Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

The company also never raised any previous financing, and is one of the great bootstrapped success stories out there. A number of these companies had significant financing events this year, including: TaskRabbit: Incubated out of ZipCar, raised over $22M from Floodgate, First Round, Shasta, and Lightspeed. from Accel.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 16, 2010

Let's get the self-aggrandizing plea for attention out of the way: Please vote for my SxSW panel entitled "A Bootstrapped Geek Sifts Through the Bullshit.". He's is biased, of course, because he leads the 200+ company Y-Combinator incubator, but his predictions have already come true for many founders I know personally.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

My partner in Menlo Incubator , Gary Kremen , and I had a recent debate on which one of us hates convertible debt more. In a convertible note structure, Im penalized for increasing your valuation. It all adds up and the more you have the bigger the round needs to be justify the valuation based on new cash in. Bootstrapping 101.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high. No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 1, 2011

The team is led by Girish Mathrubootham and Shanmugam Krishnasamy, who have their roots in Zoho, a SaaS company that has revolutionized the category by drastically undercutting the CRM price-point by leveraging India to build a $100M+ 100% bootstrapped business. See: 1M/1M Incubation Radar: Freshdesk ].

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 3, 2011

We also had two other entrepreneurs who are working with the William Factory Incubator in Tacoma, Washington. The company has bootstrapped using services, a philosophy we espouse heavily in 1M/1M, and has simultaneously gathered a group of angel investors who are supporting it through the next phase. Wise Mind Studios LLC.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

And, oh by the way, we also really like the idea of the 1M/1M entrepreneurs building valuation and negotiating leverage through these business development efforts, instead of signing off large chunks of their company in form of equity early on. It certainly will be a better way to bootstrap the company. SOCO Games.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high. No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Again, referring back to the Finisar case study I often teach on this topic , bootstrapping using services is a very effective way to build companies. All three of todays roundtable companies will soon be featured on Incubation Radar.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees. Again, referring back to the Finisar case study I often teach on this topic , bootstrapping using services is a very effective way to build companies. All three of todays roundtable companies will soon be featured on Incubation Radar.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

Does A Billion-Dollar Valuation Buy Employee Happiness? 1871 to launch incubator for female entrepreneurs – crowdspring.co/1gnuwsz. 15 Best Bootstrap Design Tools – crowdspring.co/1ncKgIa. It takes 3 years [before you know if your startup can be a real business] – crowdspring.co/1kK2ZJ8. 1ncL3IY.

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dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

The entrepreneur expects the company to be worth many times this valuation and so does the investor. The key is to have several VCs or investors competing for the deal to arrive at a "fair" valuation. So they will give you a pre-money valuation somewhere around the amount you raise. That is how much you should raise.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I first contacted my friend, Manu Kumar, who incubated the company, coming up with the idea and finding the founders to build the product. I asked him how the deal came out for investors since the sale price was significantly lower than the valuation on the round they were raising when we met. Bootstrapping 101. ► July.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

Using Incubators/Accelerators to Bridge the Gap. Incubators like Y Combinator are certainly a viable route to take to help you move from bootstrapped startup to seed round. The route to getting into an incubator is a bit more transparent and democratic than getting funded, so for a first timer you could have better luck here.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team?

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Incubator List/ Local Startup Resources/ Startup Q&A. List of Startup Incubators. Israeli Center of Incubators. valuations. Get Satisfaction. Event platforms. Eventbrite. VC Experts.

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