Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2016

These historically have included work-at-home, restaurants, telemarketing and social-service providers. On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Products requiring changes to government regulations.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

One of the many challenges facing the world’s governments is the fact that no one really knows how this virus behaves. Thus, the world’s scientists, medical experts, and governments are in new territory, determining what works and what doesn’t work as each country moves through the peaks and troughs of this pandemic. What is a startup?

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 11, 2010

WhenBusy is a bootstrapped startup that lets people schedule meetings with you in currently-available time-slots without you having to share your calendar [disclosure: I'm an advisor]. Does Twitter get press when it helps Iranians fight an illegitimate government or when it creates a new internal IT process to increase up-time?

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

Many people have found that due to government restrictions on movement, they have been spending more time at home looking for ways to pass the day. Depending on your business type, you may be able to bootstrap your startup with very little cash. Build An Online Presence.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The French government has translated the JEI program into English as the Young Entrepreneurs Initiative , an annual competition run by the French Embassy to the US. France is not a socialist country, but it's a socialized country, and the French get a lot in return for the taxes they pay. The Big Players. The Funding.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Salon C Register: SXSW badge required The Texas Startup Manifesto SXSW Report on Trust: Gov’t, Tech & Media with WP Engine CEO Heather Brunner Join the legendary Dan Rather, Heather Brunner (WP Engine), Jess Clifton (Edelman Digital), moderator Richard Edelman and host Hugh Forrest (SXSW). Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM 3:00PM Location: Hilton?—?Salon

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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.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

And, depending on the business you start, there may also be various government incentives. Gather information from government sites like the U.S. You don’t have to rely on banks and government organizations to fund your business. You could also use personal earnings and do a bit of bootstrapping as well.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. We need to have a close look at the worlds two biggest social media networks of Twitter and Facebook – they run open API’s for each other to assist their customers and suppliers switch and share between each other.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We were bootstrapping the company’s funding, so we could not afford to hire a firm to help us come up with a company name. It’s amazing that we’ve been able to provide careers for over 20 people in explaining a government benefit. The name of my business is Simon Says Social Media. 12 – A Friend Helped.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 30, 2014

I also liked how it portrayed the role of social media in today’s business landscape and how the film taps into one of the most compelling reasons why people start their own business : the desire to be their own boss. It endearingly represents the ingenuity and collaboration required to bootstrap a project.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 24, 2017

This can easily be accomplished by surveying current and potential business customers, testing focus groups, conducting one-on-one interviews, utilizing social media polls, and observing data through platforms like Google Analytics. This is one of the tradeoffs of getting outside funding. So how do you attract investors?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

As CEO of Quintessence Group, Melinda educates entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies on subjects including small business startup, business development, and social media marketing. Social media is no longer an option, you must be a social media expert, too, or have some budget to hire somebody to help you.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

By focusing on branding even before construction had begun on the brewery, ColdFire has been building a local following through social media and building buzz for their grand opening. It is a constantly coordinated, ongoing set of relationships with customers, government officials, craftspeople, and your internal people.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , August 14, 2010 Governments round the world are trying to stimulate entrepreneurship. The Chilean government recently announced a bold initiative that stands apart from the usual innovation and start-up handwaving. Have convertible notes really won?

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 8, 2019

We are a bootstrapped business so cash management is critical?—?you You probably already have many of them because you have previous experience in active duty or as a civilian government employee?—?but You have previous experience in active duty or as a civilian government employee?—?but Vice President?—?Operations

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

Hannu has called for mass coordination between the government and the private sector to get to a vaccine faster, not a few months faster but dramatically faster. Eric Ries : I've heard you speak about the need for a vaccine Manhattan Project, obviously drawing inspiration from the secret government project that developed the Atomic Bomb.

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Bootstrapping. Grants & Government-backed loans. For those having no access to grants, there are government-backed loans that can be accessed even if the entrepreneur has no credit record or any assets to secure the loan. SEO & Social Media. Similar opportunities are available in other countries as well.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 10, 2021

Better yet, how confident are you that the investors behind the big social media and content platforms will insist on better polices going forward? They want the government off their backs except when it comes to making sure no one builds affordable housing down the street from them.

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