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Bootstrapping vs. Raising Money

Spencer Fry

Days before the conference started, I was asked (and felt honored) to lead two workshops on bootstrapping vs. raising money. Having started and sold 3 successful bootstrapped businesses, and am now running 1 venture capital backed business ( Coach ), this is a topic I know a thing or two about. What's “good” about bootstrapping.

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Planning for a Harvest - Startups and angels: Along the way to success

Tim Keane

Planning for a Harvest. And in businesses that are not on a "harvest path," this system, (combined with a constantly updated market map) should work well for a long time, potentially providing a lot of positive cash flow for the company and its owners. Planning for a Harvest. Bootstrapping. October 2010.

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Twitter Link Roundup #330 – Terrific Reads for Small Business, Entrepreneurs, Marketers, and Designers!

crowdSPRING Blog

Why the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica Data Harvesting Scandal is a BFD – [link] pic.twitter.com/NoZhQZ3jwN. Long but good read with lots of insights … Selling My Bootstrapped SaaS Business – Indie Hackers [link] pic.twitter.com/TrjRSe2Hzk. (@DavidHolzmer) March 20, 2018. The ad platform is a house of cards.

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How to Start a Digital Marketing Agency Without Outside Funding

Up and Running

Bootstrapping. If you don’t have that cash injection at the start of your businesses life, then you need to be bootstrapping. Using a project management tool like Liquid Planner or a Harvest / Basecamp combination can really help with this. We knew that tracking employee time and client budgets were the way we wanted to head in.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

  At the financial level , and assuming a harvest of the investment in the company without the need for further financing, two terms stand out as driving economics: the dividend and the liquidation preference.   You can see how these affect the harvest proceeds and investor multiples achieved at various levels. Categories.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. As a result, the VC will often block a portfolio company from harvesting a very attractive, but not home run, return. Venture capitalists Cut Tough Deals.

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Thoughts for New Angels - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

It is a never ending process of innovation, Identification of opportunity; marshalling resources; action/exploitation; and, harvesting. It is a never ending process of innovation, Identification of opportunity; marshalling resources; action/exploitation; and, harvesting. Bootstrapping. TrackBack URL for this entry: [link].

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