Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. The net is that if I see a website business plan today with a projected development cost greater than $200K, I suspect the founder must be including some fancy perks, or they don’t understand the market dynamics of e-commerce today.

eCommerce 196

eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping .Net 196

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Recruiting Startup Engineers Engineers are humans, we have bills to pay, families to take care of, friends that we want to spend time with, and on occasion indulge in the latest tech gadget. Contrary to the way we carry ourselves we’re not robots (although I do enjoy being called a machine - but I’m not Summer Glau).

Technical Cofounder 241

Technical Cofounder CTO Hire Equity Sweat Equity 241

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Others may indeed make good family businesses, but are usually deemed worth investment. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

New York City 254

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 254

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. Friends and family. Partner with distributor or beneficiary.

Technical Review 233

Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 233

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. The net is that if I see a website business plan today with a projected development cost greater than $200K, I suspect the founder must be including some fancy perks, or they don’t understand the market dynamics of e-commerce today.

Cost 220

Cost Startup Hosting Bootstrapping 220

Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. Friends and family. Partner with distributor or beneficiary.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Bootstrapping Venture Capital Incubator 164

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Others may indeed make good family businesses, but are usually deemed worth investment. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

New York City 120

New York City Silicon Valley Startup Bootstrapping 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping you growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. Friends and family. Partner with beneficiary company.

Technical Review 149

Technical Review Bootstrapping Startup Venture Capital 149

Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2014

What about bootstrapping? When you’re starting a business to build your own luck, you don’t often have a lot of start up capital. Plan ahead. Business planning has been a big factor for Theme Dragon since the beginning, and in any smart business, you want to know where you’re headed.

Bootstrapping 107

Bootstrapping Cofounder Portland Burn Rate 107

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

While you are working away on your business plan, looking for ways to raise capital, finding the right people to hire, etc., Bootstrapping can be fun, you get to iterate quickly, turn on dimes, invent new features on the fly. We should have slowed down just a tad to plan a few steps further out when naming things.

Cofounder 164

Cofounder Founder Startup Bootstrapping 164

Up and Running

JULY 1, 2015

No matter what your idea is, one of these options is likely to be a perfect fit for your new business’s cash needs. Bootstrapping. Personally funding your startup doesn’t have to mean using your own money to pay for the initial startup costs and development of your business. At the end of the day, every cent counts!

Bootstrapping 60

Bootstrapping Angel Investor Venture Capital Finder 60

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

To organize my thoughts, I found a new book, “ Burn the Business Plan ,” by Carl Schramm, who speaks from experience founding five companies, working major corporate roles, and being an active venture investor. You need a business degree to start a venture today. Business strategies are best learned from experience.

Incubator 180

Incubator Angel Investor Dilution Equity 180

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Raise your first round of money, or bootstrap. There are two ways to start a tech business. You either do it on your own, taking all risks and responsibility yourself (“bootstrapping”), or you find investors that believe in your company. I hired very junior people, many directly from college, or from their first jobs.

Management 120

Management Cofounder Startup Bootstrapping 120

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

We determined that we could best monetize the business by focusing on online marketing, particularly our pay-per-click services. We didn’t throw away all of our business plan, but tabled some ideas with the mindset of re-introducing them when the company could support and scale them.

Business Model 133

Business Model Technical Review Advertising B2C 133

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Business Plans Are an Historic Artifact | WSJ – [link]. Micro VC’s and Super Angels Two Years Later – Looking Back and Some Predictions for the Future | Business Insider – [link]. The Series A Crunch: One More Reason to Bootstrap and Skip Venture Capital | Enterprise Irregulars - [link].

Social Media 104

Social Media Small Business Design Media 104

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

There's a thriving geek culture in Paris, and no lack of software development expertise, thanks to superior universities that produce superior engineers. OSEO can be involved during very early stage activities, such as business plan creation and feasibility studies. All those struggling, bootstrapping, Ramen-eating founders?

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2012

One of the biggest myths I still see in the community of new entrepreneurs is the assumption that “All I need is a good idea, and some investor will give me the big money I need to build the business.” In reality, investors fund good business plans, not big dreams. It’s all in the execution.

Bandwidth 236

Bandwidth Bootstrapping Equity Startup 236

www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Entrepreneur Homepage Startups Starting a Business Home How-To Guides Startup Basics Business Ideas Business Planning Startup Financing Success Stories Home-Based Business Starting a Business Play Video How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business (Video). Play Video. Play Video.

Sweat Equity 55

Sweat Equity Equity Fractional CTO CTO 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Establishing the legal structure for your business, registering trademarks, filing copyrights and patents, and drafting partnership agreements used to require extensive attorney fees and ongoing consultation. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff.

Cost 255

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 255

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Often I find that experienced investors flip to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. The most common solution is that you “bootstrap” your business, or fund it yourself, at least to the point that your “traction” is evident (you have a product, you have customers, you have revenue).

