Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

Bootstrapping 101. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country. ProfessorVC. Steve Bennet.

Bootstrapping 28

Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2014

In other words, you have done wonders while “bootstrapping.” Social networking is so last year. Unless you’re a serial entrepreneur who has started and sold companies in the past. Show Capital Efficiency. Demonstrate that you have been able to get a great deal done with minimal to no money.

Security 200

Security Incubator Technical Review Bootstrapping 200

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Don’t expect that you can create a new social networking site in your garage, and steal all the users away from Facebook. Fund it yourself (bootstrapping) and do it yourself entrepreneurs are the best kind, because they can focus on the business, rather than fund raising, and have full control of their destiny.

Cost 220

Cost Startup Hosting Bootstrapping 220

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. Here’s the official Bootstrap 2.2.0

Bootstrapping 115

Bootstrapping Open Source Framework Social Network 115

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Some sites to check out: CoFounderNetwork.com PartnerUp.com Namesake.com - more of a social network, but still a good way to network TechCofounder.com Foundrs.com Startuplinkup.com Cofoundrs.com You can try finding folks via [link] StackOverflow.com Oh, and often there are forums for particular technologies where you can look.

Technical Cofounder 211

Technical Cofounder Cofounder CTO Hire Los Angeles 211

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I challenge them to think beyond what I call linear extensions to a current trend, such as another “easier-to-use” app for smartphones, a new dating site for pets, or another niche social network. In all cases, people management and leadership are key.

Intellectual Property 317

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Salary 317

Diego Basch

JULY 12, 2019

Then social networks, and finally mobile computing. Either you will bootstrap the business or you will partner with someone local to fund it, because VCs won’t give you the time of the day. Obviously in hindsight it was a good call. Sure, machine learning is advancing every day.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley San Francisco Asia California 40

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

It offers a freemium of their social network to everyone, has a premium plan as well as a free trial of this plan, plus it also monetizes on the ads. If you are a bootstrapped DIY solopreneur, you should estimate your chances and think twice before choosing your VC-funded, 200-employees-strong competitor’s pricing strategy.

Startup 110

Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

MAY 14, 2010

The panel consisted of a CEO of a travel guide app for the iPad, a bootstrap developer of many iPhone apps and an iPad app, and a marketing person from a Shazam-competitor app. Tags: Business Social Networking Technology. There were about 50-60 people in attendance, of which I knew about 4-5 people.

Mobile 49

Mobile Technical Review Social Network Bootstrapping 49

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A new easier to use social network may not get anyone excited. Even if you don’t need external investors, and intend to bootstrap the new venture yourself, you may use the points here to assess your own investment. Educated customers ready and able to pay for the solution.

Intellectual Property 183

Intellectual Property Cofounder .Net Bootstrapping 183

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Indigo Room Featured Speaker: Whitney Wolfe Herd As Founder and CEO of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd helms one of the fastest-growing social networks in the world. Room 213 Bootstrap Meetup with Austin Startup Scene Godfather Bijoy Goswami This Meetup is for entrepreneurs in all fields?—?tech, March 10, 2018 9:30AM?—?11:30AM

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Founded and bootstrapped by Australian entrepreneur Audrey Melnik with money saved from her IT consulting practice, WotWentWrong brings the interactivity (and anonymity) we all expect from the social web into the relationship space – without the ramifications of oversharing potentially embarrassing and harmful information over personal social networks (..)

Bootstrapping 159

Bootstrapping Social Network Revenue Web 159

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2012

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a couple of years ago with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each. Sales and marketing costs. Don’t be the last to get on board.

Cost 255

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 255

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Apply in the sky - impressed that the two women founders bootstrapped, but was hoping one of the founders were a techie, the list of potential partnerships is promising, working demo/app is good, but showed too many features in the pitch, liked the idea that AitS could be transferable to life management like job hunting, my vote went here.

CTO Hire 49

CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 49

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself.

Entrepreneur 235

Entrepreneur Burn Rate SEM Social Network 235

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. Tipsandtrip was born from an idea of social media consultant Juliette Bellavita and Blogo.it TheStartup.eu

Bootstrapping 49

Bootstrapping Italy Sweat Equity Europe 49

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Remember “ The Social Network ” movie about Facebook? Often these shufflings are good, because they bring in experienced management. But sometimes they bring in management with no industry expertise, and they destroy both morale and your vision. Remember what happened to the alleged co-founders when Peter Thiel came in?

Advisory Board 233

Advisory Board Cofounder Phoenix Arizona 233

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

You may have great credentials as a public servant in your home town, but that won’t get you money to build a social network on the Internet, or start a software company. What if you can’t convince Jim Clark (Silicon Graphics, Netscape, WebMD, MyCFO, Juniper Networks) to run your startup?

Startup 235

Startup Bootstrapping Social Network Internet 235

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Apply in the sky – impressed that the two women founders bootstrapped, but was hoping one of the founders were a techie, the list of potential partnerships is promising, working demo/app is good, but showed too many features in the pitch, liked the idea that AitS could be transferable to life management like job hunting, my vote went here.

