Bootstrapping Related Topics 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
Larry was loathe to sell any of the company stock; he generally took a dim view of VCs and preferred to bootstrap. It took a long time for our market to develop, so Oracle wasn’t exactly a growth explosion in the early days. There we were, right under their noses! Sequoia Capital eventually invested just a little in us).
Steve Blank
MAY 26, 2009
Bootstrap for years! You can bootstrap without VC money. Yeah, I said. You kids have to learn to do it the old fashioned way they did it before they new economy and Silicon Valley. Reply David Locke , on June 8, 2009 at 8:48 am Said: In economics, there is an industry stack. Vertical markets are a risk and cost reduction strategy.
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 10, 2016
As soon as I would say, “We’re bootstrapped,” I would see their eyes go over my shoulder and look for someone more valuable to talk to. . Every networking event I would go to, the first, second or third question anybody would ask me is, “What round are you on? Who’s invested?”
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
Hopefully this will get more bootstrapping entrepreneurs focusing on making money instead of raising money. Reply Murali Krishna Devarakonda , on November 5, 2009 at 7:44 pm Said: Isn’t it amazing that entrepreneurs need to be told to go after their customers?
Steve Blank
AUGUST 23, 2016
You can bootstrap it. I learned that you can actually do things very inexpensively. You can build a Minimum Viable Product. You can learn from your customers. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 23, 2016
You can bootstrap it. I learned that you can actually do things very inexpensively. You can build a Minimum Viable Product. You can learn from your customers. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
We found we needed to hire expert starters—people who knew how to bootstrap, build MVPs, find a free or very low-cost way of testing a hypothesis, pitch, pivot, etc. In building capability, the company should look for “starters,” not “scalers.” Starters have a completely different mindset and skills than scalers have.
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