SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

- Make sure you go through the 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. The bad news is that Finding Developers is Tough Here in Los Angeles and even people willing to pay have a hard time finding Web Development in Los Angeles. Do you have dollars to pay for development?

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder CTO Hire Los Angeles 211

Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

When Chad Pytel introduced me to Bryan Helmkamp , CEO/Co-founder of Code Climate , I knew that I had to pay attention. Chad is the CEO of thoughtbot, a consulting firm that makes web + mobile apps for early-stage startups.

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Software Review Chad Ruby PHP 191

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Personalize a simple web site. The net is that if I see a website business plan today with a projected development cost greater than $200K, I suspect the founder must be including some fancy perks, or they don’t understand the market dynamics of website applications today. Or, fall back to the old standby DreamWeaver by Adobe.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2014

by Milysan Troche, founder of MyHauteCloset.com. All of the above costs can be completely avoided or drastically minimized by a bit of creative bootstrapping with minimal investment to launch courtesy of the world wide web. GoDaddy also provides business email, as well as yearly web hosting. Website & Hosting.

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eCommerce Bootstrapping Social Media Hosting 212

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 11, 2011

by Oliver Wilkinson , founder of SSL247 and co-founder of jobiso.fr. Master the art of bootstrapping: aim to “bootstrap” first. I had proven online sales and marketing experience and would be responsible for web development, and he had all the industry contacts and was an established analyst.

Entrepreneur 199

Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Cofounder SMS 199

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Personalize a simple web site. The net is that if I see a website business plan today with a projected development cost greater than $200K, I suspect the founder must be including some fancy perks, or they don’t understand the market dynamics of e-commerce today.

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eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping .Net 196

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

Software patents are especially useless for small, bootstrapped startups. In all the interviews you've read about founders' success, how many credit their MBA program? Except in certain industries (e.g. food, drug, medical), I'm unaware of companies who stave off quality competitors through patent holdings. How many even have MBAs?

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Intellectual Property Bootstrapping Software Review Open Source 319

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

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?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Personalize a simple web site. The net is that if I see a website business plan today with a projected development cost greater than $200K, I suspect the founder must be including some fancy perks, or they don’t understand the market dynamics of e-commerce today.

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Hosting Bootstrapping .Net Social Network 248

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 16, 2012

The concept is hardly to news to countless startup founders who find themselves facing intense pressuresto survive and grow their companies in extraordinarily challenging conditions. Amanda Aitken , The Girl’s Guide to Web Design 3. Bootstrapping the Company Bootstrapping has been our most gut-wretching choice in building our business.

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Founder Bootstrapping Startup Early Stage 78

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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Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

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. Yana Nirshberg is the Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Creative Director at ParadigmNEXT, Inc. I spend a lot of time online.

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Web Technical Review Sales Cycle Cofounder 28

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea. two founders in a garage?—?(HP

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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. Startups provide introductions and Tony and fellow panelists provide feedback in real-time.

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Fractional CTO CTO Hire Startup Social Network 175

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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Lean San Francisco Web Advisory Board 68

Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Our mission at TTS is to develop more tech talent in the South through beginner-focused programs teaching web development and computer programming. We actually met taking some web development classes in Chicago. So, the idea of helping people launch web-based tools more quickly and at a fraction of the cost was a big draw for her.

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Cofounder Charlotte Raleigh Atlanta 68

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Personalize a simple web site. The net is that if I see a website business plan today with a projected development cost greater than $200K, I suspect the founder must be including some fancy perks, or they don’t understand the market dynamics of e-commerce today.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Salaries Startup Founders Pay Themselves | Business Insider – crowdspring.co/1nHU2OK. Advanced web typography: Responsive web typography – crowdspring.co/1m4knXa.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Attention founders: Here’s how you respond to an unfair post about your company - [link]. Questions to Ask Potential Cofounders: The Master List | Founder Dating - [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 104

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! 30 Founders Share Why Their Startups Failed | Tech Cocktail – crowdspring.co/1ssh53n. Why Startups Fail, According to Their Founders – crowdspring.co/1CdmkGz.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2017

It’s really fun to see this kind of success and these stories are out there and everywhere if you look – no, they don’t always make the nightly news because it’s pretty much a bootstrapped, do the work, grow consistently kind of success – the best kind.