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 40

Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

If you’re bootstrapping, you don’t need to worry about either of these options. But to get that Silicon Valley angel funding you have to be part of that social network; most of the rest of the world doesn’t have that frothy environment. This is not a good time to ask for outside funding. Option Three: Or don’t raise funding.

Technical Cofounder 20

Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley Early Stage Cofounder 20

Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a couple of years ago with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each. Sales and marketing costs.

Cost 139

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 139

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

All those struggling, bootstrapping, Ramen-eating founders? Plyce : Feature-rich location-based social network. (Exalead was just acquired by the technology giant, Dassault Systems.). These are some French startups that have made it to the big time. But what about the little guys? Covered previously on RWW.) (E).

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

Hunter Walker

MARCH 14, 2015

Bootstrapping off another social network is “fast graph” -> you get quick set of connections but they aren’t specific to your use case. Fast graph” also can lead to less commitment from users bec they put no time into actually permissioning, etc. Slower growth but a graph native to the service.

Bootstrapping 48

Bootstrapping Social Network Networking 48

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Well, Steve Hoffman (02:34): First of all, I did three venture funded startups in Silicon valley and two bootstrap startups. You can also reach out to me on virtually any of the social networks, just search for Steve Hoffman or founder space. So I know what it's like. I'm there all my books, surviving a startup.

San Francisco 97

San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 97

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

By Issie Lapowsky | Aug 6, 2010 Share ); Getty Related Articles The New Rules of Hiring Is It Legal To Use Social Network Data When Hiring? In the era of social networking, there are tons of sites dedicated to matching qualified applicants with the right employers, including Startupers , VentureLoop and Startuply.

Intellectual Property 55

Intellectual Property Los Angeles San Francisco New York 55

techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Personal Network: Ask your friends and colleagues for suggestions. Send them a note about what you are looking for and ask them to pass it around to their network. This extends to your online social networks too – don’t be afraid to Tweet out what you are looking for.

San Francisco 44

San Francisco Startup PHP San Diego 44

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. See my interview a while back with parallel entrepreneur Rich Christiansen , who has started 28 businesses with a target bootstrap investment of $5K each. Do basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Marketing (SEM) yourself.

Burn Rate 125

Burn Rate SEM Social Network Angel Investor 125

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 21, 2011

I presented my usual 1M/1M perspective on bootstrapping. Even if there were fleeting thoughts of being bailed out by investors, they have now been banished and we are focusing on bootstrapping and making the model work with customer money." Fragrochem. Last up during the first roundtable session was Chetan Thakkar pitching Fragrochem.

Networking 115

Networking Partner Entrepreneur Bootstrapping 115

Gust

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

You may have great credentials as a public servant in your home town, but that won’t get you money to build a social network on the Internet, or start a software company. What if you can’t convince Jim Clark (Silicon Graphics, Netscape, WebMD, MyCFO, Juniper Networks) to run your startup?

Startup 147

Startup Bootstrapping Social Network Internet 147

ultralightstartups.com

MAY 20, 2013

Bootstrapping. Available as a username on various websites and social networks (eg Facebook, Twitter, Google/Gmail, LinkedIn). April 11, 2012 – Event Recap. Future Energy – Virtual Events. Company Directory. How To… Calculate Market Size. Finding a Technical Co-Founder. Name A Startup. Startup PR. Past Events.

Naming 45

Naming Startup Technical Review Cofounder 45

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. Bump - These guys got my vote for the Peoples Choice. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1).

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

Jason Cohen has a great line about this in Solving the “marketplace” business model : If you’re bootstrapping and your value proposition includes the words “anything” or “anyone,” you’re probably reaching too far. Or for each job that you get from an employer, you comb through social networks, LinkedIn, etc.

Marketing 204

Marketing Matching Algorithm Bootstrapping 204

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2012

Whether you meet people at the dog park or connect on LinkedIn , you should be using your unemployment to build a strong network that you can hopefully use to catapult you back into the working world. Learn about social networking. It’s hard to get by in many industries these days without some solid social media knowledge.

Networking 267

Networking Social Media Community Hiring 267

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

Jason Cohen has a great line about this in Solving the “marketplace” business model : If you’re bootstrapping and your value proposition includes the words “anything” or “anyone,” you’re probably reaching too far. Or for each job that you get from an employer, you comb through social networks, LinkedIn, etc.

Marketing 196

Marketing Matching Algorithm Bootstrapping 196

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2010

You've got to have capital or know how to bootstrap it. Marty: How has the social networking world changed since you started your first book on the subject? Lon: The first thing is really, truly understanding your product; knowing it well enough to not have "blue sky syndrome.” Lon: There is more noise and confusion.

Entrepreneur 208

Entrepreneur Advisory Board Social Media Washington 208

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. 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.

Sales Cycle 54

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 54

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. 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.

Sales Cycle 48

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 48