Startup 235

Startup Bootstrapping Social Network Internet 235

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Often I find that experienced investors flip to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. The most common solution is that you “bootstrap” your business, or fund it yourself, at least to the point that your “traction” is evident (you have a product, you have customers, you have revenue).

Startup 233

Startup Bootstrapping Internet Restful 233

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2011

One of the biggest myths I still see in the community of new entrepreneurs is the assumption that “All I need is a good idea, and some investor will give me the big money I need to build the business.” In reality, investors fund good business plans, not big dreams. It’s all in the execution.

Entrepreneur 233

Entrepreneur Bandwidth Equity Bootstrapping 233

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Establishing the legal structure for your business, registering trademarks, filing copyrights and patents, and drafting partnership agreements used to require extensive attorney fees and ongoing consultation. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff.

Entrepreneur 235

Entrepreneur Burn Rate SEM Social Network 235

Gust

JULY 29, 2012

One of the biggest myths I still see in the community of new entrepreneurs is the assumption that “All I need is a good idea, and some investor will give me the big money I need to build the business.” In reality, investors fund good business plans, not big dreams. It’s all in the execution.

Bandwidth 155

Bandwidth Bootstrapping Equity Startup 155

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Sometimes it’s necessary to bootstrap your company as a home-based business while managing fewer resources. This might be because you don’t wish to burden a new business with debt before it’s even had a chance to find its first customers, or simply because you disagree with borrowing money. Medium to Long-term Objectives.

Cloud 93

Cloud Bootstrapping Social Media Security 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2010

But if you have deep domain knowledge and business experience in engine technology, you will likely find many people who will buy or invest in your new alternative fuel startup. Highlight in your investor presentation, and your business plan, that you have tuned your plan to account for today's realities.

Bootstrapping 212

Bootstrapping Green Government Engineer 212

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Don't be blinded by vision Recognize and embrace your constraints Have a growth plan The best tools aren't always that cool You'll probably fail Quit now. Lecture topic : Luck, Bootstrapping, and Optimizing Your Happiness. You don't need a business plan. Tom Preston-Werner: Founder, GitHub. Ron Conway: SV Angel.

Founder 159

Founder Cofounder Silicon Valley Bootstrapping 159

Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Establishing the legal structure for your business, registering trademarks, filing copyrights and patents, and drafting partnership agreements used to require extensive attorney fees and ongoing consultation. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff.

Cost 139

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 139

blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

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. You may get a software engineer to start something for you, but they wont stick with the project when it gets difficult.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Software Engineering 40

Gust

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Often I find that experienced investors flip to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. The most common solution is that you “bootstrap” your business, or fund it yourself, at least to the point that your “traction” is evident (you have a product, you have customers, you have revenue).

Startup 147

Startup Bootstrapping Social Network Internet 147

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2010

I was an engineer so I started a surveying company, because that's what I knew. It's going to take twice as much money and twice as much time and nine out of 10 businesses fail. You've got to have capital or know how to bootstrap it. Build a business plan first. So that was my beginnings.

Entrepreneur 208

Entrepreneur Advisory Board Social Media Washington 208

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

I think this idea is particularly appealing to those of us from an engineering background. Certainly venture-backed startups don’t have this luxury – every business plan has a model in it. By reducing the decisions we have to make to a series of quantitative questions, we can avoid a lot of real-life messiness.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Up and Running

DECEMBER 20, 2017

It doesn’t matter if you’re starting your cannabis business in Washington, Colorado, or Maine; you should start by building authentic relationships with your local cannabis community.” With any startup, investment capital is crucial to getting your business plan off the ground. ” Raise enough capital.

Las Vegas 144

Las Vegas District of Columbia Colorado North America 144

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2010

One of the biggest myths I still see in the community of new entrepreneurs is assumption that “All I need is a good idea, and some investor will give me the cash I need to build the business.” In reality, investors fund good business plans, not good ideas. A related myth is that it takes a lot of money to start a business.

Bandwidth 128

Bandwidth Equity Bootstrapping Matching 128

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Establishing the legal structure for your business, registering trademarks, filing copyrights and patents, and drafting partnership agreements used to require extensive attorney fees and ongoing consultation. I now see and believe business plans that budget $1K for all this, versus a previous $20K or more. Facilities and staff.

Burn Rate 125

Burn Rate SEM Social Network Angel Investor 125

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Upon graduating college with a degree in engineering, he got a job at Lockheed Martin. Create your business plan today and keep it up-to-date. Your business is always changing. And as your business changes, different forms of funding become available, and you'll come across different types of lenders and investors.

Georgia 85

Georgia Venture Capital Angel Investor Bootstrapping 85

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Now, as for the presenters, first up today was Benson Hall with Advanced Dental Technologies , presenting a business plan to bring Cone Beam Dental Imaging machines to a large number of consumers. She has founded three companies, writes a business blog, Sramana Mitra on Strategy , and runs the 1M/1M initiative.

Startup 113

Startup India Silicon Valley Incubator 113