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North America Software Review America Technical Review 52

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Rule 1: Bootstrap until you have a viable product. That’s because obtaining a pre-money valuation for a concept level technology company in excess of $1 million is difficult, particularly for a startup founder without a proven track record. His first capital raise was a $2.75

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Private Equity Pre-Money Valuation Equity Startup 94

thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Archives Team Badges & Banners Netsetter Directory Twitter Updates Email Updates Rss Updates Do You Need to Be a Developer to Found a Web Startup? If you read a lot of these though you start wondering if the only route into the world of web startups is to be a developer or computer engineer of some kind.

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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. This post is based on the author’s new guide, How to Transform Your Ideas into Software Products. At the end of 2012, I was in a really tight spot.

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Bootstrapping Salary Web Software 154

The Next Web

JUNE 18, 2014

Together with my co-founder, we kicked off a 20 months adventure with two major aspirations: develop smarter charging technology that increases energy efficiency by 30 percent ahead of existing products, as well as research embedded solar technology for energy replenishment. This story continues at The Next Web.

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Bootstrapping Cofounder Startup Campaign 162

viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Home About Contact Me How To Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur Vinicius Vacanti Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder September 7, 2010 | View Comments Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder “I’ve got this HUGE idea. I just need to find a technical co-founder.&# I was in this situation and we barely escaped.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Ruby 43

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! A founder-friendly term sheet – [link]. Web Design Trends 2013: Top 10 Smashing Trends to Look Upon | Psdblast – [link]. But sadly, just many puppies – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

It’s been 6 month since my co-founder and I started Reset ?—?a In July I spoke on a panel at 3 Day Startup Global Roundup, an opportunity that sprung out of a connection in a Female Founders Facebook Group. Althought the program itself is focused on students, the ecosystem surrounding it is rich with opportunities for all founders.

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Austin Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 57

Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 19, 2014

I’m finding many business advantagesb in this world for a group of websites I am building to bootstrap a few “baby startups” in areas I’m already interested in – #travel, #classic-cars, #SaaS #Art sales, #techjobs, etc. It’s a somewhat different world than the VC funded startup world that is my day job.

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Early Stage Bootstrapping Agile Web Development 20

The Next Web

AUGUST 22, 2014

Mikita Mikado is the co-­founder and CEO of designing software PandaDoc. And whether you’re just beginning to bootstrap or hustling to get funded, your time is your most valuable asset. Still, the thrifty culture and informal atmosphere keeps many founders and CEOs locked in DIY day in and day out. There isn’t enough time.”

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Silicon Valley Cofounder Bootstrapping Startup 166

The Next Web

MAY 1, 2013

Streaming live on The Next Web, Pancake Labs founder Jim Belosic will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. Jim Belosic is the co-founder and CEO of Pancake Labs, a software company based in Reno, Nev. Prior to starting Pancake Labs, Belosic ran a successful web design agency, which he also founded. ET (12 p.m.

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Nevada Founder Social Media Cofounder 112

The Next Web

MAY 2, 2013

Jim Belosic is the co-founder and CEO of Pancake Labs, a software company based in Reno, Nev. Prior to starting Pancake Labs, Belosic ran a successful web design agency, which he also founded. Got a question for Jim? Use the chat feature below to get it answered live. ShortStack apps are mobile capable and embeddable on websites.

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Video Nevada Founder Social Media 114

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. Raise your first round of money, or bootstrap. You either do it on your own, taking all risks and responsibility yourself (“bootstrapping”), or you find investors that believe in your company. 60-70% for founders.

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nickpoint.co.uk

OCTOBER 23, 2010

» 5 Startup Steps to finding & working with freelancers By Nick Barker As there are just two of us ( Simon Oxley – my co-founder and I) in our startup we need outside help. Through LinkedIn we identified 12 local freelancers for our front-end web design/dev work. Choosing right person? Why did it work so well?

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RSS Startup Bootstrapping Cofounder 40

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Pamela Poole is a blogger, translator and tech writer, and founder of Francophilia.com , a social startup for Francophiles. Big names like Microsoft BizSpark and Sun Startup Essentials have a presence here, of course, and The Funded recently launched their Founder Institute in Paris as well. Web and mobile. E and more).

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France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed. Presenters: Sarah Allen (Co-Founder & CTO, Mightyverse) and Paul Lundahl (Creative Director, Mightyverse). Presenter: Jennifer Bonnett (Founder & CEO, Nexpense). Web Track — Pitch 2010 Finalist — Apply in the Sky.

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CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 49

Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

I was reflecting on this post last week about the state of consumer web in Boston and shared a few of my thoughts in the comments. 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. Still led by its founder, Steve Kaufer. IPO’s/Exits.

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Technical Review Boston Software Review IPO 54