The Startup Magazine

JUNE 14, 2019

Bootstrapping going by the author of the Ulysses, James Joyce implies forcing your way to the top from the lowest of ranks by the aid of your bootstraps. Bootstrapping is a common way to fund a prospect. These are family and friends that help with your startup bootstrapping. 4. Plan ahead. Private borrowing.

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Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2014

When someone asks me for the best way to fund a startup, I always say bootstrap it, meaning fund it yourself and grow organically. Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Image via Flickr from Food For Thought album.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Or you can always bootstrap the idea yourself, get some traction, and build your first startup organically.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. Maybe that’s why bootstrapped startups are the norm, rather than externally funded ones. Marty Zwilling.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2015

Espousing that borrowing money and debt are optional, the book proposed that entrepreneurs starting such businesses were more interested in the lifestyle it offered rather than making oodles of cash. Let me cover the salient points of the book. The book also covered ways to raise funds and increase profits. 4 Compelling offer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

When someone asks me for the best way to fund a startup, I always say bootstrap it, meaning fund it yourself and grow organically. Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Marty Zwilling.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

Startup CEO (OnlyOnce – the book!), My book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business , is now available for pre-order on Amazon in multiple formats ( Print , Kindle ), which is an exciting milestone in this project! Writing a book is a LOT harder than I expected! Part III – Pre-Order Now. questions”.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 21, 2012

The title of the book by Jonathan Moules, “ The Rebel Entrepreneur: Rewriting the Business Rulebook “, initially seemed like a form of tautology. Here’s an idea of what the book covers, as broken down by chapter headers: 1. Bootstrap, bootstrap, bootstrap. Funding is for fools. His advice?

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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. His book titled From Grassroots To Greatness: 13 Rules to Build Iconic Brands with Community Led Growth. 11:32] The subtitle of the book has 13 rules. So let's get into the book from Grassroots to Greatness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. Maybe that’s why bootstrapped startups are the norm, rather than externally funded ones. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

I just finished a new book, “ Raise Capital on Your Own Terms: How to Fund Your Business Without Selling Your Soul ,” by Jenny Kassan, who has been in the business for over 20 years as an attorney and fund raiser. Prepare to spend as much as 80 percent of your time for a couple of months looking for and following up with investors.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

Bootstrapping 101. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country. Bootstrapping 101.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

When I think of some of my favorite TechStars companies, such as Occipital , they bootstrapped for several years before raising any money (well documented in the book Do More Faster ) and even then could have easily built their business without raising any money. Don’t forget to bootstrap.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2011

I also implemented things I learnt in copywriting books. Master the art of bootstrapping: aim to “bootstrap” first. With TV and media finding the whole Venture Capitalist deal glamorous, it can be easy to forget bootstrapping – but owning 100% of something smaller is way more satisfying than owning just part of something bigger.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

While you may be enamored with becoming an entrepreneur and bootstrapping your business, don’t quit your day job. Just to be clear, maintaining clean books is the baseline. There’s actually a lot of value in bootstrapping your business. It’ll also help you set strategic milestones to enter the market successfully.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Even though everyone has an opinion on good early stage practices, I was impressed with the actionable blueprint in the classic book by Scott Duffy, “ Launch! Are you going to bootstrap, or borrow from personal assets? Have an attorney set your business up as a Corporation, by the books, before the first transaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

I saw a good summary of the most effective ways to source prospective investors in a classic book, “ The Art of Startup Fundraising ,” by Alejandro Cremades, who has been there and done that, both as an entrepreneur and an investor. It works best for solutions that have social value and mass appeal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2020

I’ve long had my own views about why this is happening, and they were supported by what I found in a new book, “ Ageless Startup ,” written by a fellow successful entrepreneur and senior, Rick Terrien. Use your ability to bootstrap and set a sustainable base. You also know when to say no, and don’t try to solve every problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Or you can always bootstrap the idea yourself, get some traction, and build your first startup organically.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2014

In other words, you have done wonders while “bootstrapping.” Nothing gets an investor to open their check book like identifying a big problem and offering a clear solution. Unless you’re a serial entrepreneur who has started and sold companies in the past. Show Capital Efficiency.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2017

Every country has scores of good business schools, there are thousands of books on the subject, and at the basic level, the disciplines to build all business are essentially the same, no matter what the domain. This has been particularly surprising to me, since building a business is not rocket science.

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Up and Running

JUNE 4, 2018

For some students, it’s quite sufficient just to earn a little extra money part time to pay for books and nights out, and all of the above ideas will fit the bill. It’s easier to bootstrap. It’s important to note that while the likes of Facebook and Dell are often referred to as bootstrapped, that’s actually a bit of a myth.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 16, 2019

No matter how fantastic your innovations are or excellent your new ideas appear to be, you will always need capital to bootstrap any business innovations you might have. He especially enjoys writing content after researching and analyzing different resources whether they are books, articles or online stuff. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Thus I was happy to see a new book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Or you can always bootstrap the idea yourself, get some traction, and build your first startup organically.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

I saw a good summary of the most effective ways to source prospective investors in a classic book, “ The Art of Startup Fundraising ,” by Alejandro Cremades, who has been there and done that, both as an entrepreneur and an investor. It works best for solutions that have social value and mass appeal.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 16, 2012

Turning Down a Dream Book Deal. But it became clear that writing this book was going to interfere with the big plans I had for my company for the latter half of 2012: namely, the creation of my new, advanced Web mastery course for women. Bootstrapping the Company. Nathalie Lussier , Nathalie Lussier Media.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

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. We see Bizosys as a promising niche vendor with demonstrated capabilities in creative bootstrapping. RightNow's per agent price starts at $110 per agent per month.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

In totality, these posts are at least as long as most business books. I could write a book on this post alone. Read my Lucky7 Bootstrap or VC? Also, it is very important that you maintain a bootstrap mentality to the greatest extent possible after you take funding. Momentum has a way of building?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

I recently found the classic sales training book “ Bootstrap Selling The Sandler Way ,” by Bill Morrison, who has 20 years in sales leadership roles, and I was amazed at how many of his sales lessons are great lessons for new entrepreneurs as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Even though everyone has an opinion on good early stage practices, I was impressed with the actionable blueprint in the classic book by Scott Duffy, “ Launch! Are you going to bootstrap, or borrow from personal assets? Have an attorney set your business up as a Corporation, by the books, before the first transaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

When someone asks me for the best way to fund a startup, I always say bootstrap it, meaning fund it yourself and grow organically. Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Marty Zwilling.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

At today's roundtable, we had some very interesting discussions on creative bootstrapping. Is the book business too crowded? I recently wrote an article on this topic, calling all EDA entrepreneurs to build $5 million to $10 million to $20 million cash businesses that are self-financed, bootstrapped, and built organically.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

I recently finished a new sales training book “ Bootstrap Selling The Sandler Way ,” by Bill Morrison, who has 20 years in sales leadership roles, and I was amazed at how many of his sales lessons are great lessons for new entrepreneurs as well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Or you can always bootstrap the idea yourself, get some traction, and build your first startup organically.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 28, 2022

Thanks to Khamis Maiouf, Book of Barbering ! #14- She has authored fifteen books, many of them being bestsellers. Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is an image that resonates with me when I think about what makes a successful entrepreneur, and Carnegie definitely represents that image. 14- Arianna Huffington.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

The only way an entrepreneur can really dodge this issue is to totally fund the startup with personal funds (bootstrapping). Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these great points of practical advice on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

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. Then Zubair Ansari with CionSystems pitched a new IT provisioning and de-provisioning system that aims to handle the growing complexity of cloud adoption.

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