www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home RSS About Contact Advertise Partners How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k. Entrepreneurs, which by definition are stubborn entities are therefore finding creative and cheap ways to bootstrap their startups. Share 17 Responses to “How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k. TheStartup.eu

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 20, 2012

Erica Douglass bootstrapped her company and sold it for a million dollars while her friends were switching majors for the third time or dicking around at some entry-level job. “We’re Netflix for art” — implying a symmetry in target market (i.e. She’s successful by any measure. Like Erica.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Archives Team Badges & Banners Netsetter Directory Twitter Updates Email Updates Rss Updates Do You Need to Be a Developer to Found a Web Startup? Mechanics Need Tools Discussion 9 Comments | Comment RSS Sirwan on the 16th March Reply   Excellent article, perfect! Will grab your RSS feed too.

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blog.traindom.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Traindom Traindom Customer Login Sign Up Affiliates Support Information Marketing Conversations 36 places where you can submit your startup for some coverage October 4th, 2010 § 45 Photo used under Creative Commons from theparadigmshifter So you have a new startup company and want some coverage. Take a look at Traindom. Sign up now!

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 4, 2010

I feel myself transforming into the Dr. Laura of bootstrapped entrepreneurs.). I don't care if the guest has 4 RSS subscribers or 4 New York Times best-selling books. Gee, is this therapy for me or for you ? Probably both. So over the next few months I'm going to run a few guest posts. Ground rules. I will ignore the poster's fame.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The blog Bootstrapping Independence recently posted a very thorough list of some additional resources and reminders for building a detailed launch plan. Consider thinking about different target "markets" for the news sites, based on an interest in the topic, the industry, the customer market, the location, and so on. Discuss.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

One of the first things to go, in most budgets, is marketing. After all, sweat equity can make up for a trim marketing budget, but it would be hard to make up for cuts in product development and customer service without sacrificing customer experience. Keeping this in mind, I launched a startup with virtually zero marketing budget.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Kostas Papageorgiou is Paymill ’s resident blogger and a professional blogger and content creator who helps startups grow their online presence through content marketing. Whether you’re bootstrapping or have just secured a round of funding – chances are you want to attract as many customers to sign up for your product/service.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You have heard, I am sure, that venture capitalists only invest in very large market opportunities - $500 million to $1 billion. You have heard, I am sure, that venture capitalists only invest in very large market opportunities - $500 million to $1 billion. I asked him several times what exactly is his TAM (Total Available Market).

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

You have heard, I am sure, that venture capitalists only invest in very large market opportunities - $500 million to $1 billion. You have heard, I am sure, that venture capitalists only invest in very large market opportunities - $500 million to $1 billion. I asked him several times what exactly is his TAM (Total Available Market).

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 9, 2012

David Heinemeier Hansson doesn’t deserve to be alive either for instance — he makes millions of dollars at his bootstrapped, profitable, beloved business , he’s honored by geeks for creating Ruby on Rails , he’s a New York Times best-selling author and a race car driver, and all this with a 30-hour work-week.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Do they believe you have a big enough vision and market. Tons of advice is available on how to pitch , present and market your company. If you’re following Customer Development you are now raising money because even with this first rev of the product you think you’ve found product/market fit and you want to scale.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 8, 2010

"We do only one thing and we do it better than anyone" is a great marketing slogan. We all have dreams of stratospheric growth, whether it's hoping the next blog post will get 267 votes on Hacker News and double your RSS subscribers , or hoping that the advent of release v1.1 Embrace slow growth. will set the blogosphere ablaze.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. The subject of measuring market size comes up every few weeks in my interactions with startup founders, and one point I always raise is the difference between a top-down and bottom-up approach. In that case, bottom-up is a better choice.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 25 Awesome Free Google Tools for Marketers – [link]. Don’t Accidentally Bootstrap Yourself to Death | saastr – [link]. Is Agile Marketing the Future of Search in 2013?

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www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

However, a perfectly acceptable—and perhaps even better—answer is that there are no investors other than the founders, and the plan is to bootstrap the company as long as possible. Assume that you have $0 for marketing, how would you market the product? Any bozo can market a product with a million dollars. Live your life.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

Different market opportunities present radically different startup risks and costs. The time to product and scale of investment is radically different than other startup markets.&# Verticals Are Different I began to realize that entrepreneurs (and their professors) act like every vertical market and industry has the same set of rules.

