David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2016

by Rebecca Weible, founder of Yo Yoga! When you’re opening a business with very little money, you know logically that this will make an already hard thing even harder and require even more work. ’ Rebecca Weible is the founder of Yo Yoga! But you don’t actually know until you are in the thick of it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Yet startup founders are often lonely, since no one else can make their decisions. How strong is your passion for people and business? You have to enjoy working with people -- partners, customers, investors and more -- as well as products to start a business. Which business model best suits your mentality?

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Columbus Bootstrapping Equity Entrepreneur 312

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2021

Other entrepreneurs skip just a couple of the elements outlined in my original article, “ These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable. Investors know that first-time entrepreneurs who start a business without a good written plan almost always fail. Investors bet on the team, more than the business plan.

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Intellectual Property Bootstrapping Venture Capital Revenue 429

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2015

How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Even if you are bootstrapping your business, and you are the only investor, you should be asking yourself the same question. Customer support is more than handling exceptions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Most technologists have little interest in the mechanics of starting and building a business. That’s why I recommend that they find a co-founder who loves business challenges, including marketing and finance. Outside investors are most interested in scaling a proven business model, not research and development.

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Technical Review Intellectual Property Cofounder Bootstrapping 120

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

business model and team. I usually don’t back a business unless there are founders that can build, sell, and service the new solution that is being brought to market. In this case, they could build and service it but they needed a third co-founder to sell it. There is usually a way. What is a good team?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2020

When I heard a friend and business mentor say, “Your startup won’t fail if you don’t quit,” I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt “never give up” as their mantra. Rather than quitting, there are always alternatives, like pivoting the business model or merging with new partners for support.

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Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Business Model Social Media 304

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Yet startup founders are often lonely, since no one else can make their decisions. How strong is your passion for people and business? You have to enjoy working with people -- partners, customers, investors and more -- as well as products to start a business. Which business model best suits your mentality?

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Columbus Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Equity 338

Gust

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Based on the Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom a while back, personal money, or bootstrapping, continues to be the primary startup funding source. At least wait until later, when you ready to scale, and have some “leverage” based on a proven business model, some real customers, and real revenue.

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Bootstrapping Entrepreneur Startup Burn Rate 191

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Steve is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries. Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. 15:05] Do you think that the no headquarters model is going to impact startups going forward? [17:14]

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San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 97

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

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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Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

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. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

In other words, you must start bootstrapping an online startup , because the future of the global business world is online. The companies that have the greatest chance of surviving the global economic shutdown are the ones that have pivoted their business processes from the brick-and-mortar model to an online model.

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Bootstrapping Global Startup Hungary 85

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

She found her audience and her business model and focused on scaling her concept and she made it work. Our intrepid founder, Tomas Gorny, has a classic immigrant entrepreneur story. But, his tenacity is impresive: he pulled himself back up by the bootstraps, and founded Nextiva which today generates more than $100M ARR.

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Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Bootstrapping B2B 75

blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. Captain Recruiter. Real Advice. No Nonsense.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Software Engineering 40

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2017

Yet startup founders are often lonely, since no one else can make their decisions. How strong is your passion for people and business? You have to enjoy working with people -- partners, customers, investors and more -- as well as products to start a business. Which business model best suits your mentality?

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Columbus Bootstrapping Equity Entrepreneur 227

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. So far I have shared with you 9 simple steps to start your own tech business ((don’t miss part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ). Raise your first round of money, or bootstrap. There are two ways to start a tech business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2018

When I heard a friend and business mentor say, “Your startup won’t fail if you don’t quit,” I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt “never give up” as their mantra. Rather than quitting, there are always alternatives, like pivoting the business model or merging with new partners for support.

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Bootstrapping Business Model Social Media Partner 141

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2014

When I heard a friend and business mentor say, “Your startup won’t fail if you don’t quit,” I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt “never give up” as their mantra. Rather than quitting, there are always alternatives, like pivoting the business model or merging with new partners for support.

