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Twitter Link Roundup #239 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Today in Small Business: Hiring Picks Up | by @genemarks – crowdspring.co/1w5hoSn. Small Business and Startups: Best Boss Ever?

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Bootstrapping. I always recommend that you start with bootstrapping. Bootstrapping is when you put your own money or borrow from friends and family to set up your business. Bootstrapping inculcates the entrepreneurial discipline and financial responsibility to run a lean business. ? Sources of funding. ?

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

I had the opportunity to speak with Melinda Emerson, the “SmallBizLady” and America’s #1 small business expert, who took the opportunity to share with us her proven, step-by-step method to transition from employee to entrepreneur. Have you always dreamed of being your own boss? You just want to check her out.

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How to Fund Your Startup Without Losing Control

Up and Running

Rule 1: Bootstrap until you have a viable product. Background: Justin Klemm’s analytics and website uptime startup, Ghost Inspector , wants to revolutionize the way businesses manage their ecommerce funnels. Rule 2: Understand the PE company’s model to know how much control they’ll exercise. Those days are long gone.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

According to Brian Parks, “Bigfoot provides RBI, term loans, and lines of credit to SaaS businesses with $500k+ ARR. Our wheelhouse is bootstrapped (or lightly capitalized) SMB SaaS. We make fast, data-driven credit decisions for these types of businesses and show Founders how the math/ROI works. Bigfoot Capital.

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Saturday Startup Spotlight: Goodieboxx

Austin Startup

I relocated to Dallas from Southern California in 2010 and created this concept in 2015. It’s not my first small business venture, but anything utilizing institutional capital is not on my immediate strengths. It’s been keeping me on my toes, pedal to the metal since inception. We love that phrase, “pedal to the metal”.

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Best Podcasts Focused on Diversity in Tech

Austin Startup

Up from 55% in 2015. The Bootstrapped VC Host: Arlan Hamilton , Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital Backstage Capital is venture investment fund that backs underrepresented tech startup founders. Since inception in September 2015, Backstage has deployed more than $1m into 30+ startups around the U.S.