Version One Ventures

JULY 22, 2014

Any entrepreneur trying to navigate the financing landscape should be aware of the over-abundance of angel money compared with subsequent rounds. If not, revenue from your customers will be your best source of financing. That’s okay: many great companies have been built by bootstrapping.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 30, 2013

Despite the recent media buzz surrounding the hardware revolution and emerging maker space, the overwhelming majority of hardware startups have a hard time attracting financing today. Hardware requires time, money, and inventory. Here’s the advice I give these teams who are navigating the tough world of hardware financing.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2014

But he chose to move forward with a positive attitude, raise seed money for his company, and network his way to a profitable future. Bootstrap your business. The best way to impress independent investors is to prove your business is viable by “bootstrapping” — or self-funding — until you gain traction.

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Rob Go

MARCH 20, 2013

Find good financing partners. You want to find financing partners who help you in the situations described above, don’t become yet another impediment. We want to bootstrap as much as possible and believe we can because we should be profitable by summer (not a lot of profit, but some).

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