Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers. These “startups” are almost always mostly-non-technical founders offering 1-2% premoney for a “lead developer” position.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow.

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Transformify

MAY 28, 2018

About us At Scopic Software, we have over 250 employees in over 30 countries all comfortably working from home/remotely. As a skilled C++ 3D Graphics Developer, you would be part of a dedicated team for desktop application development projects and an integral part of Scopic. This is a part-time or full-time position.

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Transformify

OCTOBER 14, 2015

‎Developer? Superior knowledge of current web development trends, techniques and best practices. An excellent understanding of front and back-end web development skills including, HTML/5, CSS, JavaScript, Responsive Web Design, PHP, MySQL, HTML email, Bootstrap, Flat UI, Symfony. ‎members ?in ‎virtual?team?:

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 24, 2014

I regularly get asked for resources for girls who are interested in learning how to write software. Software Engineer Insider. NCWIT ayah bdeir coding girls littlebits software development space' Following is a list curated by Lucy. Code Academy after school resources. Learn Street. Computer Science for Everyone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The problem is that professional investors (Angels and Venture Capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

If you’re in startup mode and have limited working capital to cover your operating expenses , you may be bootstrapping your way through the early days. For example, if your company has reliable bookkeeping software, you might choose to work with a freelance accountant to handle key financial responsibilities. What’s important to them?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

AUGUST 3, 2010

Or she could develop the program she wants to run by partnering with a local facility like a YMCA. Once the bootstrapped launch of the play center is cash flow positive, all kinds of options for growing and expanding emerge. Logik is one of the firms featured in a series at the blog 37signals called "Bootstrapped, Profitable and Proud."

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers, or a mobile smartphone app. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 19, 2019

Businesses bootstrapping their approach to progress will discover this service lucrative for: Incorporating. Cloud-based management software, tens of thousands of legal advisors trust Clio to enable them to run their firm. Making wills. Trademarks. Contracts. Clio is typically designed for lawyers. The package offers: Invoices.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

In addition to providing customer care and assistance, a virtual assistant may also develop web pages or compose blog entries, administer email newsletters, carry out sales and marketing chores, generate sales leads, and conduct a variety of other jobs. To begin drop-shipping, you must locate a supplier and develop a website.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. In most agile development systems, there is a notion of the "product backlog" a prioritized list of what software is most valuable to be developed next.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

That's what you sound like when you claim that getting a software patent will protect you from competition. Software patents are especially useless for small, bootstrapped startups. If you've lived in the software world for a few years you know the stuff they teach you in school is irrelevant, so who cares what degree you have?

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Once the order is fulfilled and paid for, the funds can be paid back. ? Research and development. In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. Bootstrapping. Sources of funding. ? Seed stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook. Life is more fun that way.

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VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

A few already launched but several others are in development. 31 employees according to Linkedin, but seems to be bootstrapped. Bootstrapped. Mumble – the first wide spread free and open source software for VoIP. Mumble is a low-latency, high quality voice chat software primarily intended for use while gaming.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook. Life is more fun that way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows.

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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. Utilize the Cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS). Develop a Budget. It’s much easier when you don’t require lots of space or expensive equipment.

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Eric Friedman

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Why Shipping Is Important When Building Shipping defines software engineering in a magical way that is challenging to understand. In the fintech ecosystem, the development of a product could mean the transfer of billions of dollars per month, and consumer product creation and delivery can have an impact on a vast network.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

"I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. Make sure you go through the 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. Find out who is good.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Great," I always exclaim, sharing the thrill of modern software development, "so how will people find out about this brilliant website?". Maybe you'll even get a wobbly demo. Frightening honesty.

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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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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2015

By bootstrapping, bartering, reducing overheads (rental and manpower), and leveraging technology (especially the web), one can start one’s own business almost on a dime without being beholden to creditors or venture capitalists. Software Developer: From “App developer” to “We provide technology solutions to take your headaches away”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook. Life is more fun that way.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

This is typically called “bootstrapping&# and it is fraught with potential pitfalls and dangers. What is bootstrapping? So, what does it mean to bootstrap a company? Bootstrapping involves launching a business on a low budget. Why bootstrap? Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.

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Gust

APRIL 27, 2014

Software Development Process via Wikipedia. Develop your business plan. Product development process. 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. Funding process.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

Many of the factors are not obvious and include building mystery to drive margin, why boring B2B companies often win but are challenging in other ways, how bootstrapping wins, integrating metrics from the start and many other similar lessons. Then, he explores how several startups have leveraged those services and data in interesting ways.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2012

Yet the smart entrepreneur can still bootstrap the technical team, using one or all of the following evaluation and hiring approaches: Hire an expert consultant for initial interviews and recommendation. This is the technical equivalent of an “executive recruiter.” Use existing team to find a new manager or peer.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

While you may be enamored with becoming an entrepreneur and bootstrapping your business, don’t quit your day job. Whether it’s with spreadsheets, accounting software, or an accountant—your financial statements need to be up-to-date and organized. There’s actually a lot of value in bootstrapping your business.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 30, 2013

As a result, most venture capitalists are reluctant to touch hardware projects, opting for the lower costs and smaller risks of software. This means the overall costs of launching a hardware product are coming down considerably, yet hardware is still costlier (and thus riskier) than software. Focus on VCs who have done hardware before.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2011

Yet the smart entrepreneur can still bootstrap the technical team, using one or all of the following evaluation and hiring approaches: Hire an expert consultant for initial interviews and recommendation. This is the technical equivalent of an “executive recruiter.” Use existing team to find a new manager or peer.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

Bootstrapping 101. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country. Bootstrapping 101.

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