ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

Using a tool like SparkToro , you can uncover the channels and influencers that your audience is most engaged with. Interviewing them will provide you with their wants and needs from a messaging perspective and uncover topic ideas and distribution channels. Cash flow is a matter of life or death when bootstrapped and pre-funding.

Audience 127

Audience Non-Compete Distribution Channel 127

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

He is the co-founder of Boast.ai, where he leveraged the Community-Led Growth model to bootstrap the company. Lloyed explores the intricate art of harnessing the community’s strength as your ultimate acquisition channe l, brand differentiator, feedback source, retention lever, and catalyst for transformative change.

Community 53

Community Kuwait Cofounder Bootstrapping 53

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

First is that there are, perhaps, a thousand people in the world of entrepreneurship who know what they are doing when it comes to dealing with issues like financing, positioning, market sizing, customer validation, customer acquisition and other seemingly obvious topics that all entrepreneurs need to deal with. On to the roundtable recap.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114

Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

In Austin alone, the group has over 3K members, an active Slack channel and plenty of events. Workshops included topics of price-setting, customer acquisition and legal considerations when starting a business. It was a great experience to not only talk about that bootstrap startup life, but see and interact with student entrepreneurs.

Austin 57

Austin Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 57

OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

Chapter 2: Defining and Testing the Story…Start Out By Admitting You’re Wrong, A Lean Business Plan Template, Problem, Solution, Key Metrics, Unique Value Proposition and Unfair Advantages, Channels, Customer Segments, Cost Structure and Revenue Streams. Chapter 3: Telling the Story to Your Investors…The Business Plan is Dead.

Startup 95

Startup Advisory Board Elevator Pitch Forecast 95

ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

The first stage is bootstrapping, where you raise between $50k and $100k and you try to make that money last as long as you can. Clavier recommends the book Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup. The stages of funding. Clavier articulates his understanding of the stages of fundraising thusly.

Investment Bankers 153

Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

Look out for bootstrapped CarGurus , one of the leading used-car properties, targeting over $150M in revenue this year. The next big consumer company could be BookBub , with millions of users, a ravenous fan base on social channels, and global reach. Want the next TripAdvisor or Wayfair?

Boston 215

Boston Early Stage Artificial Inteligence Semantic 215

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Then, there’s the bootstrapping entrepreneur who hires carefully (sometimes too little, too late), trying to get as much runway with the current money as possible and build a “real” business.

Early Stage 162

Early Stage Venture Capital Acquisition Bootstrapping 162

Hippoland

AUGUST 1, 2012

These days, our advertisers run the gamut — some of our advertisers make billions each year while others are bootstrapped individuals who don’t earn anything right now. The best advertisers test all kinds of marketing channels. But, not only do they test lots of different channels, they also test lots of creative.

Marketing 117

Marketing Startup Bootstrapping Advertising 117

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 27, 2015

Even if your business is primarily offline, new potential customers are increasingly relying on online channels, such as search and social media, to research and inform their purchasing decisions. Don’t Forget Your Social Channels. When it works though, it really works ( Twitter , we are talking about you). Size Matters.

Design 100

Design Social Media Channel Bootstrapping 100

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Let’s say you have a bootstrapped SaaS product and you get 20 new customers in January, 10 in February, and 15 in March. Channels can be smaller. Since escape velocity for a bootstrapper might mean having a few thousand customers, not a million customers, then you can focus on growth channels that have a much lower ceiling.

Hockey Stick 69

Hockey Stick Bootstrapping Cofounder Acquisition 69

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. But, if they are not, it’s very hard to use paid acquisition to generate that type of traffic for under $5.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. But, if they are not, it’s very hard to use paid acquisition to generate that type of traffic for under $5.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

On the heels of seeing the 10% influencer base increase the referrals process yielded, the team at Intellifluence pushed to create a brand-to-brand referral program as well, intent on creating user acquisition flywheels wherever possible. What makes me really proud though is we’ve been 100% bootstrapped for our 3.5

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 120

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

To replace them, employers spend $11,500 average per healthcare employee acquisition cost (20% of the annualized salary plus hiring incentives is considered customary for acquisition cost). Distribution Channel for Product Companies. A customer acquisition strategy that is pragmatic, and. How does he mitigate that?

India 115

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 115

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The trends include Cloud computing, outsourcing, social Web, vertical and local Web, smartphones and tablets, online advertising, online video, online gaming, e-books, and bootstrapped entrepreneurship. Jimmy has already managed the most complex part of the bootstrapping phase with very little outside investment.

Senegal 117

Senegal Nevada Bootstrapping Silicon Valley 117

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. SOCO Games. Brainscape. Note, I said, validated.

Dilution 114

Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

I also advised Antonio to defer his investor road show and even customer acquisition programs until this basic positioning exercise is in place. And these pilots will pay for her early bootstrapping phase. Then, she can start doing partnerships with fraud management system vendors and use their channels to sell, perhaps.

Partner 117

Partner Belgium Portugal Bootstrapping 117

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. As usual, then, I worked with three entrepreneurs working on specific businesses. Mava Consulting.

Vertical 115

Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115

Up and Running

AUGUST 5, 2015

Take a cue from Natasha, and channel her motivation and fresh perspective to find and use the resources available to all. MindKube’s growth and increase in client acquisitions is proof that Natasha’s diligence and patience when it came to finding the right professionals for her company has paid off. Sometimes you just never know.

