Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows. Are you ready to start?

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Short form engagement leads to real engagement Web traffic was up 30-40x at its peak, and is still 10x while our content remains favoured by the algorithm gods. However, time spent on our site has been down compared to those who actively found us through web search. Email list sign ups have been 5-10x normal rate.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2011

As a big believer in young business talent, I’d like to share some tips – learned through experience – about honing your skills as an entrepreneur. Master the art of bootstrapping: aim to “bootstrap” first. Entrepreneurs often fall into the trap of just copying what else is out there and form another “me too” business.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 10, 2018

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. We asked some entrepreneurs what they loved about “being their own boss.”. #1-

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow. Set expectations accordingly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs, like online web sites and smart phone apps. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow. Set expectations accordingly.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To do it for myself. 2- To help entrepreneurs become financially independent. From that acquisition, I knew I needed to let out the entrepreneur spirit that was trapped in me. Thanks to Shiv Gupta, Incrementors Web Solutions ! #27-

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until real revenue flows. Are you ready to start?

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Not to mention the mental and emotional impact of being an entrepreneur. While you may be enamored with becoming an entrepreneur and bootstrapping your business, don’t quit your day job. According to a report from the Harvard Business Review , entrepreneurs who plan are 16% more likely to achieve viability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, lawyers, venture capitalists, or Angels. Personalize a simple web site. Fund-it-yourself (bootstrapping) and do-it-yourself entrepreneurs are the best kind, because they can focus on the business, rather than fundraising, and have full control of their destiny.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

An entrepreneur should pick this one up ASAP. This is an open opportunity for an entrepreneur to build a custom solution. I pointed Zubair to a couple of case studies of bootstrapping using services to get more of his core product built; in parallel, I will help him pursue institutional funding.

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joel.is

MARCH 8, 2011

Lessons shared by Joel Gascoigne , a fledgling entrepreneur and contract web developer currently based in Birmingham, UK. Lessons shared by Joel Gascoigne , a fledgling entrepreneur and contract web developer currently based in Birmingham, UK. One of these may well be funds.

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entrepreMusings

JANUARY 26, 2011

On The Web , an e-commerce and online marketing blog. 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. Barter and Trade.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. Personalize a simple web site. Budding entrepreneurs and home-based businesses should be writing business plans before they start, so they understand and can manage the tasks ahead, but no outside investor need ever see the plan.

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The Next Web

JULY 20, 2013

They speak about how they love to help entrepreneurs build successful companies, yet when I ask them to give me feedback on my business plan or idea, they usually don’t even bother writing me back. Yes, it is true that some entrepreneurs either don’t receive a response or get a pre-made template. VCs are arrogant. VCs are cowards.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2015

Espousing that borrowing money and debt are optional, the book proposed that entrepreneurs starting such businesses were more interested in the lifestyle it offered rather than making oodles of cash. Positioned as a guide for bootstrapping solopreneurs, the book doesn’t dive deeply into any one specific domain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. Personalize a simple web site. Budding entrepreneurs and home-based businesses should be writing business plans before they start, so they understand and can manage the tasks ahead, but no outside investor need ever see the plan.

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Hippoland

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Should you raise money or bootstrap? (By By bootstrap, I actually mean raise < $250k from individuals / angels). Having run a startup that raised money and now in running a VC, ironically, if I were starting a product company today, I would start out with the mentality of bootstrapping for as long as I could.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 26, 2017

Similar to entrepreneurship, the best way to learn to be a web developer is to actively work on projects. Right now, we’re focused on teaching two verticals: Web Development and User Experience/User Interface (UX/UI) design. Who is an entrepreneur you look up to and why? . How is it unique? Any major accomplishments? .

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

A week before that, my co-founder and I attended the Boss Babes ATX WORK Conference, along with hundreds of other female creatives, and entrepreneurs where we met a potential founder, who then connected us to a restaurant owner. In that spirit, I want to share some of my top resources for female entrepreneurs in Austin?—?the

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

Listening to first-time entrepreneurs talk about their competitive advantages is as predictably invalid as the local weatherman's 10-day forecast. Software patents are especially useless for small, bootstrapped startups. This is part 1 of the series: 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches. Except in certain industries (e.g.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

The aim of many entrepreneurs is to take a business idea and convert it into a professional and functioning business on a low budget. 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? Why bootstrap?

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or angels. Personalize a simple web site. Budding entrepreneurs and home-based businesses should be writing business plans before they start, so they understand and can manage the tasks ahead, but no outside investor need ever see the plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2023

In the aftermath of the recent pandemic, which caused many businesses to close, a new raft of business workers and entrepreneurs are deciding to pursue their own dreams of being a new business owner, and controlling your own destiny. The remainder use outside funding, including crowdfunding, friends and family, banks, and investors.

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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]. What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – Lara Miller – [link]. Tips for Designing Killer Icons – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 9, 2009 The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help) Ive been asked to speak this year at the Web 2.0 It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, Im especially interested in hearing from those of you who are planning to attend the Web 2.0

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Good insights for entrepreneurs & investors – crowdspring.co/1nQhSc9. Entrepreneurs Turn to a New Source of Funds: Neighbors | WSJ – crowdspring.co/UNEYGO.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 16, 2012

We asked a panel of eight successful young entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) to reveal the hardest, most wrenching thing they’ve had to do to build their businesses. I noticed that as soon as I started surrounding myself with more entrepreneurs, things really took off in my business.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2015

3 Advantages to an Experiential Web Presence written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. We’re deeply rooted in the tech startup community in Chicago and abroad, and have great relationships with emerging seed funds, VC’s, startup founders, and collegiate entrepreneurs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Entrepreneurs Who Cash Out Look for Meaningful Second Acts | NYT – crowdspring.co/ZZsRch. 50 Best Websites for Entrepreneurs – crowdspring.co/1qTiEna.

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Hippoland

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Should you raise money or bootstrap? (By By bootstrap, I actually mean raise < $250k from individuals / angels). Having run a startup that raised money and now in running a VC, ironically, if I were starting a product company today, I would start out with the mentality of bootstrapping for as long as I could.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Poornima Vijayashanker is the founder of Femgineer, helping entrepreneurs and tech professionals (especially women) level up their careers. This story continues at The Next Web. Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion How-To''s' This post is based on the author’s new guide, How to Transform Your Ideas into Software Products.

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The Next Web

JUNE 18, 2014

A Microsoft alumni and a hardware entrepreneur, Adam also moderates The Hardware Startup group on LinkedIn. This story continues at The Next Web. Design & Dev Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion How-To''s' Adam Benzion founded Entirely, a network for hardware startups.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

At today's roundtable, we had three niche e-commerce entrepreneurs and two e-commerce infrastructure entrepreneurs. 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. GrillGrate. Vimagino.com.

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The Next Web

MARCH 21, 2017

If you’re a long-time reader of Basecamp‘s Signal vs Noise, chances are you have probably read one of their Bootstrapped, Profitable and Proud (BPP) articles. This article tells the story of how we managed… This story continues at The Next Web. After all, who wouldn’t want to be featured on 37signals’ blog right?

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Bootstrapping can be fun, you get to iterate quickly, turn on dimes, invent new features on the fly. There are some amazing sources of knowledge for the newbie entrepreneur. I love these sites: Hacker News for startup/entrepreneurial advice, TechCrunch and The Next Web for keeping up with trends, [and] Inbound.org for SEO/marketing.”.

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