YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2015

by Mark McDonald, co-founder and co-CEO of Appster. Bootstrap + Mailchimp, both free). Meetup.com is a great source for finding targeted communities you can engage with. Mark McDonald is the co-founder and co-CEO of Australia’s Leading App Development Company , Appster.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

It’s been 6 month since my co-founder and I started Reset ?—?a In that time, I’ve been consistently delighted by the support and enthusiasm of the Austin startup community. In July I spoke on a panel at 3 Day Startup Global Roundup, an opportunity that sprung out of a connection in a Female Founders Facebook Group.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link]. The Series A Crunch: One More Reason to Bootstrap and Skip Venture Capital | Enterprise Irregulars - [link]. What Makes People Happy?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

We will see a lot of altruistic entrepreneurs that want to help people, communities, and the environment based on the significance the young generation gives today to the wellbeing of society. 17- Saturated with bootstrapped businesses. More entrepreneurs will therefore have to bootstrap their business.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! Successful businesses that give back to the community, and it’s all on brand. March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

by Arsalan Sajid, startup community manager at Cloudways. According to Lee M Von Kraus, PHD and a mentor at Clarity.fm, “Early stage startups are usually pre-money startup that are bootstrapping the early development of a product.”. You are looking for cofounders that can help you build a product. cases you will fail.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

Data sources include the publications, competitors, influencers, podcasts, and communities that your audience engages with the most. With industry trends identified, your next step is to identify relevant communities and conversations. Collect data sources for quantitative insights. Conduct content-driven client interviews.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We have now grown into an overnight hit, as we had built up a huge community of black women with skin conditions years before even launching Topicals. My co-founder, Paul Pirner and I were old friends and craft beer lovers who had each decided (independently of one another) to adopt an alcohol-free lifestyle.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

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. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Decathlon Capital.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors. However, according to Bryce Roberts, co-founder of Indie.VC, only 0.6%

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Carolyn serves as the co-founder and CEO of Hello Alice. Carolyn Rodz co-founded a free digital platform that connects business owners with the resources they need to launch and grow. 16:24] What type of networking have you found the community responds to? [18:16] She serves as the co-founder and CEO of Hello Alice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2023

That’s why investors acknowledge that two co-founders are often better than one -- with one focusing on the technical solution, and the other focusing on defining and building the business model. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment. These two jobs need to be done in parallel.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2018

My co-founder, Jason Novek, and I got into Y Combinator when there were 27 total companies in the batch and only four YC partners in existence. The product was simple, and didn’t work every time, but after three months we had several newspapers cranking and it was enough to let my now co-founder quit his job in the “real world.”

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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. Raise your first round of money, or bootstrap. You either do it on your own, taking all risks and responsibility yourself (“bootstrapping”), or you find investors that believe in your company. 60-70% for founders.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Human Resources Play Video Shark Tanks Barbara Corcoran on Bootstrapping a Growing a Business (Video). When you're getting started, sweat equity is often a critical component of your negotiating leverage with co-founders, early stage employees and others who aren't paid market wages to help you grow your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2021

That’s why investors acknowledge that two co-founders are often better than one -- with one focusing on the technical solution, and the other focusing on defining and building the business model. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment. These two jobs need to be done in parallel.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 5, 2017

My dream mentor would be Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com. Melody McClusky, co founder and CEO of StyleSeat, would be my dream mentor. And, now that she has the means to do so, she gives back to her community and those who are today where she was so long ago. Michael Dubin – Founder of The Dollar Shave Club.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

Andrew Ellis, one of the co-founders of SignNow.com, was so enthusiastic about his company, I’m going to let him do most the talking on this one: How would you explain what you do to somebody’s grandmother? People who need a fast signature only need to upload the document and then sign and send it.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed. Presenters: Sarah Allen (Co-Founder & CTO, Mightyverse) and Paul Lundahl (Creative Director, Mightyverse). Presenter: Jennifer Bonnett (Founder & CEO, Nexpense). Mobile Track — Pitch 2010 Finalist — Nexpense.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Even less-obvious founders like the internet media personality and Digg founder Kevin Rose actually began in computer science. In the cases of all the founders I just mentioned the answer was yes. So it all begs the question, if you’re not from a tech background do you even have a shot at starting a web startup?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed. Presenters: Sarah Allen (Co-Founder & CTO, Mightyverse) and Paul Lundahl (Creative Director, Mightyverse). Presenter: Jennifer Bonnett (Founder & CEO, Nexpense). Mobile Track — Pitch 2010 Finalist — Nexpense.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 19, 2016

