Up and Running

MARCH 8, 2016

According to data from PayScale’s salary questionnaire, house cleaners, nationwide, earned an average of $15.09 So, you’re at a stage now where you know some important things: You’ve documented your key assumptions about your business. You know what your startup costs are and what you have to purchase to start.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. According to Brian Parks, “Bigfoot provides RBI, term loans, and lines of credit to SaaS businesses with $500k+ ARR. Our wheelhouse is bootstrapped (or lightly capitalized) SMB SaaS. Bigfoot Capital.

Revenue 60

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She drove her company to profitability before paying herself a modest salary. Unfortunately Tracy would learn first hand not much later that the business model has two components: both buying and selling. She sold many of her possessions on Craigslist and even sold her paintings and materials at less than cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2015

Here is where projections of cost, pricing, volumes and cash flow are critical. If your financial model projects a negative cash flow in this period of $400,000, you should buffer this amount by 25 percent, and ask for $500,000. Be prepared to explain your business model.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

AUGUST 16, 2011

Bootstrapping is the name of the game for most startups. By keeping their expenses low, particularly overhead costs, entrepreneurs are able to start businesses with limited initial funding. This stage of development usually involves two major changes: hiring employees and moving into a legitimate space for the business.

Bootstrapping 72

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. Versatile has built out a suite of no-cost portfolio acceleration services to help its companies succeed. Details here.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Magda, the new business owner, knows this deli office park business, so she knows more or less to educated guess what it’s going to cost her for each cup of coffee, for each lunch. In the business offering, features and benefits, launches, versions, sourcing, cost, in admin and finance, are we raising money?

Lean 60

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Edwin: Oh sorry, so the business model. Edwin: The business model is that the organizer has to pay. And standing out to a company that got $10 million dollars in funding even before they started Asana is going to be very hard if you bootstrap it with your savings. Jason: That’s called bootstrapping, right.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

You need to get your personal debt under control and the reason why is because you’re probably going to need to use that credit capacity in the early years of your business. Most people who bootstrap their business do it on their personal credit card and if yours are maxed out from the day you start your business you’re going nowhere fast.

Social Media 60

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Options and future value are great ‘add ons’ but not for a welfare check salary until ‘this great idea makes it.’ The project was so low cost they did not even want to bother with it. Thus why I decided to wait until the market allowed for low cost investment. Worst yet wasted 2-3 years in the process.

Technical Review 84

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

When youve bootstrapped a business where youre not drawing a salary and depleting whatever savings you have, thats one of the very difficult things to do," says Toby Stuart, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Home Based Businesses. Low Cost Franchises.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Youll estimate time and cost better. The programmer will probably not understand your business model, and therefore cant help you point out anything that doesnt make sense in the requirements. Thinking of your project in milestones makes all the difference. Misunderstandings cant run on too long. in a short period of time.

CTO Hire 84

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