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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

Content companies, for example, should be able to amass traffic and sell advertising on a bootstrapped budget before they come close to seeking equity financing—because you can, and because that’s the market expectation and that’s what your competitors are already doing. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Technology costs. See my interview a couple of years ago with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

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You Don’t Need to be Rich to be an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Technology costs. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

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That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Technology costs. See my interview a couple of years ago with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

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Be Part of the Entrepreneurial Revolution

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Technology costs. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each.

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ProfessorVC: How Much Diligence is Due.

Professor VC

I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. Bootstrapping 101. I immediately jumped up and called "b t". Share to Twitter Share to Facebook.

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ProfessorVC: Is the Grass Really Greener on the Dark Side?

Professor VC

During the next four months, we will examine over a dozen entrepreneurial ventures from a diverse mix of industries - technology, service, food & beverage, and fashion. After a successful career in a technology leader (Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, etc.) Bootstrapping 101. Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine. ► September. (1).