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Using Open Source to Bootstrap Your Data Service

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When I first started program, it was 1979. When I started programming on an IBM PC in 1983, I did exactly the same thing. They’ve released the Polymaps source code on GitHub so any developer can quickly see how the API is used, play around with real production code, and modify the base examples for their own use.

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eBay Acquires RedLaser

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Occipital’s founders – Jeff and Vikas – are the epitome of bootstrap entrepreneurs. At the end of the program they had a few chances to raise money but weren’t happy with the valuations so decided to hunker down and just bootstrap things.

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TechStars Data from 2007 to 2009

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To this day, I still get daily performance reports (I refer to them as TPS reports) from many of the companies that have gone through the program. 39 companies have gone through the program to date (30 through Boulder and 9 through Boston). Last week, David Cohen published all of the historical TechStars data. Oldest: 51.

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Do More Faster in PE Hub

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We bootstrapped the business because we had to and by 1993, when we sold the company to a large public company, we’d built a nice, consistently profitable business. Rather than preach, we gathered first-person accounts from the entrepreneurs who have gone through the TechStars program and their mentors. Yes, 10 dollars.)