Transformify

OCTOBER 14, 2015

An excellent understanding of front and back-end web development skills including, HTML/5, CSS, JavaScript, Responsive Web Design, PHP, MySQL, HTML email, Bootstrap, Flat UI, Symfony. Able to demonstrate your talent with an outstanding portfolio that showcases digital expertise. Experience of API Integration. Interested?

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Web Development Web Developer HTML 66

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

If you have a basic understanding of CSS, HTML, and JS and want to create a WordPress theme, you can do it with Bootstrap and then share it on GetBootstrap, even if you don't know much about WordPress. You can help your clients create cover letters and portfolios they’ll be confident to share. Thanks to Gary Gray, CouponChief ! #28-

Software Review 118

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 118

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

They may decide to acquire the startup in order to hire the team for another project in their portfolio. Sometimes investors are very impressed with the skills and expertise of a startup team but are not so impressed with the business potential of the current idea. These deals usually come with retention packages -- so be careful.

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Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

Up and Running

JUNE 4, 2018

Given that these kinds of freelance careers depend on having a solid reputation and portfolio of work, it’s wise to start building those things as quickly as possible. It’s easier to bootstrap. It’s important to note that while the likes of Facebook and Dell are often referred to as bootstrapped, that’s actually a bit of a myth.

Bootstrapping 66

Bootstrapping Colorado Internet Software Review 66

Up and Running

MAY 10, 2012

“I realized that nonprofits were struggling with fund raising due to the economic downturn, and they needed a more diversified portfolio for their fundraising. ” The competition did more than educate and put money in the bank for this otherwise bootstrapped startup. .” And that’s how WeDidIt was born.

Small Business 142

Small Business Advisory Board Employee Entrepreneur 142

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Our wheelhouse is bootstrapped (or lightly capitalized) SMB SaaS. We’re also regularly following-on for existing portfolio companies.”. Each of Feenix’s portfolio companies receives an investment in debt or equity and utilizes a subsidiary of Feenix as its credit card payment processor (“Feenix Payment Systems”). ARR of $500K+.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping. Also, these peers are now your competition in a portfolio ranking, so you need to know to stay ahead of them in the pack.

Term Sheet 140

Term Sheet Advisory Board Liquidation Preference Portfolio 140

Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Not yet profitable but invaluable to developers worldwide, the decade-old company bootstrapped, differentiated from formidable competitors GitLab and Atlassian’s BitBucket, weathered leadership upheavals, and eventually ingested lots of venture capital which helped them weather the challenges they faced.

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Acquisition Azure Open Source Seattle 71

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

At the same time, we also have seen several examples of entrepreneurs who have successfully bootstrapped their e-commerce companies without any external financing until much later in the game. Or, bootstrap longer. Some examples include Flipkart and Redbus in India, and Freshdiet in the US.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2014

If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping. Also, these peers are now your competition in a portfolio ranking, so you need to know to stay ahead of them in the pack.

Term Sheet 237

Term Sheet Advisory Board Liquidation Preference Startup 237

ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Years later Clavier's name now comes up all the time when one of his portfolio companies finds success; his exits include Mint, Tapulous, and UserPlane, other investments include Mashery (a ReadWriteWeb sponsor), Rapleaf, Fitbit, bitly, GroupOn, Twitter and many more. The stages of funding.

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Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2015

If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping. Also, these peers are now your competition in a portfolio ranking, so you need to know to stay ahead of them in the pack.

Term Sheet 120

Term Sheet Advisory Board Liquidation Preference Angel Investor 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 20, 2015

But in this episode, Scott Belsky talks about their critical importance and exactly how he built the popular creative portfolio platform, Behance. These are things that, perhaps surprisingly to some, are still not widely preached, taught, accepted, or built around by investors and tech entrepreneurs alike.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 20, 2015

But in this episode, Scott Belsky talks about their critical importance and exactly how he built the popular creative portfolio platform, Behance. These are things that, perhaps surprisingly to some, are still not widely preached, taught, accepted, or built around by investors and tech entrepreneurs alike.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Product Bootstrapping Portfolio 120

Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

Not only are they amplifying the data behind why this is a smart business move, but also driving that forward with their portfolio. It was a great experience to not only talk about that bootstrap startup life, but see and interact with student entrepreneurs. It made me wish that I had this when I was in undergrad!

Austin 57

Austin Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 57

YoungUpstarts

JULY 8, 2013

Although stressful, we bootstrapped the company for as long as possible while having conversations with potential investors. Some angel investors are part of a network that provides free access to legal counsel for all of their portfolio companies. Access to capital can be challenging to say the least.

Small Business 276

Small Business Cofounder Social Media Angel Investor 276

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Note, this is something our portfolio company Ada is actually starting to address very successfully). Therefore, entrepreneurs need to figure out how to bootstrap the chicken and egg problem and overcome this lack of data. Why can’t accounting products do a better job of reconciling bank accounts?

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Artificial Inteligence Vertical API Bootstrapping 94

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Room 213 Bootstrap Meetup with Austin Startup Scene Godfather Bijoy Goswami This Meetup is for entrepreneurs in all fields?—?tech, Bootstrapping allows you to get started on your venture with whatever resources are at hand. March 10, 2018 5:00PM?—?6:00PM 6:00PM JW Marriott?—?Room tech, film, music, publishing, etc. 12:00PM Hilton?—?Room

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

Rob Go

MARCH 20, 2013

We want to bootstrap as much as possible and believe we can because we should be profitable by summer (not a lot of profit, but some). Our desire to bootstrap may be a good thing because we don’t believe our industry is one where we could have a huge exit and potentially attract investors before we get there.

