Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Apply to local angel investor groups. A good place to start looking is Grants.gov , which is a searchable directory of more than 1,000 Federal grant programs. As a general rule, professional investors will expect that you have already have commitments from this source, to show your credibility. Fund your startup yourself.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

20:21] Where can people find out more about your programs and your book? Well, Steve Hoffman (02:34): First of all, I did three venture funded startups in Silicon valley and two bootstrap startups. So we run programs all over the globe, both online and offline. Those our programs tend to be. So I know what it's like.

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The Startup Lawyer

MARCH 8, 2010

The selected startups will get up to $25,000 in seed funding, intensive top-notch mentorship, and the opportunity to pitch to angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate dev teams at their biannual “Demo Day”. Location: Come from anywhere, willing to locate to Dallas for the program. Apply to TechWildcatters here.

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The Startup Lawyer

MARCH 8, 2010

The selected startups will get up to $25,000 in seed funding, intensive top-notch mentorship, and the opportunity to pitch to angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate dev teams at their biannual “Demo Day”. Location: Come from anywhere, willing to locate to Dallas for the program. Apply to TechWildcatters here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Among many other insights, he offers a perspective on several myths of entrepreneurship, which I can now paraphrase and prioritize based on my own experience: A real startup needs investors to get off the ground. In fact, research by Fundable shows that less than one percent of all startups are funded by venture capital and angel investors.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Join us for a SXSW edition of Intro to the Austin Startup Scene with Capital Factory Executive Director Joshua Baer , Strangeworks Founder & CEO William Hurley , Techstars Managing Director Amos Schwartzfarb , and Associate Dean for Academic Programs and MBA Program Director at St.Edward’s University David Altounian !

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 15, 2019

Reach out to an investor. Even with the most strategic business models and innovative financial approach, some businesses generally require hefty startup costs, which means, bootstrapping and asset-based loans might prove abortive. Apply for Grants. This is the closest thing to “free money” an entrepreneur could ever get.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Apply to local Angel investor groups. A good place to start looking is Grants.gov , which is a searchable directory of more than 1,000 Federal grant programs. As a general rule, professional investors will expect that you have already have commitments from this source, to show your credibility. Fund your startup yourself.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

BootStrapping. You can take a look at this article for details on the SBA Loan program. Entrepreneur reports how this program was expanded just earlier this year. Angel Investment: Angel investors can be a great financing option for the right business. In this list, I’ll cover: Loans. CrowdFunding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Apply to local Angel investor groups. A good place to start looking is Grants.gov , which is a searchable directory of more than 1,000 Federal grant programs. As a general rule, professional investors will expect that you have already have commitments from this source, to show your credibility. Fund your startup yourself.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

I completed my Bachelors in 3 years (another story for another time) and so was able to go directly into a professional Masters program (also at Carnegie Mellon) and complete a masters degree without having to apply for a new visa. I was bootstrapping the company and started with $5,000 that I had saved up from a prior summer internship.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

RCSM is also participating in the TechStars funding alliance that will be providing an offer of $100K in funding upon acceptance into the program. Bootstrapping 101. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. ► July. (1).

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Board Effect

JUNE 10, 2019

If you’re interested in more of a partnership, you’ll also find opportunities to work with venture capital partners or local angel investors. Try searching grants.gov for a searchable directory of over 1,000 federal grant programs. The most popular method of funding is plain-old self-funding, which is also called bootstrapping.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

They have outreach programs, and the people who are involved are the people who will find you interns and people who will be graduating soon." Meebo judges and sponsors programming competitions at schools like MIT, Stanford and Berkeley , so they can see firsthand where the real talent is.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Many cities have innovation labs or mentoring programs that can help you get your idea off the ground. You never know—you may just get a potential investor out of it like Michael Litt , co-founder of Vidyard. However, most entrepreneurs do eventually need investments from external sources, and can’t rely on bootstrapping forever.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well. Now is not the time to expand.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

They also gave an entertaining pitch, with biz dev guy Kemp Mullaney playing the role of a harried guy about to enter the 12-step Check-In program before discovering FootFeed. Bootstrapping 101. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

