2008 Bootstrapping Business Model IPO 
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
OCTOBER 23, 2012
.” Here’s the summary of his track record (excerpted from the Fast Company article): Forefront — IPO’ed in 1995 by CBT — CBT stock fell 85% in 1998 and prompted class-action lawsuits. invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2. from an IPO under a year ago of $10.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 5, 2009
One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU.
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ReadWriteStart
AUGUST 11, 2011
On the topic of business models, Spencer proposed building traffic and then selling the company, which I pushed back on. We spent considerable time exploring ways to verticalize the app and creating an ad-supported business model instead, which would also broaden his exit options considerably.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 18, 2010
Myth: Lean Startups are small bootstrapped startups. What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated. Myth: Lean Startups are small bootstrapped startups.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) People talk about funding funding funding, bootstrapping, etc.,
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. At times, I do miss being part of a team that takes a company from infancy all the way to IPO and beyond. Bootstrapping 101. ▼ 2008. (14). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley.
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 26, 2011
(PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. Credit cards "just work" and peer to peer transactions just aren't big enough to bootstrap a network.
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