Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
Tiny bootstrapped teams usually don’t have a business plan, and probably don’t need one. They can iterate and evolve their business idea with a low burn rate and minimal dependencies. A formal plan will only add value after they finalize a model, build a team, and are ready to scale. You need money, and plan to do crowdfunding.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
Tiny bootstrapped teams usually don’t have a business plan, and probably don’t need one. They can iterate and evolve their business idea with a low burn rate and minimal dependencies. A formal plan will only add value after they finalize a model, build a team, and are ready to scale. You need money, and plan to do crowdfunding.
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Professor VC
JANUARY 27, 2011
How Much Diligence is Due.Or Ive addressed the due diligence question in previous posts, but this came up again in a debate we were having at a recent meeting of the Sand Hill Angels. And in order to increase our groups returns, one of our goals should be to get more people and man hours involved in the diligence process.
Tim Keane
DECEMBER 14, 2009
When this happens, (due in part to the need to keep fees low) things get both left out and included that later wisdom will suggest should've been included or left out. That advice is often both technical and srtructural. A low burn rate is a pearl of great price.
Professor VC
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
Dan Frommer, in Moneyball for tech startups , interviewed Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon, Paul Graham and Ben Horowitz on the topic. And given that four of the most important tech investors in the world seem skeptical of it, if someone can figure out a good formula that works, they may be able to exploit it". How Much Diligence is Due.
Professor VC
OCTOBER 11, 2010
While the flick has gotten rave critical reviews (93% on Flixster), the question of what percentage of the movie is true has also gotten a lot of discussion in the blogosphere. This is a good review of the movie and both books. How Much Diligence is Due. Bootstrapping 101. The last blogger in Silicon Valley.
Professor VC
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
DEMO has always been one of my favorite tech conferences. Labels: #democon , DEMO , tech conferences , vuvuzela. How Much Diligence is Due. Bootstrapping 101. I spent the past couple of days at the conference and certainly felt like it. There wasnt a lot of buzz in the air. All product, all the time. Steve Bennet.
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