OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

Chapter 2: Defining and Testing the Story…Start Out By Admitting You’re Wrong, A Lean Business Plan Template, Problem, Solution, Key Metrics, Unique Value Proposition and Unfair Advantages, Channels, Customer Segments, Cost Structure and Revenue Streams. Chapter 3: Telling the Story to Your Investors…The Business Plan is Dead.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Entrepreneur Homepage Startups Starting a Business Home How-To Guides Startup Basics Business Ideas Business Planning Startup Financing Success Stories Home-Based Business Starting a Business Play Video How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business (Video). Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 25, 2019

The vast majority of banks typically charge interest on the overdrawn amount only and most offer customized packages for young businesses. A bank loan or even a fast high interest loan can help you start a business and will give you the vital finance to get things underway. Asset Finance. Community Schemes.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

.” Here’s the summary of his track record (excerpted from the Fast Company article): Forefront — IPO’ed in 1995 by CBT — CBT stock fell 85% in 1998 and prompted class-action lawsuits. invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2. Which explains why their stock price is at $2.43

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors. .   First , dividends.   Why is this fair?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2016

It’s much lower cost, meaning it’s possible to bootstrap your way up. And they want people who can produce great copy to sell their credentials to their customers. He now runs it from home from his basement and keeps more than $120,000 of stock at his home. Starting a business in your own home brings a whole host of advantages.

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Go there now » Sign up or log in to mint.com Updates Drop Your Debt to Win 2 comments How To The Top 5 Customer Complaint Letters — And What You Can Learn From Them 5 comments Investing In Graphics: What Is a Stock? Check out the personal finance topic by clicking here. Are you going after the same customers?

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder is able to self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

Private Equity 69

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

But in today’s world, speed-to-scale entrepreneurship is what we need to improve society, transform industries, and create massive value for customers, employees, and investors. Customers value and benefit from the convenience, price, and selection of Amazon, which is why the company is, by a wide margin, America’s largest bookseller.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Listen to this episode if you want to hear about a founder who has a product and users and paying customers … and is trying to figure out how to take his company to the next level and grow faster. Jason: So how many of those 20,000 people are paying customers? Edwin: Okay, I have different types of customers.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 30, 2007

They would like businesses solving “big hairy problems” of real value to the customer. We used that information for a lot of our customers. The joke around the office was always that the systems that performed the worst had the best customer service and the best performers provided customer service that was terrible.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 25, 2011

None of their customers used Macs, so they didn’t think Macs were important, but then it turns out the main investor is keen on seeing the demo on a Mac, and when they tried it, it didn’t work. One day I got a call from some poor schleps I didn’t want to help. Should we take on those clients?

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2015

They hope to create an innovative platform that will shake up the floral industry, and help both customers and florists alike. One of the unique floral arrangements that customers can find at BloomNation.com. But, of course, they need funding—and wouldn’t you know it, one of the founders is a world class poker player.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

A description of the problem you’re solving for your customers, and your solution to the problem, which is usually your product or service. Also, make a bullet list of the marketing activities that will drive customers to your door. Also, make a bullet list of the marketing activities that will drive customers to your door.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

What’s the concept of all of this that you’re talking about and then in financing? I just thought it was a good question to set the context of lean planning and when somebody should use it, because so many of our webinar attendees are in the process of getting financing. Then the unknown is scary for all of us.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Investors evaluate startups the way customers evaluate products,not the way bosses evaluate employees. Bootstrapping (= Consulting) Some would-be founders may by now be thinking, why deal with investorsat all? We could not have bootstrapped Viaweb, for example. If raising money is so painful, why do it? Be independent.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

Are you able to explain why your product is a compelling purchase for the customer, and how the customer will make buying decisions? What’s your attitude about “next round” financing? Common stock is a vehicle for sharing risk equally with insiders who have more knowledge and ability to affect business results.

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blog.teamtreehouse.com

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Twitter Bootstrap : Created by Mark Otto and Angus Droll , Bootstrap makes its learning curve worth the effort. Its extensive capabilities can be customized , although designers wary of option overload may want to start with the simplified “getting started” download. In Conclusion: Which one? and later). First Name.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Virtual Stock Exchange. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Stock Quotes. Finance, Banking, Loans, etc. AllThingsDigital. AllThingsDigital. Financial News. Professor Journal.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

Zoom would go from 10 million to 300 million customers overnight. It would be a hugely useful investment actually not just for vaccines but potentially creating bootstrapping an enormous amount of manufacturing capability for these new types of medicines that are currently very expensive to make because you don't have the scale to make them.

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entrepreMusings

APRIL 20, 2014

According to Bernd Schoner, author of The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide: How to Bootstrap Your Startup, Lead Through Tough Times, and Cash In for Success. Being the leader doesn’t mean more stock or equity, nor does it mean the leader will necessarily be CEO. A founder group with a clear leader in its midst has it easier.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

We need to have a close look at the worlds two biggest social media networks of Twitter and Facebook – they run open API’s for each other to assist their customers and suppliers switch and share between each other. What if a retailer had no stock in the store? While Topshop have opened in Nordstrom.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

The best way to survive is to have customers paying you. Incubators like Y Combinator are certainly a viable route to take to help you move from bootstrapped startup to seed round. Had we tried to raise money as a bootstrapped startup in Missouri, I suspect we would have struggled. Surviving Until You Are Ready to Raise.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer service. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Google Custom Search Engine. Customer Relationship Management. great web customer acquisition tutorials. Codeacademy. Lean Methodology Sources.

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