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Startup Bootstrapping Business Model Social Media 275

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Yet many entrepreneurs rely on expensive outside services and outside money, rather than do the networking for a co-founder or two who have the right skills to work for equity. Bootstrapping not only reduces cash needs, but increases commitment. These would include the following: You have a proven business model.

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Bootstrapping Cofounder Equity Agile 120

Austin Startup

MARCH 2, 2019

Speak with potential customers, speak with industry experts, speak with potential partners?—?validate I’m also a product of bootstrapped entrepreneurs?—?my The first post was sent to me by Josh McClure, the co-founder and CEO of Real Massive, who I first referenced in my Lucky7 post about Lola Savannah.

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Advisory Board Cofounder Greece Bootstrapping 51

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when).

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Our community has successfully established a culture of bootstrapping as a counterforce to the compulsive rush to financing that entrepreneurs mistakenly often engage in, only to be rejected over and again by investors. This, of course, doesn’t mean that we discourage entrepreneurs to seek financing.

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Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

  He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.    Angels can allow founders to partially cash out if they choose to.    vesting (of founders stock) is a way for founders to protect themselves from one another. 

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2016

I still hear often the dream of a free service to users, supported by advertising, per the Facebook model. Business founders need deep pockets for this model. You need local partners and relationships for credibility. Monetization may require multiple business models.

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New York City Kansas Advertising Cash Position 158

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Is there a profitable business model? The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions. Can it scale?”

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 262

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Carolyn serves as the co-founder and CEO of Hello Alice. Hello Alice is a free, data-driven, and multichannel platform helping small business owners on their entrepreneurial journey by providing access to relevant funding networks and technical assistance tools while increasing owner success rates. Business model.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Networking Community 80

Up and Running

DECEMBER 23, 2019

One of the most important decisions a new business owner can make is how they’re going to finance their venture. . Bootstrapping, saving funds over years, borrowing from friends and family, taking out a bank loan and pitching investors are all viable options, but some will work better than others for your specific business. .

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Finance Sweat Equity Bootstrapping Entrepreneur 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2016

When I heard a friend and business mentor say, “Your startup won’t fail if you don’t quit,” I realized that every entrepreneur should adopt “never give up” as their mantra. Rather than quitting, there are always alternatives, like pivoting the business model or merging with new partners for support.

Bootstrapping 120

Bootstrapping Business Model Social Media Partner 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2013

The number one reason is that the founder quits. This suggests you have lost your passion for the current business model, probably because someone suggested you change from your original concept to make it easier, or to make more money. So you made some bad hiring or partner decisions. We all make people mistakes.

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Turkey Startup Bootstrapping Differentiation 252

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2013

Other entrepreneurs skip just a couple of the elements outlined in my previous article, “ These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable. Investors know that entrepreneurs who start a business without a good written plan almost always fail. Investors bet on the team, more than the business plan. Inexperienced team.

Intellectual Property 244

Intellectual Property Startup Bootstrapping Venture Capital 244

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2013

Based on the latest Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, personal money, or bootstrapping, continued to be the primary startup funding in 2012. At least wait until later, when you ready to scale, and have some “leverage” based on a proven business model, some real customers, and real revenue.

Startup 264

Startup Burn Rate Bootstrapping Valuation 264

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2012

Investors know that entrepreneurs who start a business without a good written plan almost always fail. Investors bet on the team, more than the business plan. Your business model may be very attractive, but if you are new to this, you may not be fundable. Inexperienced team.

Intellectual Property 261

Intellectual Property Bootstrapping Venture Capital Business Plan 261

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

At Hustle Fund, we back both first time founders as well as repeat founders. One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. Business customers, depending on the problem, are less price sensitive than consumers.

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Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

At Hustle Fund, we back both first time founders as well as repeat founders. One thing I’ve noticed is that almost every repeat, previously-successful-founder focuses on the same thing for their respective startups: customer acquisition. Business customers, depending on the problem, are less price sensitive than consumers.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2015

Yet startup founders are often lonely, since no one else can make their decisions. You have to enjoy working with people -- partners, customers, investors and more -- as well as products to start a business. Which business model best suits your mentality? How strong is your passion for this opportunity?

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Columbus Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Equity 120