Remove Bootstrapping Remove Founder Remove Open Source Remove Software Developers
article thumbnail

How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

This is typically called “bootstrapping&# and it is fraught with potential pitfalls and dangers. But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. What is bootstrapping? Why bootstrap?

article thumbnail

Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business. For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO, Startup Professionals.

Startup 180
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. Captain Recruiter. Real Advice.

article thumbnail

"What's Next in Tech" Event in Boston

Altgate

You would have to spend millions of dollars hiring software developers, renting real estate, buying hardware, etc. Some of the big ones are open source , cloud computing and virtual office infrastructure. As an entrepreneur it means bootstrap, bootstrap, bootstrap. AWS is a great example.

Boston 28
article thumbnail

The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo (and a call for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

Lean 68
article thumbnail

Real Unfair Advantages

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

No, wait, I'm sorry, the real question is: What are you going to do when there are four totally free, open-source competitors? Indeed, most of the innovations we've made at Smart Bear in the art of code review have already been duplicated by both commercial and open-source competitors. The Dream Team. Common vision.

article thumbnail

TEDx Bay Area Women, quick fire talks

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Founder of JackCards.com. CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). Business development consultant. Polling code must be open sourced , can’t have propriety code. I met 2-4 women whom I’ve met at other SV events. President of The Tech Museum. Senior (Health) Benefits Consultant.