ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Cristina currently has a couple of large customers in pilot mode, and is starting to show metrics on how much improvement IDES can deliver over existing analytics engines. And these pilots will pay for her early bootstrapping phase. There is no reason why she should do the pilots for free once she has a bit of credibility established.

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Partner Belgium Portugal Bootstrapping 117

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

It could be a good business to bootstrap the social/mobile edutainment business with. We discussed its growth strategy, and my advice is to build the ad agency and interactive marketing channels as the primary growth driver. global market a strong channel through Silicon Valley. A mistake, in my opinion. Techsailor.

Malaysia 114

Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Distribution Channel for Product Companies. Then Amit Gurung pitched a business plan to create a distribution channel for product companies trying to cater to the rural base-of-the-pyramid (BPO) market in India. It might be a much better alignment of skills. How does he mitigate that?

India 115

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 115

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

We discussed marketing, advertising and direct marketing agencies as being the best channel partners for him. Last up, Adarsh Jain pitched Fippy, a Web-based interface offering consumers customized mobile phone numbers in India. Taha needs to grow both bases, but subscribers a bit ahead of vendors.

Tanzania 128

Tanzania Africa Entrepreneur Startup 128

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The premium lounge includes an online curriculum addressing the common topics specific to very early stage entrepreneurship; private roundtables that many of you have requested; customer, channel partners, and investor introductions; media and analyst access; and a variety of other value-added services to make our entrepreneurs successful.

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Startup India Silicon Valley Incubator 113

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. SOCO Games. Photo by nosheep. Discuss.

Dilution 114

Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. As usual, then, I worked with three entrepreneurs working on specific businesses. Mava Consulting.

Vertical 115

Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

The company has bootstrapped using services, a philosophy we espouse heavily in 1M/1M, and has simultaneously gathered a group of angel investors who are supporting it through the next phase. We also discussed Dan's options vis-à-vis channel partners. We discussed a numbers of customer acquisition methods to do so. Social Pulse.

San Jose 115

San Jose Entrepreneur United States Washington 115

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Again, referring back to the Finisar case study I often teach on this topic , bootstrapping using services is a very effective way to build companies. Yes, I am sure Davids venture is eminently fundable within a few months.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Again, referring back to the Finisar case study I often teach on this topic , bootstrapping using services is a very effective way to build companies. Yes, I am sure Davids venture is eminently fundable within a few months.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

In fact, in college I used to joke that Electrical and Computer Engineers could write better code that Computer Scientists (not something I would argue about as voraciously now). Sourcing may also involve several trips to China, India, Thailand, or other countries and cities that you may not otherwise consider traveling to for vacation.

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Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The best composition is probably one engineer whose passion lies in the pixels on the screen and another engineer whose passion is making bits fly really fast through servers. is it really that the only people who can build great startups are engineers? Engineers don’t always have the best business ideas.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

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. Team building strategies – what is appropriate for a bootstrapped stage versus what is needed for funding.

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Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. OrangeScape. Invention Labs.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley India San Francisco Entrepreneur 118

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? Google Custom Search Engine. Google App Engine. Search Engine Optimization Tools. Google App Engine â?? Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53