Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally generated funds. Private equity investments are available from firms created for this later stage opportunity, but typically are available only for businesses that have achieved revenues well above $50 million.

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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.” Starting your business with a very low investment is called “bootstrapping,” and these entrepreneurs usually have the most fun.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2016

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. Searching LinkedIn, for example, is a must for contemporary entrepreneurs. It works best for solutions that have social value and mass appeal.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

The book is part of the Startup Revolution series that Brad has been working on for a couple years now, including Do More (Even) Faster , Venture Deals , Startup Communities , and Startup Life (with two more to come, Startup Boards and Startup Metrics). questions”. Writing a book is a LOT harder than I expected!

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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.” Starting your business with a very low investment is called “bootstrapping,” and these entrepreneurs usually have the most fun.

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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.” Starting your business with a very low investment is called “bootstrapping,” and these entrepreneurs usually have the most fun.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

We’ve continued bootstrapping since then — today we are a $2.5 I wanted to support the local community and stay in Thailand and I’ve been able to keep living abroad and traveling for the past three years. a dating app that matches people according to their lifestyle. Thanks to Nick Gray, Museum Hack !

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

The art of activating idle assets to bring in new revenue is occurring for both the service provider and the service creator. Residents are collaborating to start, finance and manage public works projects and proving they can bootstrap a better job themselves. In today’s world people know that access is greater than ownership.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

is still around at least, but wisely pivoted into matching celebrities (like Mandy Moore) with major brands (like NBC). Bootstrapped companies have no such luxury. WordPress itself is open source; Automattic (the company behind WordPress) couldn't kill off this community if they tried. They "survived.".

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

Thanks to thousands of donations, the people who are dedicated to feeding their communities have the opportunity to serve their food to the people providing critical healthcare. Have you found ways to be in a community of practice, in spite of those obstacles? So Frontline Foods is a genuine win-win.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

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 might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors. months from introduction to investment.

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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.” Starting your business with a very low investment is called “bootstrapping,” and these entrepreneurs usually have the most fun.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Q: I would decide what that niche is and that way you can talk to people in that niche and make sure that their world view and viewpoint on this stuff matches yours. We would rather chase revenue. It’s frustrating to be constantly confronted by this idea that we have to be chasing funding options instead of chasing revenue.

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Rob Go

MAY 2, 2013

Maybe this is why the tech community here has been less embraced by pop-tech media which seems to care more about movie-star investors than real businesses. Fred Destin (who is a new but terrific member of the tech community) wrote a really wonderful post yesterday about the r e-invention of Atlas in light of their newest fund.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Email readers continue here.]. Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. Before we explore the next insight, it might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors.

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dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? from David Dalka - Creating Revenue and Retention - Chicago GSB MBA As discussed in my recent post about a TiE event on Chicago start ups, there are many factors to consider when taking in funding and employees.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Im a UX and front end designer bootstrapping my own products with pure sweat equity at night but always looking for someone else to partner with(engineer/programmer)to bring these ideas life. Yes its great to implement "task A", but will it drive revenue? Insightful. Thanks much. BTW: great keynote at Railsconf! Very useful.

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