Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. Of course, every company needs these, in due time. You need a prototype. You need specialized equipment. Marty Zwilling.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affects the way businesses operate. Some entrepreneurs will say the future is definitely bright but to others, some of these changes are meant to work against their expansion and business operations. Photo Credit: Ben Reynolds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

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. Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. Small business grants. Friends and family.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. Of course, every company needs these, in due time. You need a prototype. You need specialized equipment. Marty Zwilling.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. According to Brian Parks, “Bigfoot provides RBI, term loans, and lines of credit to SaaS businesses with $500k+ ARR. Our wheelhouse is bootstrapped (or lightly capitalized) SMB SaaS. Bigfoot Capital.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 16, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Competitive Differentiation that Matters – [link] 7 Rules for Bootstrapping a Business – [link]. 5 New Spots for Chicago Tech Entrepreneurs – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

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. Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. Small business grants. Friends and family.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Small Business and Startups: 5 Tips For Keeping the Books – crowdspring.co/1f1zOfD. A special report from The Economist on Tech Startups.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

For example, many ongoing businesses have access to standard business loans from a traditional bank that would not be available to startups. Also, high-tech high-growth startups have access to investment funding that would not be available to stable, established businesses that show only slow growth.

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Gust

JUNE 17, 2012

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. Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. Small business grants. Friends and family.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 10, 2016

This week I’ll be running a series of Five Question interviews with small businesses which were facilitated by BondStreet , a SMB lending platform (we’re investors). HW: All of the social platforms claim to help small businesses and brands amplify their voice, find their customers. Everything else is tech.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 10, 2016

This week I’ll be running a series of Five Question interviews with small businesses which were facilitated by BondStreet , a SMB lending platform (we’re investors). HW: All of the social platforms claim to help small businesses and brands amplify their voice, find their customers. Everything else is tech.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We He searched and pitched planners who worked at companies with 500+ people and closed $200k himself before he made his first sales hire. Vested Technology spent $17k on their MVP.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2018

Innovative products and business models are the foundations of a promising startup. Funding is crucial for improving technology, hiring the right people, and launching a comprehensive marketing strategy to get a foothold in the market. Creating a scalable business model. Bootstrapping or self-funding. Credit cards.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Look, if you work in sales, wanna learn how to sell, and frankly who doesn't check out the sales podcast, where host Will Barron helps sales professionals learn how to find buyers and win big business ineffective and ethical ways. Like this show?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2014

You can pour your heart and soul (and life savings) into a venture, do all your due diligence, toil 80- and 90-hour weeks, and just when you’re on the verge of a breakthrough, a dark horse competitor sweeps in and decimates your market share. If you lose a customer due to price or other circumstances beyond your control, then fine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping you growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Yet, I find that startup founders often fixate on one or two sources, often to the detriment of their business. Small business grants. Friends and family.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 10, 2017

It’s really fun to see this kind of success and these stories are out there and everywhere if you look – no, they don’t always make the nightly news because it’s pretty much a bootstrapped, do the work, grow consistently kind of success – the best kind. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Capital investments are like gasoline on a startup business’s metaphorical fire. They allow you to hire more people, purchase new technology, and establish new business connections, among many other benefits. Rule 1: Bootstrap until you have a viable product. You make all the decisions, when you want, how you want.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We He searched and pitched planners who worked at companies with 500+ people and closed $200k himself before he made his first sales hire. Vested Technology spent $17k on their MVP.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Under the Affordable Care Act, which now requires you to have qualified health insurance, many people buy coverage due to mandates or subsidies, so you have an opportunity to be really helpful to consumers. This money can be wisely spent on prospecting and growing your book of business. There are lots of warm prospects.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

by Annie Tsai, author of “ The Small Business Online Marketing Handbook: Converting Online Conversations to Offline Sales “ The technology takeover is here. As a small business owner, you know you can’t fight it anymore. Don’t panic, though. In fact, it’s a huge advantage.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 28, 2022

Not only is he a visionary thinker who was ahead of his time in terms of understanding the potential of technology, but he's also an incredible leader and motivator. Especially with alternative social media, his advice has helped many small businesses find success. Thanks to Jerry Han, PrizeRebel ! #9- 9- Steve Jobs.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep. In the tactics section, list your sales channels and describe how you will be selling your products. The business model. Be sure to review them if you’re ready to work this section.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

If you're capable of seeing past the old stones of Paris and the picturesque rural villages, you'll realize that France is every bit as technologically advanced as any other Western country - more so in some areas. It's now been about three years since I joined the fray as an entrepreneur and tech blogger. Want to start up in France?

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011. Can you bootstrap your way to positive cash flow?   If the answer is relatively soon, then bootstrapping is a very serious consideration.  In other words, the need for acceleration isn’t in conflict with bootstrapping – it is step two. 

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

And when you look at the tools that we use, I mean we’ve made so many technological advances, but really to manage a meeting there’s not a practical tool available. Edwin: Small to medium, so I have people that have teams of five people in their company, 20 people in their company up to 200. Jason: Okay. Edwin: Yes.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Business & Small Business. Entrepreneur Homepage Startups Starting a Business Home How-To Guides Startup Basics Business Ideas Business Planning Startup Financing Success Stories Home-Based Business Starting a Business Play Video How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business (Video).

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Loading… Business. Loading… Tech. Small Business. SMALL BUSINESS. more in Small Business. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. » More. » More. Loading… New York. » More. » More.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Updated Business tools for Startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Also includes the most popular platforms, based on a year of data on business buy and sell marketplace, Flippa.com. Girls in Tech.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Our community has successfully established a culture of bootstrapping as a counterforce to the compulsive rush to financing that entrepreneurs often mistakenly engage in, only to be rejected over and again by investors.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! And despite not going to University, Ash became a serial tech founder and the first marketing director of the Unicorn Startup Just Eat. Should you bootstrap? So that's why he's in between a business book and a self-development. That was luck to spot that technology.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

While our data does apply to a US audience, the reasons for starting a business really aren’t going to be that different, whether you’re in Canada or South Africa. Think the country is dominated by big businesses run by people with MBAs? You don’t need any ‘special’ training to run a business. A sales forecast.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

We see this hopefulness in the latest polling of small business owners. The latest NFIB poll shows that small business owners are feeling just a small bit more optimistic these days. Part of my reasoning can be found within the details of the NFIB small business survey. inflation.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

So it all begs the question, if you’re not from a tech background do you even have a shot at starting a web startup? Non-Technology Driven Startups The first question to ask is, is your startup idea technology driven? Are you inventing new technical solutions to a problem?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 4, 2015

3 Advantages to an Experiential Web Presence written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. Bounce rates have exceedingly increased, due to the lack of an experience. Related posts: 7 Natural Advantages of Small Business Next week I’ll travel to the Middle East to meet.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

Despite not going to university, Ash became a serial tech founder and the first marketing director of a unicorn startup – Just Eat). Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! To know what kind of business to go for, to know what kind of strategy to go for. Should you bootstrap? Like this show?

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