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Ways to bootstrap a startup: “working in waves”

joel.is

Lessons shared by Joel Gascoigne , a fledgling entrepreneur and contract web developer currently based in Birmingham, UK. Lessons shared by Joel Gascoigne , a fledgling entrepreneur and contract web developer currently based in Birmingham, UK. I’d like to share some of my reflections on how to bootstrap a startup from zero funds.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

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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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. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase.

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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.

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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. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Gust

That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Try Web-Ex, free teleconferencing, and Skype instead of international travel for client meetings. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase.

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Blue Collar VC

Mucker Lab

Four years after founding and bootstrapping Mucker Capital , we are pleased to announce the close of a new $45 million fund, Mucker III. We’ve been doing Internet stuff our whole careers, since the graphical web became a mass-market, commercial medium in the 1990s. We’ve ridden the ups and downs of economic cycles.