Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Yet even so, there still seems to be quite a runway in this space due to three mega trends: Every company is discovering that they need to use technology to streamline their business and improve their competitive position. AI becomes truly powerful when software is built with an automation-first approach. companies are not great.

Technical Review 196

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Set expectations accordingly.

Entrepreneur 283

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Set expectations accordingly.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.

Software Review 74

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Set expectations accordingly.

Intellectual Property 309

Intellectual Property Technical Review Venture Capital Startup 309

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Solicit funds from friends and family.

Intellectual Property 134

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Running comparative calculations, Arsenault figures that “two senior engineers plus a product manager/marketer for 40 hours per month, times 6 months, would be 720 hours to get to our MVP. is a SaaS tool that companies can use to assess engineers before they hire them. spent $1k on their MVP. Qualified.io Qualified.io

Sweat Equity 78

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Most of the great software startups that I’ve been involved in have at least one technical co-founder (and many have more than one.) Recruiting Startup Engineers Engineers are humans, we have bills to pay, families to take care of, friends that we want to spend time with, and on occasion indulge in the latest tech gadget.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2021

It’s looking equally good for the bootstrapped and indie-funded marketplaces too. The rise of no-code and low-code tools means it’s never been easier to set up and build an online business. You’ll get quicker and quicker each time you do it, and soon your reputation will precede you due to pent-up demand from buyers and sellers.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Running comparative calculations, Arsenault figures that “two senior engineers plus a product manager/marketer for 40 hours per month, times 6 months, would be 720 hours to get to our MVP. is a SaaS tool that companies can use to assess engineers before they hire them. spent $1k on their MVP. Qualified.io Qualified.io

Sweat Equity 50

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Solicit funds from friends and family.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 120

The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Startups die due to a variety of causes. In early 2011, I wrote a post, Startups: Not for the faint of heart , that discussed Parse.ly’s survival through a one-year bootstrapping period after Dreamit Ventures Philly ’09. I have witnessed startup failures that were due to predictable co-founder conflicts.

Cofounder 155

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 155

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

Advertisements, search engines, and social media all provide businesses with the opportunity to grow brand awareness and gain influence in the market. Kids in middle school and high school can now learn things like coding and e-commerce. 17- Saturated with bootstrapped businesses. Thanks to Chris Caouette, Gorilla Bow !

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Media Bootstrapping 126

Transformify

MAY 28, 2018

About us At Scopic Software, we have over 250 employees in over 30 countries all comfortably working from home/remotely. sockets, TCP connection) • Shader programming • Unreal Engine. Scopic Software has grown consistently since 2006, and continues to strive to make an impact in the software industry.

Developer 40

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 26, 2016

by Gareth Wilson, Head of Marketing at Fog Creek Software. Despite being a bootstrapped company with little revenue, we over-invested in a central New York City office at a rate of 15% rent to revenue. What’s more, just over three quarters of workers consider their ideas are poorly reviewed and analyzed.

Software Review 100

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sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

RSS Feed 19 Nov 2010, Posted by admin in Featured , Nohat , 26 Comments SEO Advice for Bootstrapped Startups SEO can provide a hugely valuable source of traffic, if done right – especially for a bootstrapped startup where money is tight. [link] Home Archives Search Game Who Is Shark SEO?

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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. ProfessorVC. Steve Bennet.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

WP Engine, Bumble, Kendra Scott?—?but Follow on: Medium , and Twitter Sarah Ines Calderon| Women Who Code ATX Lead, Developer Sara Ines Calderon is a developer at Musx, and a lead for Women Who Code ATX Women Who Code is an international nonprofit dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers.

Austin 57

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

So I thought I’d jot down some of the highlights I have seen from my vantage point in this 2011 Boston Consumer Web Year in Review. Zipcar: Ok, not exactly consumer web/software, but a great consumer tech company nonetheless. IPO’s/Exits. Tripadvisor: An amazing entrepreneurial story. market cap. Carbonite: Raised $62.5M

Technical Review 54

Technical Review Boston Software Review IPO 54

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2017

Big data and cloud-based software have definitely helped level the playing field for businesses of all sizes. The goal is the same for both: reach that first search engine results page (SERP) and increase your profit while doing so. What’s the Difference Between Small Business and Large Enterprise SEO? Security: This is a no-brainer.

