ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Having turned down all overtures for investment, Zoho continues merrily on in its bootstrapping path. Parallel6 is already clocking over $1 million in revenue and is looking to enhance its customer acquisition and also raise some financing. In that case, the verticals of choice could be manufacturing, wholesale and retail.

North Carolina 116

North Carolina San Diego Entrepreneur Balance Sheet 116

VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2011

Following the success of Ycombinator and TechStars, in recent years we have seen literally hundreds of regional incubators set up in the rest of the US and Europe , across campuses and within vertical industries, such as mobile or finance. Note: Bar size indicates number of startups funded to 2010. The opportunity.

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Incubator Entrepreneur Startup Vertical 97

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. Hopefully this will get more bootstrapping entrepreneurs focusing on making money instead of raising money. Reply Charlie Crystle , on April 8, 2010 at 12:31 pm Said: brilliant post.

Customer Development 262

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 262

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

The State of Web Development 2010 – [link]. Logo Design Trends 2010 – [link]. 20 incredible examples of smooth horizontal and vertical sliding navigation websites – [link]. How To Redesign Your Homepage: A Bootstrapped Process – [link]. Gorgeous and Versatile CSS Menus – [link].

Social Media 88

Social Media Small Business Design Media 88

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

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. The challenges of bootstrapping a venture that is dependent on ad-revenue is, however, also quite significant. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

Silicon Valley 105

Silicon Valley Columbus Ohio Incubator 105

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Paglia, Pepperdiine’s Denney Academic Chair and Associate Professor of Finance. Think Again. Clearly, the rate of acceptance isn’t anything like 41%, says researcher John K.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62