Thankfully that was remedied several years ago socially and professionally also had the pleasure of hosting Emily and her husband Rob in our office while they noodled on their next company (we have some extra space for friends to co-work, no strings attached). HW: Both Din and Foodzie were cofounded with your husband Rob LaFave.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 26, 2012

Today's roundtable was co-hosted with the Jacksonville Startup Weekend. This past weekend, the Jacksonville entrepreneurship community hosted their own version of this exciting program. This past weekend, the Jacksonville entrepreneurship community hosted their own version of this exciting program. Armex Zero Suit. SustanAbin.

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View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

These companies have a long way to go until global dominance in many cases, but they are all growing, hiring, and strengthening the local community right now. Look out for bootstrapped CarGurus , one of the leading used-car properties, targeting over $150M in revenue this year. Want the next TripAdvisor or Wayfair?

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Capital Factory’s Saturday Startup Spotlight series continues this week with the Co-Founder and CEO of Homads : Vi Nguyen. Homads is an online platform designed to help users sublet their home or apartment while helping other users find medium-term rentals in a community that feels like home. It’s helpful because I have a team.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

But Chicago-based startup MentorMob ( www.mentormob.com ) wants to change that – the free, community-based collaborative service aims to aggregate and organize the best online educational content on any topic, so it’s easier to find. MentorMob is bootstrapped and has 12 employees. That would become the basis for MentorMob.

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ultralightstartups.com

MAY 20, 2013

Community Partners. Finding a Technical Co-Founder. Bootstrapping. Typically the last name(s) of the founder(s). Newsletter Sign up to receive our weekly community newsletter. Ultra Light Startups®. What is an Ultra Light Startup? Who We Are. Our Technology Platform. How To Get In For Free. Media Partners.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

Adam Arbolino is the co-founder and CTO of DesignCrowd.com , a logo, web and graphic design marketplace. The site I co-founded, DesignCrowd.com, grew from a garage office to a thriving marketplace with 148,000 designers, and businesses who have created $12 million worth of jobs, in just a few years by applying these ideas.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 17, 2012

In return, all Davis and his cofounders had to do was promise to spend six months in the country working on their startup, CruiseWise - an online travel agency for booking cruises - and engage with Chilean businesspeople. The government wants to bring in foreign entrepreneurs to interact with the business community," Davis says.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

Weve gone from total obscurity to something people are beginning to misunderstand and even co-opt. These case studies range in size and scope: from pre-product/market fit to already exited, bootstrapped to venture-backed, solo practitioner to large organization. Congratulations. Being misunderstood is a big step up from being ignored.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2015

Yana Nirshberg is the Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Creative Director at ParadigmNEXT, Inc. We’re deeply rooted in the tech startup community in Chicago and abroad, and have great relationships with emerging seed funds, VC’s, startup founders, and collegiate entrepreneurs.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

Ive done a lot of placing people into positions, and I have never used a job board as a way to do that," says Rich Sloan , co-founder of StartupNation. Every type of business has their own meetings," says Martin Zwilling , founder and CEO of consulting group Startup Professionals. 1 way to recruit talent.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 8, 2012

Gina Mancuso , Founder and CEO of LoveThatFit. Derek Shanahan , Chief Community Officer of Foodtree. Avichal Garg , Co-Founder and CEO of Spool. Justin Beck , Co-Founder and CEO of PerBlue. Prerna Gupta , Co-Founder and CEO of Khush Inc. Jun Loayza , Co-Founder and CMO of RewardMe.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 22, 2012

Guest author Arie Abecassis is co-founder of AppStori, a crowdfunding startup for entrepreneurs of mobile apps, and a Venture Partner at DreamIt Ventures. He’s been actively involved in the New York tech community as an entrepreneur and investor, and currently sits on the boards of SeatGeek, Adaptly and BiznessApps.

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David Cohen

JULY 28, 2013

Over the course of the day I met a lot of interesting people and gained a little more insight into the specific struggles and challenges of the UK startup community. He ended up not only being interested, but actually becoming a cofounder. The idea for random days comes from Brad Feld , who has held them regularly for years.

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