Gust

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

If your startup is at the wrong stage for the investor you are approaching, fishing for money is a waste of time for both of you. For instance, if your company is only a few weeks old and you have zero customers and your product offering is still in design, don’t expect someone to hand over $10 million to fund your efforts. Exit stage.

Venture Capital 171

Venture Capital Investment Bankers Angel Investor Initial Public Offering 171

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. It’s an option, even though an expensive one.

Private Equity 106

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 106

Software By Rob

JANUARY 8, 2019

And we received offers of support from successful founders who have raised funding, bootstrapped, and those who’ve done both: +1 on that! We’re a SaaS accelerator, and accelerators focus on early-stage companies. Would love to chat and see how/if we can help. — Rand Fishkin (@randfish) October 12, 2018.

Early Stage 46

Early Stage Valuation Seed Capital Revenue 46

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? These days revenue is the best source of capital. Are you going after the same customers? That’s cool.

Software Review 68

Software Review Startup Post-Money Valuation Technical Review 68

The Entrepreneurial Mind

JUNE 14, 2010

They do play a role, but only a limited one with later stage businesses that have good cash flow. And bootstrap every chance you get! They bootstrapped and focused on getting cash flowing as soon as possible. Revenues are the best source of financing we can ever hope for during lean times. How did they do it?

Kentucky 56

Kentucky Washington Nashville Bootstrapping 56

Hippoland

MAY 16, 2018

Just in general, given how cheap it is to start a company and how few pre-seed investors there are, I think it makes sense to bootstrap to some level of revenue traction before fundraising. 4) Seed rounds are dead These days, pre-seed, seed, and post-seed stages all honestly kind of blend together. RIP seed rounds.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Valuation Convertible Security Equity 48

Hippoland

MAY 16, 2018

Just in general, given how cheap it is to start a company and how few pre-seed investors there are, I think it makes sense to bootstrap to some level of revenue traction before fundraising. 4) Seed rounds are dead These days, pre-seed, seed, and post-seed stages all honestly kind of blend together. RIP seed rounds.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Valuation Convertible Security Equity 48

Small Business Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

In early stage companies (and even some later stage or mature ones), there is no one area where most entrepreneurs and small business owners are lacking in just basic fundamentals, than in dealing with their company's finances and financial management. Follow the "gospel of cash flow" and it starts with revenue generation.

Finance 37

Finance Management Forecast Entrepreneur 37

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.

Private Equity 69

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 69

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

The Whole Enchilada For those of you interested in more than The Skinny, keep reading… Countless conversations have been had with key users, customers, advisors, mentors, family and friends. and * on a bootstrapped budget* : We first engaged in customer surveys and validated a huge problem?—?several What did our customers think?

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2012

These people are highly focused on investment areas they know, which have a large opportunity for growth, revenue projection of $20M or more in five years, and a high return that can be realized via an exit within five years. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking. Real estate.

Angel Groups 237

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 237

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2011

These people are highly focused on investment areas they know, which have a large opportunity for growth, revenue projection of $20M or more in five years, and a high return that can be realized via an exit within five years. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking. Real estate.

Angel Investor 217

Angel Investor Angel Groups Early Stage Startup 217

Gust

JULY 1, 2012

These people are highly focused on investment areas they know, which have a large opportunity for growth, revenue projection of $20M or more in five years, and a high return that can be realized via an exit within five years. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking. Real estate.

Angel Groups 143

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 143

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2010

These people are highly focused on investment areas they know, which have a large opportunity for growth, revenue projection of $20M or more in five years, and a high return that can be realized via an exit within seven years. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking. Real estate.

Angel Groups 121

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Later Stage 121

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. Startups that are aiming to enterprises would do right raising VC to improve their network and therefore have a greater chance to get customers. All what you said is so true.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84