crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Braintree – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Braintree – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here’s Why You’re Not Hiring the Best and the Brightest - crowdspring.co/1lLnBBm. 20 Most Creative Product Packaging Designs - crowdspring.co/1mqyhFi. 1gKYQSL.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 8, 2018

There’s usually not much money for expanding staffing before funding is secured, and many entrepreneurs are forced to wear different hats, dabbling in bookkeeping, customer service, copywriting, design—the list goes on. Keep in mind that outsourcing and even direct hiring won’t eliminate your workload in any particular area.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2016

Myself and the other founders managed to develop our company and generate more than 200,000,000 visits, hire 22 people, get 3,000+ customers, and promote products for the likes of Creative Labs, Polaroid, and Sony. My good friends and I, all aged 21, were working on a design inspiration blog and curating content for designers and artists.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 21, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 4 Things You Must Do to Hire the Perfect Candidate | [link] – [link]. 44 Fresh Excellent-Quality Free Fonts for Designers | InstantShift – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

Lessons from a year’s worth of hiring data. While interviewing such a wide cross section of people, I realized that I had a golden opportunity to test some of the prevalent folk wisdom about hiring. As soon as you get someone who’s never been an engineer making hiring decisions, you need to set up proxies for aptitude.

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entrepreMusings

JANUARY 26, 2011

For other local bootstrapping resources here in Austin, check out the Bootstrap Austin site. Here are just a few tips on bootstrapping your new startup that I have found particularly beneficial from my own experience: Outsourcing. Another effective bootstrapping technique you can use is partnering with a complementary business.

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VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

Spotify a cquired LA-based live audio app Locker Room and is reportedly on a hiring spree to launch their own social audio experience. 31 employees according to Linkedin, but seems to be bootstrapped. Bootstrapped. It’s basically an open-source messaging platform like Whatsapp, designed for communities. Open Source.

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Audio Software Review Open Source Social Network 139

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

Here are some tips for bootstrapping your business. Don’t pay a website designer, when there’s so many good software options that can help you design your own site. This beats purchasing your own expensive servers and hiring specialists to maintain them. Work in a Spare Room. Avoid spending more than you absolutely must.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

If you have a basic understanding of CSS, HTML, and JS and want to create a WordPress theme, you can do it with Bootstrap and then share it on GetBootstrap, even if you don't know much about WordPress. An added bonus is if the company decides to apply for Certified B Corporation designation. Also, make it an online business.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 114

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Hire a Product Design Lead First Nailing that elusive technical co-founder Why you can('t) recruit a technical cofounder AskBob: Where do I find developer cofounder? Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard Need a Technical Co-founder?

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Gust

APRIL 27, 2014

Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, Angel investors, and institutional investors. At this stage, you should start recruiting, hiring, paying, and training others to help you run your business. Funding process.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

While you are working away on your business plan, looking for ways to raise capital, finding the right people to hire, etc., Also, it’s made so many things, like hiring and other decisions, significantly simpler for us, because we can always look to our mission for help.”. Hire great people… then get out of their way.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

In other words, you must start bootstrapping an online startup , because the future of the global business world is online. Before we look at ways to bootstrap a startup, let’s consider a comprehensive definition of what a startup is. Ways to bootstrap a startup. What is a startup? Seek help from a mentor or advisor.

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Spencer Fry

APRIL 17, 2017

Days before the conference started, I was asked (and felt honored) to lead two workshops on bootstrapping vs. raising money. Having started and sold 3 successful bootstrapped businesses, and am now running 1 venture capital backed business ( Coach ), this is a topic I know a thing or two about. What's “good” about bootstrapping.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

Designing Your Business Model Crafting a business model is like building a blueprint for your venture. Hiring the right people is critical, but it’s just the beginning. Whether it’s through bootstrapping, seeking angel investors, or applying for grants, explore all options available to you.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Business Model Bootstrapping 131

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Startup Hiring : How to attract, hire and retain the best people. How to Bootstrap Your Startup : Everything you need to start your business – how to take an idea on paper and bring it to life. It’s also beautifully designed. Narrative and Comms Design by Portland State University. Khan Academy.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Castrina, author of “ 8 Unbreakable Rules For Business Start-Up Success “ If you’re bootstrapping your own business, you know all about doing more with less. First, he says, many boss-designated bookkeepers don’t completely know what they’re doing. If not, pay them well and keep them on your team indefinitely.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 20, 2011

I recently helped a friend broker the sale of his small, bootstrapped company. accounting, law, design) where the mechanisms for revenue and profit are well-known. To hire key employees. Otherwise they have a lot of planning and hiring to do before the project has a decent velocity, which could take 6-18 months.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Say, “We are hiring a developer to create only the beginning of an application. Hire one from each.

