2005 2008 Bootstrapping Finance 
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
OCTOBER 23, 2012
After I sold Smart Bear, that division has increased revenue and profit every year, for five years, even through the 2008/2009 economic disaster. And the same thing happened after we sold IT WatchDogs in 2005. It’s not about the financing path, it’s about what you’ve decided to build. Surely not.
Professor VC
APRIL 11, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008. Not to worry, I was busy working on closing the Series B financing for iControl Networks. I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. Labels: CFO , home security , M and A , venture capital , venture financing. ▼ 2008. (14).
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Professor VC
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. Bootstrapping 101. ► 2008. (14).
Professor VC
JUNE 6, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008. Out of the 12,500 founders of these firms, 181 (1.7%) die at some point between starting up the firm and the end of 2005 (Hvide 6). Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. ► July. (1).
Professor VC
JULY 31, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008. I actually enjoy the process of pulling together a selection of materials to create a complete course on Entrepreneurial Finance. Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. ► July. (1).
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 26, 2011
2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community.
Professor VC
JUNE 20, 2011
Financing, that is.I One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans). ProfessorVC.
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