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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

Clubhouse was the trailblazer, but it sparked a huge interest in the category from established social networks, new startups and even the open source community. Stereo , launched in 2020 and is based in LA. 31 employees according to Linkedin, but seems to be bootstrapped. Bootstrapped. Open Source.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2019

Hearpreneur

I can’t wait to see what 2020 brings! What makes me really proud though is we’ve been 100% bootstrapped for our 3.5 years of existence, and with the launch of a series A investment in 2020 I can only imagine how far we’ll go. My business is also nominated for a local award, a first for us. Lancaster ! #2-

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

ReadWriteStart

They charge $9, $29 and $59 per agent per month and I am eager to see bootstrapped, scrappy Freshdesk morph their pricing structure to aggressively compete with them. We see Bizosys as a promising niche vendor with demonstrated capabilities in creative bootstrapping. RightNow's per agent price starts at $110 per agent per month.

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YouTube Strategy Lessons from a Channel with 1.6 Million Subscribers

ConversionXL

Whereas a blog post needs just a computer to type, a video requires an understanding of lighting, audio, storytelling, editing, and community building. If you’re creating videos only for your own content, then it might make sense to host it on Vimeo and drive people to a landing page (or product pages), and not try to build a community.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We have now grown into an overnight hit, as we had built up a huge community of black women with skin conditions years before even launching Topicals. Like 50 Million Americans, thanks to COVID, that day was May 1, 2020. I became frustrated due to the lack of transparent online education aimed at the home-barista community.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Entrepreneurs They Consider to be Successful

Hearpreneur

Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is an image that resonates with me when I think about what makes a successful entrepreneur, and Carnegie definitely represents that image. He launched his company with his business partner, Josh Sherrell, right before the pandemic hit in 2020. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Niche Marketplace Businesses Can Be Interesting

ReadWriteStart

It turns out that in my Vision India 2020 book, I have a similar project called FDBI. David is also struggling with the notion of his community taking the transactions offline. Hardika intends to build a financial institution focused on this segment with financing from social entrepreneurship oriented venture funds like Unitus.

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