This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Credit cards "just work" and peer to peer transactions just aren't big enough to bootstrap a network. What will Facebook do to things? I think you'll see a lot of focus on companies like Tumblr, Twitter, Foursquare and Pinterest--services that haven't really established a business model yet to justify their sky high valuations.

Technology 116

Technology Valuation Community Restful 116

Small Business Force

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

In early stage companies (and even some later stage or mature ones), there is no one area where most entrepreneurs and small business owners are lacking in just basic fundamentals, than in dealing with their company's finances and financial management. Small business owners never give themselves enough credit in this area.

Finance 37

Finance Management Forecast Entrepreneur 37

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

and * on a bootstrapped budget* : We first engaged in customer surveys and validated a huge problem?—?several If you can bootstrap your business, it’s not a true venture-backed business. Bootstrapping is AMAZING! At the same time, it became clear that bootstrapping further was not an option our team could pursue.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2012

Generally, the same criteria applies to venture capital investors, although they invest other people’s money, at a later stage, in larger amounts. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking. Real estate. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans.

Angel Groups 237

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 237

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2011

Generally, the same criteria applies to venture capital investors, although they invest other people’s money, at a later stage, in larger amounts. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking. Real estate. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans.

Angel Investor 217

Angel Investor Angel Groups Early Stage Startup 217

Gust

JULY 1, 2012

Generally, the same criteria applies to venture capital investors, although they invest other people’s money, at a later stage, in larger amounts. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking. Real estate. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans.

Angel Groups 143

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Startup 143

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2010

Generally, the same criteria applies to venture capital investors, although they invest other people’s money, at a later stage, in larger amounts. This is definitely the space for bootstrapping and personal networking. Real estate. Angel groups almost never supply financing for real estate purchases, or personal loans.

Angel Groups 121

Angel Groups Angel Investor Early Stage Later Stage 121

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. I plan to use the internet as my networking base, and friends as my streettalkers. I plan to use the internet as my networking base, and friends as my streettalkers.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

So how can you network in to them if you didn’t win the genetic lottery? One of the reasons I wrote a book about online networks a decade ago was that I saw their power to make sales more efficient, particularly for people who were not a priori in the right networks. This is often the most challenging problem.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Advisory Board Greece Cofounder 60

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The only option at the moment for smaller ideas is to go seed / angel funding, or try to bootstrap it. In these more mature funds, the money remaining to be invested is more likely to go to later stage companies that are more likely to yield earlier returns, so the money comes back before the fund closes.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62