Andrew Wong, CEO of MAD, has been working with us for almost a year, and we have made a mutual choice to deepen the partnership by making MAD a premiere value-added reseller partner of the 1M/1M program. It could be a good business to bootstrap the social/mobile edutainment business with. ISA Innovation.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

I’m in my seventh year now as a leader and an angel investment group where we just announced an investment last Thursday, and I’m very familiar with how this works for angel investors. Tell your angel investors a story about need. Depending on who the investors are, some want more, some want less.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Touched by an Angel. I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. What would the VC corollary to Touched by an Angel, be. Labels: angel groups , valuation. Help, please.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

Nitie is working with dentists to validate her assumptions about the service, and she is a member of the 1M/1M premium program. 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.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 17, 2009

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Bootstrap your venture » March 17, 2009.   It also allows students in the program  to combine entrepreneurial studies with advanced thinking in their own area of interest. 

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2010

We bootstrapped the business because we had to and by 1993, when we sold the company to a large public company, we’d built a nice, consistently profitable business. Since then, Ive been involved with creating and funding hundreds of companies both as an angel investor and a VC (now at Foundry Group). Yes, 10 dollars.)

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

A few months ago, VC Cafe launched a series on startup engagement and outreach programs of large tech companies. Amazon startup outreach and engagement programs. AWS is a market leader in Cloud technology, and as such the company has a range of Go To Market programs to help startups scale. Investing and m&A.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

However, Ive seen a number of students not find their entrepreneurial DNA until exposed to the content and guest speakers in the entrepreneurial program. I would definitely have applied had there been a program while I was attending school. Bootstrapping 101. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? Steve Bennet.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

MARCH 1, 2010

I have also had alums who have bootstrapped their way to what fits their own definition of success. Mitra has labeled those of us who teach entrepreneurship with a bootstrapping bent "neo-entrepreneurship". Perhaps it is necessity that drives their curriculum design, as access to venture capital or even angel investors is elusive."

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. We bootstrapped it. There were no investors. We took out lines of credit on our homes; we maxed out credit cards.

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The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 20, 2010

The first program begins April 5, 2010. The selected startups will get up to $25,000 in seed funding, intensive top-notch mentorship, and the opportunity to pitch to angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate dev teams at their biannual “Demo Day”. Their first Demo Day is scheduled for June 30, 2010.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I recently wrote a blog post that I believe is worth pointing out in the context of the strategy roundtables: VCs, Angels, Incubators, Accelerators - What Are You Doing With Your Rejects? I'd like to hear from venture capitalists, angel investors, incubators, and accelerators on this topic.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Many entrepreneurial programs feature a business plan competition, which is a great exercise. Bootstrapping 101. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct. ► July. (1). ► May.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. We bootstrapped it. There were no investors. We took out lines of credit on our homes; we maxed out credit cards.

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Gust

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Or is it still possible to bootstrap and build a company organically? Many other kinds of defenses also allow you to join the venture version of the “slow food” movement: robust intellectual property rights (say, obtained from a university partnership program), exclusive contracts with key suppliers or distributors, a prime physical location.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

He was the first American in 30 years to graduate from the 5-year brewing program at the Technical University of Munich , the highest technical degree in brewing engineering. Bootstrapping 101. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels.

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

However, a perfectly acceptable—and perhaps even better—answer is that there are no investors other than the founders, and the plan is to bootstrap the company as long as possible. If there are outside investors, they are likely to be on the board. Hopefully, there are one or two well-known venture capitalists.

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Tim Keane

AUGUST 10, 2006

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. So I was pleased when someone sent me this link to a terrific collection of high profile guest speakers from the Stanford technology ventures program, from the Stanford College of Engineering.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

The Dead developed an ardent fan abject Dead Heads, who attended multiple shows on each bout and traded bootleg tapes of their admired programs. Bootstrapping 101. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. November 16, 2011 8:51 AM.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

See you at the twelve step program. Bootstrapping 101. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. Ok, I admit it. After a couple of weeks off, I have now started another game. Steve Bennet. at 2:12 PM. Email This BlogThis!

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