Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers. People talk about funding funding funding, bootstrapping, etc., Transitioning from founder sold bootstrapped revenue to a functioning sales team is certainly possible. And will lead to longer term success.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

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

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Too frequently, a concept is exciting but cannot be supported within the legal framework or is simply a recycled concept that is reliant upon ‘first mover’ advantage in their jurisdiction. ” Marijuana Business Daily put out a useful chart showing the profitability of each type of cannabis business— take a look here.

Las Vegas 144

Las Vegas District of Columbia Colorado North America 144

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

So you will likely get outspent on any paid marketing channel you may use to drive traffic to you at scale if there are other people trying to drive traffic to the same property. Another way is to have unique promotion channels, but these must be scalable. They sell their hardware at cost – say a new refrigerator.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

So you will likely get outspent on any paid marketing channel you may use to drive traffic to you at scale if there are other people trying to drive traffic to the same property. Another way is to have unique promotion channels, but these must be scalable. They sell their hardware at cost – say a new refrigerator.

Founder 48

Founder Sales Cycle Affiliate Retention 48

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. I decided it was time to put pen to paper and lay out what I see as a repeatable path with a higher-than-normal success rate, to bootstrapping yourself to the point of quitting your job. I call it The Stairstep Approach. all at once.

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 41

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. I decided it was time to put pen to paper and lay out what I see as a repeatable path with a higher-than-normal success rate, to bootstrapping yourself to the point of quitting your job. I call it The Stair Step Approach. all at once.

Bootstrapping 36

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 36

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

I started embracing it as a framework on my podcast around 2010, and in 2013 I gave it a name. I decided it was time to put pen to paper and lay out what I see as a repeatable path with a higher-than-normal success rate, to bootstrapping yourself to the point of quitting your job. I call it The Stairstep Approach. all at once.

Bootstrapping 27

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 27

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 6, 2012

I know firsthand what it takes to bootstrap a business from the ground up. Given enough determination, it’s never too late to acquire the skills and the mindset you need to bootstrap a start-up. And in return, the NPOs received donated product and manpower at events, as well as publicity via Barefoot’s distribution channels.

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Bootstrapping Framework Naming Entrepreneur 212

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. And finally, we have defined 1M/1M as a framework for capitalism 2.0, a distributed, democratic model of capitalism.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Our community has successfully established a culture of bootstrapping as a counterforce to the compulsive rush to financing that entrepreneurs often mistakenly engage in, only to be rejected over and again by investors. And finally, we have defined 1M/1M as a framework for capitalism 2.0, a distributed, democratic model of capitalism.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley India San Francisco Entrepreneur 118

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Tools that technical people have had for years (project management methods and tools, programming frameworks, etc.) Spencer Fry , Founder of two bootstrapped companies. Check egos at the door - Keep the communication channels open [link] ot.com/. Developers who understand and can execute on a business model.

Technical Review 51

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Express : Express is built on NodeJS framework. Web frameworks. Zend Framework (PHP). open source framework for Ruby. a PHP open source framework. high-level Python framework. Get Satisfaction. Eventbrite.

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