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Need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally generated funds. It’s an option, even though an expensive one. β€œ Strategic partner” investors: If you can find a strategic partner willing to invest in your enterprise, consider it a blessing.

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Does your business need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. Strategic partner” investors: If you can find a strategic partner willing to invest in your enterprise, consider it a blessing.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. Management has the wrong pedigree, is geographically undesirable, competes in the wrong industry, and/or has a business model that lacks "scalability credibility" with the venture community.

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Raising money for your business: What are the options?

Berkonomics

Email readers continue here.]. Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. It is most often a win-win for both you and the strategic partner. Professional angels: This is the arena where I work and play.

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The Future of Startups 2013-2017

Scalable Startup

And that’s been reflected in the entrepreneurial community, where entrepreneurs, especially between 2000 and 2008, entrepreneurs really only wanted to do β€” for the most part wanted to do consumer software, because that’s the only software that they could actually get anybody to adopt. Marc Andreessen: No, we have not seen down rounds yet.