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Dragons, Bootstrapping and Women in Tech

Up and Running

What about bootstrapping? Nelson has some tips: Know your burn rate. She notes that if you’re considering acquisition as an exit strategy, creating and maintaining relationships is going to be key. Buffer helps you with managing and scheduling your social media posts. ” Nelson says. Partner well.

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ProfessorVC: Burn Rate

Professor VC

The burn rates of my portfolio companies is certainly top of mind right now, but thats not what this post is about. Well, our VP Operations at Fliqz, Daniel Marcus , dabbles in creating writing and music when not managing our data center. Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. ▼ July. (1).

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ProfessorVC: Card Counting for Investors

Professor VC

Ive written previously about Right Side Capital Management (RCSM) , the latest in my post earlier this year, " How Much Diligence is Due. " (Full disclosure: I am an investor and adviser in RCSM.) Bootstrapping 101. Well, I think I know the guys that can do it! Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine. ► September. (1). ► July. (1).

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Non-dilutive Financing Through Revenue Sharing

ReadWriteStart

It certainly will be a better way to bootstrap the company. Jeff also described a compelling in-game offer-based customer acquisition model that is proving quite effective for him. Jeff also described a compelling in-game offer-based customer acquisition model that is proving quite effective for him. SOCO Games. Brainscape.

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

Professor VC

Besides the natural fit with eBay, he wanted the buyer to feel good following the acquisition and certainly the investors in StubHub were happy. Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. ► July. (1).

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

I am no longer an insider, so dont have any view into current financials, but do know that total financing is now 10X the original plan and at the current accelerating growth rate, revenues will still not hit that $185M until 2012 or 2013, so double the time. Bootstrapping 101. Is $120M enough capital to reach these exit goals?

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ProfessorVC: A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal

Professor VC

The LinkedIn acquisition of CardMunch a few weeks ago caught my attention. Techcrunch called it one of the " most like-minded and forward-thinking acquisitions I’ve ever seen " I met with the founders of CardMunch several months ago when they were out raising their Series Seed round. Bootstrapping 101. ► September.