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www.iubenda.com

OCTOBER 25, 2011

TagliaBlog is a personal blog about web marketing, and we wrote an article on privacy policies in general, providing iubenda as a simple solution, but explaining the legal requirements and how to meet every obligation. Follow this blog via RSS Feed. We contacted TagliaBlog , Ninjamarketing and fanpage. Here two major events happen.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

You can listen by subscribing to my podcast on iTunes , or it’s enclosed in this blog’s RSS feed , or you can just download the mp3 of the first hour. How to differentiate yourself in a crowded market (and when perhaps you shouldn’t try). It then hit the market, which happened to be the enterprise market.

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grasshopper.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Funded companies are typically a safer bet than bootstrapped ventures for two important reasons. Developing a cutting edge product and marketing it effectively is not a cheap process, and having investors to make sure the bills get paid is a great asset for any new business to have. Marketing & Brands. Connect With Us.

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blog.teamtreehouse.com

DECEMBER 5, 2012

 RSS. Twitter Bootstrap : Created by Mark Otto and Angus Droll , Bootstrap makes its learning curve worth the effort. What it lacks in stylesheet comments Bootstrap makes up in online documentation and sample files. What it lacks in stylesheet comments Bootstrap makes up in online documentation and sample files.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

Startup life is all about bootstrapping, but you need a place to work, right? “There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. Have an account?

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Here’s the deal: I work in the bootstrapped startup world and in this arena you don’t need $500k to build a product. As I’ve said before – market and marketing come before everything else. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter?

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Spencer Fry

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Marketing Pages. Set monetary/sales goals: After you've modeled out your potential revenue growth, setting sales goals will give you a better understanding of when you can raise money on good terms or quit your day job and bootstrap. Prepare a few of these to have on hand or to put on your marketing website when you go live.

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sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

RSS Feed 19 Nov 2010, Posted by admin in Featured , Nohat , 26 Comments SEO Advice for Bootstrapped Startups SEO can provide a hugely valuable source of traffic, if done right – especially for a bootstrapped startup where money is tight. Do not rely on SEO to market your product It sounds contradictory, but its true.

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. It’s more important than your product, market, and investors. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. Learn more.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

It’s basic bootstrapping; you’ll want to leverage a little bit of high-level technical expertise to minimize risk. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 James, I hope you’ll give us an update later and let my readers know how this unfolds for you.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 16, 2010

The time gap between the moment I have an idea and the moment I can confront it to market validation via some prototypes has too be as short as possible so I am always looking for better ways of doing things. I’m still a.NET dev by day but I’m bootstrapping a startup on Rails in my free time.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Since there are hundreds of new apps coming on the market every year, we figured it was time for an update. Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. NetBooks – Marketing, sales, inventory and financial control in one place.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

MAY 16, 2010

The time gap between the moment I have an idea and the moment I can confront it to market validation via some prototypes has too be as short as possible so I am always looking for better ways of doing things. I’m still a.NET dev by day but I’m bootstrapping a startup on Rails in my free time.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Getting Out of the Building Wasn’t Entertainment – Discovery and Validation Now that I was the master of the “facts” about customer needs in these specialized vertical markets , and with my team of vertical marketers , I thought I had achieved absolution and redemption. But there was one fatal flaw.

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Often, you will see a large company put enough marketing muscle behind a mediocre product to generate a profit from it. It also depends on your willingness to invest that money back into a volatile stock market and hopefully not lose your shirt doing it. Get future articles delivered via Email or subscribe to the RSS feed.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. Media & Marketing. Marketing & Strategy. Marketing Services. stock quotes reflect trading in all markets and are delayed at least 15 minutes. All quote volume is comprehensive and reflects trading in all markets, delayed at least 15 minutes.

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market-by-numbers.com

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Market By Numbers on Twitter | Entries RSS | Comments RSS Market By Numbers High-Tech Marketing and Customer Development Home What is Customer Development? Sales or Marketing Company’s method of sales or marketing is unique or stands out compared to others who sell similar products.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

In part one, How To Bootstrap Your Startup , we outlined the process of bootstrapping your company into existence. Sometimes this means developing it in the evenings / on weekends and takes away from family time (if you have one) and marketing, etc. In this post, we show you how to go from idea to specified product.

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