew how to bootstrap, build MVPs, find a free or very low-cost way of testing a hypothesis, pitch, pivot, etc.

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Professor VC

JULY 22, 2009

Unable to conceive, they hire Annie Day as a surrogate to bear their fertilized egg to term. ► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101. Ross is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, battered but still standing after the Internet collapse. Lori has quit her upscale corporate law job to make pottery, study martial arts, and start a family.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Jason Carriere, owner of Falling Sky Fermentation Supply Shop and co-founder of Falling Sky Brewing, has gone through many twists and turns since Falling Sky opened its first Eugene, Oregon brewpub location in 2012. Friends and family are the most common backers, and many startups bootstrap.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Most small businesses and startups that are looking to grow— hire a new employee , or buy a new piece of equipment, or open a new location —need to think hard about cash flow, or making sure they have enough money in the bank to meet payroll and other financial obligations. Hire the right team.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

September 19, 2012, 9:32 p.m. 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. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Do You Ask This Question.when youre hiring for your startup? If its anything other than a hard-nosed description of the specific challenges the hiring person is facing in filling this position, you have to ask yourself why. Consider the need to hire an accountant for your company. Strong hiring people screen for performance.

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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. mostly all people who she hired! We are a bootstrapped business so cash management is critical?—?you Gordon wears many hats?—?he We’ve been through incredible highs?

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 2, 2018

It’s track that I hired one of our best-ever team members at Bazaarvoice out of: Jacob Salamon. They pulled themselves up by their bootstraps?—?except io , where I’ve been writing about primarily entrepreneurship since 2012. I spoke to the son of a Congressman this week, who was asking for my help. He’s a student at U.T.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The other thing that’s happened is 2012 seems to be the year of the actual SaaS tipping point, like where big companies are now saying, you know what, it’s fine, like I can do it, I can do Salesforce, I can do Workday. It’s very rare that they actually successfully bootstrapped, because it’s just so hard to do if you can’t invest any money.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012. If the rest of the country were experiencing the new company growth, hiring challenges, decreasing office vacancies and rising rents that we are in the Bay Area, the economy wouldnt be the top issue in the presidential campaign. March 18, 2012 4:14 AM. April 30, 2012 11:40 AM. ▼ 2012. (1).

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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. find/hire freelancers. Innovate Israel 2012.

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