Mike Wolf is a mentor of mine, and a role model for many technology entrepreneurs and investors in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. chair the Selection Committee of the Arizona Angels, and have been an active Angel investor as General Partner of Lobodos Ventures over the last thirteen years. Learn how to be a great salesman. MORE >>

You may recall my earlier post from a few weeks ago entitled “ Are True Early Stage Investors An Endangered Species? “  After laying down some background, I took the position that super-angel funds and incubators/accelerators (e.g., All of the new super-angel funds popping up in the past few weeks just add to the fervor.  MORE >>

Hooray for bootstrapping. Sure, a few thousand high-profile startups get investment each year, but the vast majority of startups are bootstrapped. And that, obviously, isn’t something you get from outside investors. Or at least, not within the three- to five-year period that investors need. Revise the plan. MORE >>

Few investors send you the entire check immediately. It’s funny how investors can forget everything from technical glitches to supplier problems, to the earthquake that destroyed your factory. Investors are a time suck, because they need to be handheld. The worst investors are small investors. Maybe. Maybe not. MORE >>

You are here: Home / douchebag / Bootstrapping is Bullshit Bootstrapping is Bullshit November 30, 2010 by Micah 9 Comments Tweet Before I dive into this post I want to make a few things clear: I am not referring to freelancers or folks in the service business. There is no slight you are afforded because you bootstrapped. HELLO. MORE >>