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It’s Time To Ship

Eric Friedman

Photo by Thomas Park on Unsplash In 2020, Marc Andreessen published a profound essay in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that became a rallying cry for startups called; It’s Time To Build. A lot has changed since the middle of 2020, but much has remained the same. I wanted to take things a step further.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. Capacity Capital , based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was launched in 2020 with a primary focus on the Southeast. —– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India.

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Crisis versus Opportunity: 6 Ways to Bootstrap a Startup in a Post-COVID-19 World While Navigating the New Normal

ReadWriteStart

Current worldwide statistics as of 10 May 2020, (from gisanddata.maps) show that there are over 10 million people infected with this virus and just over 503, 500 deaths. Governor Cuomo, governor of New York State, USA, highlighted the quintessential issue with the coronavirus pandemic in his conversation with Howard Stern on 13 April 2020.

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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. Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009. RightNow's per agent price starts at $110 per agent per month.

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Why do marketplaces make great businesses?

Austin Startup

One of the highest we saw in 2020 was Ke.com , a Chinese platform for buying and selling properties. It’s looking equally good for the bootstrapped and indie-funded marketplaces too. In recent years we’ve seen mega-rounds of investment and sky-high valuations. They raised a whopping $2.4

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Making the Most of Your Startup Marketing Budget in a Post Pandemic World

The Startup Magazine

Startups are always the hardest hit during difficult economic times, especially if your business is built on bootstrapping efforts. A special Covid-19 edition of the CMO Survey reported that from February to June 2020 social media spending has increased from 13.3% Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Lessons Learned from 2020.

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Strategy Roundtable: 5 Cloud Computing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

I pointed Zubair to a couple of case studies of bootstrapping using services to get more of his core product built; in parallel, I will help him pursue institutional funding. Bolpur is home to the Viswabharati university, as well as several other small engineering and professional colleges.

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