Trinidad 60

Trinidad Software Review Small Business Administration Small Business 60

techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Make sure someone is thinking about overarching plans around PR, marketing and sales and spends time crafting the right messages, understanding audiences and figuring out distribution channels. Accountant – Someone needs to pay attention to the money.

San Francisco 44

San Francisco Startup PHP San Diego 44

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2017

I’ve spent most of my corporate career in online acquisition marketing and while the numbers always start out nice, there will always be a ceiling of how much profitable marketing one can do through the web. We don’t have a budget that has to be spent so I wanted to think outside of online acquisition. It is a hard, hard road.

Marketing 48

Marketing Design Acquisition Bootstrapping 48

Hippoland

MARCH 13, 2016

Do you bootstrap and attempt to raise again when you have made more progress? In many cases at the seed stage, you have some sense of 1 or maybe 2 customer acquisition channels that are working (at least for the time being). What would the payback period of your customer acquisition be? (if Below your target raise?

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage .Net Revenue Acquisition 48

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Let’s say you have a bootstrapped SaaS product and you get 20 new customers in January, 10 in February, and 15 in March. Channels can be smaller. Since escape velocity for a bootstrapper might mean having a few thousand customers, not a million customers, then you can focus on growth channels that have a much lower ceiling.

Hockey Stick 27

Hockey Stick Bootstrapping Cofounder Acquisition 27

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. People talk about funding funding funding, bootstrapping, etc., Do you have any thoughts on scalable customer acquisition in cases where a decent bit of knowledge work has to be invested into each customer?

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

The company has bootstrapped using services, a philosophy we espouse heavily in 1M/1M, and has simultaneously gathered a group of angel investors who are supporting it through the next phase. We discussed a numbers of customer acquisition methods to do so. We also discussed Dan's options vis-à-vis channel partners. Social Pulse.

San Jose 115

San Jose Entrepreneur United States Washington 115

NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 11, 2019

While larger businesses tend to make more tempting targets for international acquisition, thus siphoning profits out of New Zealand and into the pockets of foreign shareholders, small businesses are generally closely held, with profits staying in the hands of New Zealanders. 2) Small businesses keep profits in New Zealand.

New Zealand 75

New Zealand Small Business Global Dividend 75

The Startup Toolkit

MAY 4, 2012

When investors asked us who might acquire our little company, we would smirk and brush away the question with a smug, “There’s no acquisition in our future… we’re going for the IPO.” Bootstrapping fits it better. 1] That didn’t stop us from spouting the party lines.

Cofounder 38

Cofounder Bootstrapping IPO Founder 38

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Patrick: You can channel Cathy Sierra on this and say that the users, you become a Meeting King. And standing out to a company that got $10 million dollars in funding even before they started Asana is going to be very hard if you bootstrap it with your savings. Jason: That’s called bootstrapping, right. Jason: Exactly.

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

A couple of factors influenced our decision: We wanted to stay bootstrapped. When it came time to market our SaaS product, we had zero knowledge of other channels. SEO and organic acquisition became the logical choice. The risk of relying on a single channel. a team chat app for accounting companies). That’s a liability.

Differentiation 108

Differentiation Non-Compete Audio Algorithm 108

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The company is currently bootstrapped and the app is launching next week. Four “Zell startups&# exited this year alone, most recently with the acquisition of GiftsProject by eBay for an estimated $20 million. Did one channel work more than others so far? VC Cafe: Sounds like you did a great job bootstrapping.

Mobile 99

Mobile Software Review Bootstrapping 99

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

Occipital — makers of the Structure Sensor for 3-D data acquisition. If you plan to launch through retail channels, then different retailers may have their own packaging requirements to meet their specific store needs. What channels work best for you product? The same applies for packaging as well.

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

A couple of factors influenced our decision: We wanted to stay bootstrapped. When it came time to market our SaaS product, we had zero knowledge of other channels. SEO and organic acquisition became the logical choice. The risk of relying on a single channel. a team chat app for accounting companies). That’s a liability.

Differentiation 48

Differentiation Non-Compete Audio Algorithm 48

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Those were the messages from the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. Clips from their interviews are below, but first a word about the show: Entrepreneurs are Everywhere airs Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern on Sirius XM Channel 111. Giving help and getting help.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Cofounder Investment Bankers 120

Software By Rob

JUNE 25, 2013

The confusion arises because we fail to make a distinction between the growth strategies that are relevant to venture backed startups as opposed to the strategies that are relevant to bootstrapped startups. Paid channels can lead to incredible growth, but let’s be honest, they require at least some capital to do well. Not Competition.

Venture Capital 71

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Distribution Conversion Ratio 71

Software By Rob

JUNE 20, 2013

The confusion arises because we fail to make a distinction between the growth strategies that are relevant to venture backed startups as opposed to the strategies that are relevant to bootstrapped startups. Paid channels can lead to incredible growth, but let’s be honest, they require at least some capital to do well. Not Competition.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Distribution Conversion Ratio 40

Software By Rob

JUNE 25, 2013

The confusion arises because we fail to make a distinction between the growth strategies that are relevant to venture backed startups as opposed to the strategies that are relevant to bootstrapped startups. Paid channels can lead to incredible growth, but let’s be honest, they require at least some capital to do well. Not Competition.

Venture Capital 27

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Distribution Conversion Ratio 27