Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.   First , dividends.   Why is this fair? .

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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. This solid foundation will make things much easier down the road.

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San Francisco Startup PHP San Diego 44

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., but few step back and really examine the underlying assumptions of startup finance. First of all, they are not selling their product by hand.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Camden is the Founder and CEO of the Nonprofit Organization Beyond the Crisis Beyond the Crisis, the food-distribution charity, which has distributed over 100,000 dollars of food items to housing communities and homeless shelters across Massachusetts. John Jantsch (00:48): Welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

Entrepreneur 71

Entrepreneur Massachusetts Distribution Networking 71

Tim Keane

MARCH 4, 2011

How should I finance my new venture?  I looked at a medical product recently and asked the obvious questions about competition, distribution strategy, pricing, and so forth.  I looked at a medical product recently and asked the obvious questions about competition, distribution strategy, pricing, and so forth.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Distribution challenges? Understand finance.  Never, ever “let Mikey do it.”  Know, yourself, how your venture is financed, what the alternatives are, and when you will know it is time to execute them. Distribution challenges? Understand finance. Bootstrapping. Books I Like. October 2010.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

What’s the concept of all of this that you’re talking about and then in financing? I just thought it was a good question to set the context of lean planning and when somebody should use it, because so many of our webinar attendees are in the process of getting financing. What distribution, are we using gems or are we a web?

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Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. He needs to generate enough profit so that he can grow organically and build his business systematically, and without expecting a lot of outside financing. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. He needs to generate enough profit so that he can grow organically and build his business systematically, and without expecting a lot of outside financing. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In this two-part guide to starting a brewery, we’re going to talk with brewers who’ve been there-done-that, and we’ll get insights from experts in supporting industries such as insurance and finance, as well as discuss regulatory issues. In part two, we’ll discuss finances, insurance, and regulations for breweries.

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K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

As Don Norman outlines in his book Emotional Design — humans are emotional beings and the emotions that the design of the product creates can play an important part in how a user perceives the quality and the functionality of the product. This introduces new risks in terms of forecasting, financing, and logistics.

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

Tim Keane

APRIL 24, 2006

However, the distribution channel we had planned to use lacked the sophistication ultimately required by the product design, and the manufacturers adoption cycle was insufficient. Reducing risk for the next round of financing yields a higher investment value. Bootstrapping. Books I Like. If it does not work, get out.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Venture Capital 60

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

In this guide to starting a brewery, we’re going to talk with brewers who’ve been-there-done-that, and we’ll get insights from experts in supporting industries such as insurance and finance, as well as discuss regulatory issues. Watch your finances. The ColdFire Brewing team meets to plan marketing. Martin Cove Brewing Company.

Oregon 24

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Every time I think about the topic of ‘starting a business’, I recall a book I read years ago: “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”. If you’re not sure where to get started in terms of reading, take a look at our list of business blogs you should be reading but probably aren’t and the list of books we encourage you to start working through.

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Elevator Pitch Software Review SBA Business Plan 166

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. You can grow without money, but only if you stop imitating the startups that have closed a round of financing. Not Distribution.

Venture Capital 71

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Distribution Conversion Ratio 71

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

So on the basis of the chapter, Simon then offered us a three book deal, which after lots of creative struggle, became The Quantum Thief and it's two sequels, The Fractal Prince and The Causal Angel. Now, it is on my list to read a couple of books on the 1918 epidemic. Eric Ries : Oh, remarkable book, remarkable.

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Founder Technical Review Leadership Software Review 60

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Google buzz Advertise Network Blippr iPhone App Mashable France MashDeck Twitter App Mobile Site Social Media Events Twitter Guide Book Facebook Guide Book Partners App Development WordPress Expert Rackspace Hosting MaxCDN Content Delivery Dynect Managed DNS ConVerdge Communities About Us Submit a Tip!

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Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

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. You can grow without money, but only if you stop imitating the startups that have closed a round of financing. Not Distribution.

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. You can grow without money, but only if you stop imitating the startups that have closed a round of financing. Not Distribution.

Venture Capital 27

Venture Capital Bootstrapping Distribution Conversion Ratio 27

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Finance, Banking, Loans, etc. Semiconductors.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

SM: In September 2008, when the first Entrepreneur Journeys book was released, D.D. Ganguly, CEO of DimDim, suggested that we organized “virtual book readings” over their platform. Through the spring of 2010, we released four volumes of EJ books and continued to experiment with the roundtables, which became increasingly popular.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. While non bank business financing is currently miniscule by comparison, the numbers from kickstarter.com tell us something is brewing. What if you had to book an appointment to visit the store? And now it is over.

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Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

But we had a solid product, strong weekly revenue growth (10% week over week), and two distribution/marketing channels that were already paying dividends. Incubators like Y Combinator are certainly a viable route to take to help you move from bootstrapped startup to seed round. Using Incubators/Accelerators to Bridge the Gap.

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Founder Incubator Cofounder Accredited Investor 142

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. Our community has successfully established a culture of bootstrapping as a counterforce to the compulsive rush to financing that entrepreneurs often mistakenly engage in, only to be rejected over and again by investors.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley India San Francisco Entrepreneur 118

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

You can argue that the DNA created by Microsoft's over emphasis on distribution (Steve) and development (Bill), has ultimately cost it $50bn or more in lost revenue, market share and market capitalization. Perhaps the nomenclature is off, but a distributor suggests that there is something to distribute.

Technical Review 51

Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Clear Books. free, distributed source code control management system. easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. SlideShare. Haiku Deck. GoAnimate *. Customer service. Eventbrite.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53