VC Cafe
MAY 4, 2021
Clubhouse was the trailblazer, but it sparked a huge interest in the category from established social networks, new startups and even the open source community. The social media giants are racing to introduce their own social audio experiences. 31 employees according to Linkedin, but seems to be bootstrapped. Open Source.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
JULY 12, 2010
Software patents are especially useless for small, bootstrapped startups. We're better at SEO and social media. Social media and SEO is ever-changing quicksand. Except in certain industries (e.g. food, drug, medical), I'm unaware of companies who stave off quality competitors through patent holdings. Can't be true, right?
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YoungUpstarts
JULY 21, 2019
The internet has a ton of open-source software and other free services you can use for your business. Social media is free, too, (if you don’t buy ads) so make sure to maximize its use to reach and interact with your customers. If you haven’t been able to save up for your capital, consider bootstrapping your business.
The Next Web
OCTOBER 30, 2012
When Mark Otto and Jacob Thornton, the creators of the Bootstrap toolkit, announced they were leaving Twitter last month, they promised to continue working on the project, even though it was launched in August 2011 while they were employed at the social networking giant. Today, they have delivered on that promise with Bootstrap 2.2.0.
www.readwriteweb.com
OCTOBER 7, 2007
This is typically called “bootstrapping&# and it is fraught with potential pitfalls and dangers. What is bootstrapping? So, what does it mean to bootstrap a company? Bootstrapping involves launching a business on a low budget. Why bootstrap? Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.
SoCal CTO
APRIL 8, 2010
- Startup Company Lawyer , March 14, 2010 After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source” equity seed financing documents. Not that it’s always a bad thing.
Gust
JUNE 19, 2012
And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Of course, every approach has pros and cons.
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