Bootstrapping 46

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Luckily, there are some new entrants and approaches to seed-stage funding -- if you know whom to ask -- that can supplement the friends, family and bootstrapping approaches traditionally recommended. Most investors won’t touch a first-time entrepreneur at this stage. Here they are: A crowdfunding campaign. A seed-stage “super angel.”

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Seed Stage Finance Early Stage Startup 120

The Startup Magazine

MAY 13, 2018

You can , however, discover ways to trim your own expenses to bootstrap your business or simply to increase your cash flow, funneling those savings back into the business. If you’re already investing your money, revisit your portfolio; you may want to pull back on the riskier stocks. ” Source: Flickr.

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Mucker Lab

MARCH 8, 2016

Four years after founding and bootstrapping Mucker Capital , we are pleased to announce the close of a new $45 million fund, Mucker III. With a well-capitalized fund, great LPs, and a solid portfolio, we are privileged to continue serving exceptional entrepreneurs.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 18, 2011

Tip: If you want to go into a market where you are unsure, bootstrap to get a sense of whether there’s a massive opportunity. You can view his full portfolio here. Xoom is a classic TAM, investors like Sequoia like to see these, Western Union has 20% of TAM. For Eventbrite, addressing longtail market was a leap of faith.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley San Francisco 49

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 22, 2012

They can serve as a stepping stone to the next venture, they can lead to finding jobs at other organizations that can exploit the same product knowledge or expertise, or they can remain bootstrapped until they get the value proposition or business model right (what, no funding?).

Startup 133

Startup Portfolio Metrics Bootstrapping 133

YoungUpstarts

JULY 20, 2015

Manage your working capital with bootstrapping or investor cash injections. And to further develop a marketing portfolio of those channels that work to grow the profitability of your business. Many people will use their own private funds to grow. Know your market!

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Angel Investor Channel Bootstrapping Operations 100

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

I went from being a marketer at Google where every news outlet wanted to cover all of our product launches to a bootstrapped 2 person startup where no one cared at all. This means, for example, if we are focused right now on saying helping our portfolio companies, it means that we can’t be responding to everyone who has sent us a pitch deck.

Bootstrapping 91

Bootstrapping Revenue Portfolio Startup 91

Mucker Lab

JANUARY 1, 2014

For better for worse, only entrepreneurs ready to bootstrap their companies for 12-24 month are able to start new ventures. The bottom 50% of “early stage” venture capital firms realize how crappy their portfolio of “early stage” investments are and decides to save their fund by investing in cross over deals (read Uber/Palantir).

Seed Stage 84

Seed Stage Early Stage Distribution Bootstrapping 84

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

A business like that will just have a really hard time raising money at the early stages, and if that’s feedback you are getting from at least 2 people, you may want to consider adjusting your plan and raise from angels and/or bootstrap for a long time. The best way to assess what VCs actually like is to look at their portfolio.

Sales Cycle 54

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 54

Hippoland

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In late 2008, I was about to turn in my 2 week resignation at Google to start a company when Sequoia sent out a presentation to their portfolio companies. Investors who invest at all stages are increasingly reserving more capital for follow-on to keep their existing portfolio companies afloat longer. Keep your burn low.

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Seed Stage Angel Investor Bootstrapping Startup 48

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. Of Indie.VC’s portfolio, 60% of investments are not in NY, CA, or MA. The INTRO tool is available to non-portfolio companies as well. Details here.

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Antonio has a portfolio of Web-based business process management applications for small businesses with 10-100 employees. And these pilots will pay for her early bootstrapping phase. At today's roundtable we saw three very nice businesses, each with pilot customers, and each working on real problems.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

A business like that will just have a really hard time raising money at the early stages, and if that’s feedback you are getting from at least 2 people, you may want to consider adjusting your plan and raise from angels and/or bootstrap for a long time. The best way to assess what VCs actually like is to look at their portfolio.

Sales Cycle 48

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

Mucker Lab

JANUARY 1, 2014

For better for worse, only entrepreneurs ready to bootstrap their companies for 12-24 month are able to start new ventures. The bottom 50% of “early stage” venture capital firms realize how crappy their portfolio of “early stage” investments are and decides to save their fund by investing in cross over deals (read Uber/Palantir).

Seed Stage 60

Seed Stage Early Stage Distribution Bootstrapping 60

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. He should then bootstrap his product development by using the consulting fees.

Bootstrapping 114

Bootstrapping Marketing Angel Investor Silicon Valley 114

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2012

Create a portfolio. Lots of people throughout history have pulled themselves up by their bootstraps. While you may never learn to love it, you can learn to be good at it, which can be a huge advantage in finding a job and beyond. Look for inspirational examples. Grab a biography and get reading to get inspired.

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Networking Social Media Community Hiring 267

The Startup Toolkit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

5mm/year) and someone buys you to add that revenue to their portfolio (revenue-based acquisition). Not a lot of people think about revenue-based exits, so I guess I hope spreading the word can help finish off the myth that bootstrapping equals small and unambitious. You’re making solid revenue (e.g.

Dividend 50

Dividend Acquisition Founder Bootstrapping 50

Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

I went from being a marketer at Google where every news outlet wanted to cover all of our product launches to a bootstrapped 2 person startup where no one cared at all. This means, for example, if we are focused right now on saying helping our portfolio companies, it means that we can’t be responding to everyone who has sent us a pitch deck.

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Bootstrapping Revenue Portfolio Startup 48