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CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

—– Earnest Capital invests in bootstrapped companies to help them unlock more growth. All Earnest investments are made using the Shared Earnings Agreement (SEAL) – a custom salary/profit share structure, aligned with how most bootstrapped founders are compensated.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Today, in steps 10-12 I want to discuss with you raising your first round of money, hiring to develop and maintain your company culture, as well as defining your role in the management of your startup. Raise your first round of money, or bootstrap. Learn how to hire and maintain your company culture.

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Diego Basch

JULY 12, 2019

The bulk of it is not even designed here. That is where the kitchen is, you cannot really design consumer-grade devices if you are not immersed in the manufacturing ecosystem. You will build a prototype, prove your concept, work with a manufacturer to iterate your design until it’s mature enough to mass-produce.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Hire everyone you need as an employee. Since we bootstrapped Backblaze, early on we would have months when the company did not have enough cash from sales to buy the additional servers it needed. The last is a designer. The required number of cofounders for success is: “Zero” – You don’t need a cofounder.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

Can you bootstrap your way to positive cash flow?   If the answer is relatively soon, then bootstrapping is a very serious consideration.    Even if it isn’t soon, early bootstrapping can reduce risk and increase chances for success, resulting in more aligned interests for entrepreneurs and investors.

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Finance Bootstrapping Startup Equity 83

Up and Running

AUGUST 27, 2020

Canny is 100% bootstrapped —we haven’t taken any outside funding. Here’s how we got started, and our lessons learned from growing a bootstrapped company. We also knew, as an engineer and designer pairing, we could build a software product without hiring for a while. You might not be able to hire right away.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2013

Design a splash page. Hire A Players. After all, startups are fast paced, small, and ever-morphing, which means it takes certain type of person to help make things succeed. Here’s a look at what a founder should be able to do: Development. Write Code. Build a server. Assemble an email blast. Develop and track a funnel.

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Advisory Board Balance Sheet Term Sheet Entrepreneur 279

Hearpreneur

MAY 26, 2017

Right now, we’re focused on teaching two verticals: Web Development and User Experience/User Interface (UX/UI) design. That means that if you enroll in one of our courses, we want to make sure that you receive a tangible benefit (make more money, get a promotion, get hired, save in your training costs, etc) in the shortest amount of time.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Who says a bootstrapped startup can’t succeed? Here are 10 bootstrapped companies that did it on their own with no outside funding. Looking back on their previous experiences working at startup companies, the founders decided to bootstrap their business in lieu of seeking outside funding. Startup #1: Goldstar. How’d they do it?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2014

Refusing to hire people who are smarter than you. Of course I shouldn’t hire people who are smarter than me , you might think. The best advice I got when I became the CEO of RME was to hire people who were better and smarter than I was. The best news is, getting personal doesn’t have to be time consuming or expensive.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Florida Cofounder 236

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Increasingly, seed rounds occur after some sort of pre-seed or at least some period of bootstrapping. And to do that, founders either spend way too much money on a third party dev shop, or hire a “lead engineer” that is capable, but not really a star.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2018

Funding is crucial for improving technology, hiring the right people, and launching a comprehensive marketing strategy to get a foothold in the market. Calculate how much money you will need to for the necessary production, training, hiring, marketing, and automation to create a viable financial model. Bootstrapping or self-funding.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

” So I’m looking at it, and the first thing I think is the design is simple. Edwin: Would I be able to attract other people if the design would be different? Jason: Some people think the design matters a lot more than that. I think this looks like no designer made this, right? And that’s probably good.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

I used my experience gained while hiring, creating job descriptions, interviewing, and being part of several promotional processes to start a coaching business which I absolutely love. Now, we have a well-calculated formula for launching businesses that are 100% bootstrapped with a very small amount of initial capital. 28- Two reasons.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 8, 2013

Although stressful, we bootstrapped the company for as long as possible while having conversations with potential investors. When you have a small team any new hire will affect the dynamic and balance, so it’s important you not only find the right person based on skillset but it’s equally important to find the right personality.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

This applies to bootstrapped companies. I’ve seen first-hand how funded competition can crush a bootstrapping company. Your funded competitor hires a PR firm and appears in Inc. And your search engine rankings drop as competitors hire high-end SEO firms. 1: Choosing a Market with Funded Competition.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 3, 2012

This is a guest post by Jarrod Drysdale — a web designer and bootstrapper who recently broke five figure sales for his ebook that teaches bootstrappers do-it-yourself design principles and strategies. This just isn’t true; tech professionals are looking to learn about design, not grab the cheapest book available. Just ask mine.

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