Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. As a rule of thumb, you should double every employee’s salary in estimating employee costs, so less is more. Best of all, it’s even considered “ultra-cool” these days to be a lean startup. Facilities and staff.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. As a rule of thumb, you should double every employee’s salary in estimating employee costs, so less is more. Best of all, it’s even considered “ultra-cool” these days to be a lean startup. Facilities and staff.

Entrepreneur 235

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Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. As a rule of thumb, you should double every employee’s salary in estimating employee costs, so less is more. Best of all, it’s even considered “ultra-cool” these days to be a lean startup. Facilities and staff.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

I bootstrapped it on my own. In fact, we were cash flow positive, including everyone’s salaries and everything in seven months. You’ve bootstrapped a company, so you can see all those things, and you’re skeptical of the VC side. Dan: Jason, we’re certainly leaning more towards what you said.

Silicon Valley 204

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

And standing out to a company that got $10 million dollars in funding even before they started Asana is going to be very hard if you bootstrap it with your savings. I think another thing you wanted to talk about was the whole keep bootstrapping or raise money question. Jason: That’s called bootstrapping, right.

Technical Cofounder 220

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Harley Goes Lean to Build Hogs. Subscriber Content Read Preview. Pension Crisis Looms Despite Cuts. Commented.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Options and future value are great ‘add ons’ but not for a welfare check salary until ‘this great idea makes it.’ Jones This is roughly how I bootstrapped my current startup (just raised a decent series B so things seem to be on the right track). Hopefully your idea of business model isn’t “ad revenue based”.

Technical Review 84

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