SEO 56

SEO Small Business Metadata Software Review 56

blog.alinelerner.com

JUNE 21, 2013

Because I used to be an engineer, one part of my job was conducting first-round technical interviews, and between January 2012 and January 2013, I interviewed roughly 300 people for our back-end/full-stack engineer position. As a result, the people doing initial resume filtering are not engineers. Enter recruiters or HR people.

CTO Hire 98

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 98

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

When I started Shapeways, complex software needed to be built and when I first reached out to developers, a lot of them laughed and told me it was impossible. If your product is getting good reviews and people are willing to pay for it, you’ve got something.”. “Never take no for an answer. Don’t listen.

Cofounder 164

Cofounder Founder Startup Bootstrapping 164

www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I’d like to take a few minutes to dispel the top five myths of software startups. I could point to countless examples of mediocre software being unleashed upon the general population, after which people like you and me have to help replace it with something decent. In fact, not having one can be more helpful than anything else.

Software Review 40

Software Review Software Startup Massachusetts 40

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Robert has been working in software since 2005. Search Engine Marketing and online ads on the other hand can be set up in minutes. Those higher costs make learning to write ads, manage campaigns, A/B test, and design landing pages a very expensive activity for an early stage, bootstrapping startup. (Powered by LaunchBit ).

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Campaign Software Review Brazil Conversion 272

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Next, Umakant Soni discussed Vimagino.com , a software for Web-based Q&A support to engage customers better on sites that are trying to draw people in and convert them into customers. Now, the Web self-service software market is very crowded with major players like RightNow already deeply entrenched. Vimagino.com. PowerStores.in.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

Welcome back to Smart Bear Live, the call-in show with Jason Cohen, sponsored by Software Promotions. I bootstrapped it on my own. In fact, that’s exactly what happened to me with WordPress Engine. You’ve bootstrapped a company, so you can see all those things, and you’re skeptical of the VC side.

Silicon Valley 204

Silicon Valley Software Review Internet Technical Review 204

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining. NAME Comcast.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

He is a self-taught software engineer and technologist. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Having founded active campaign as a means to fund his education, Jason pursued a degree in fine arts until shifting his focus entirely to growing the company and his self-taught software engineer and technologist.

Chicago 49

Chicago Campaign Software Review Software Engineering 49

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Here’s the most common one which I got just this week: I’ve read somewhere in your blog about how you had a very large organisation as the first customer for your software. Today it would be near-impossible to bootstrap Smart Bear on those keywords. And what’s the point anyway? I bought ads for $0.05/click

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Customer Software Review SEM Technical Review 279

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2013

Now, “lean” is often used to refer to a company’s financial situation, so it might make you think of a bootstrapped or under-funded organization. You may have to pay the writer and photographer, and perhaps you’ll spend some money on training the writer to use blogging software and social media tools that help them build a following.

Lean 165

Lean Technical Review Startup Software Review 165

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). Polling code must be open sourced , can’t have propriety code. Jill Tarter, Director of the Center for SETI Research - new turtle mascot, open source code, cloud services from amazon, telescopes. President of The Tech Museum. Founder of JackCards.com.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Las Vegas Software Review Bangladesh 76

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some interesting companies and a lot of fundraising discussions, and I will review them shortly. Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap. Next Igor Protsenko presented Profitero , an enterprise software product for helping retailers with price comparison and optimization.

Valuation 119

Valuation Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Bootstrapping 119

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

He is the co-founder of Boast.ai, where he leveraged the Community-Led Growth model to bootstrap the company. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! where he leveraged a community-led growth model to bootstrap the company. Then another time was when we were bootstrapping both. I'm an engineer.

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Community Kuwait Cofounder Bootstrapping 53

ConversionXL

JANUARY 29, 2014

of businesses are actively seeking & collecting customer reviews on an ongoing basis. According to an article in Econsultancy , when a site has customer reviews, 63% of visitors are more likely to make a purchase & reviews produce an average of 18% uplift in sales. million customer reviews. image source.

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Software Review Stock Video Advertising 126

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. Eventbrite.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Small business and startup issues: choosing the wrong software – [link]. crowdSPRING SmallBiz Newsletter: new 1099 rules, biz plans, building software products – [link]. Small business and startup issues: choosing the wrong software – [link]. Bootstrapping is Bullshit – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. As for acquiring customers, so far he has used Internet marketing, and they have just started a partnership with a large reseller of restaurant management software, which is great.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114