David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? Lighter Capital is a RBI VC which has provided over $100 million in growth capital to over 250 companies since 2012. 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. Absolutely not.

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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. Our wheelhouse is bootstrapped (or lightly capitalized) SMB SaaS. According to John Borchers, Co-founder, Decathlon is the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. Bigfoot Capital.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

  Growth financing, for example.   Growth financing, for example. October 2012. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Growth generated by market demand and sales can be very complex. Signup for email updates. April 2013.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Between 2012 and 2016, the number of people working remotely at least sometime rose eight percentage points from 39% to 47%. Training these workers can be a massive challenge especially in industries like healthcare, manufacturing and finance where even minor slip-ups could escalate real quick. Free eLearning Tools.

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 28, 2011

And that’s true pretty much across the board – from exits, late stage financings, scaling companies, and seed activity. The company also never raised any previous financing, and is one of the great bootstrapped success stories out there. Onwards to 2012! Seed Activity.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

After some years with blood, sweat and tears, I founded my current business, Ageras, in 2012. Now, we have a well-calculated formula for launching businesses that are 100% bootstrapped with a very small amount of initial capital. Thanks to Martin Hegelund, Ageras Group ! Thanks to Brandon Monaghan, Miracle Brand ! #20-

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

What types of things might happen in 2012, as opposed to needing another 3-5 years to come to fruition. That aside, here are ten areas I think you'll see some interesting things happening in 2012. Credit cards "just work" and peer to peer transactions just aren't big enough to bootstrap a network. What areas are going to change?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2013

Based on the latest Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom, personal money, or bootstrapping, continued to be the primary startup funding in 2012. When you put your own financing on the line, your partners, your team, and eventually your customers will know that you are committed to solving their problem.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She found non-traditional financing. Without this money she wouldn’t have been able to finance operations. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. She put all of her savings into her company. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. She never gave up.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

And these pilots will pay for her early bootstrapping phase. All this, could, potentially, be done without external financing. And along the way, if necessary and appropriate, she can raise financing with a vastly more validated business. At this point, financing discussions are premature and are likely not to yield success.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 1, 2011

The team is led by Girish Mathrubootham and Shanmugam Krishnasamy, who have their roots in Zoho, a SaaS company that has revolutionized the category by drastically undercutting the CRM price-point by leveraging India to build a $100M+ 100% bootstrapped business. I then discussed some of the lessons of the Freshdesk financing.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

This will also serve as a good pointer for all the entrepreneurs who ask why I am not interested in their company led convertible note financing round. This can make it much more difficult to get any bank financing, new investment, and trade credit. In cases where it is truly a bridge financing (i.e. Steve Bennet. at 1:33 PM.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. September 27, 2011 5:51 PM. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Blog Archive.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

The spring semester of my Entrepreneurial Finance class starts tomorrow. We will also look at a variety of financing methods including venture capital, angel investing, licensing, franchising, roll-up, venture debt and my old favorite, bootstrapping. Labels: entrepreneur , entrepreneurial finance course , venture capital.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

One comment made by Jason was that angels tend to be less sensitive than VCs on valuation and can potentially make it difficult to get a venture financing done at acceptable valuation. Labels: Angel Investors , fundraising , term sheets , venture capital , venture financing. ► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.   First , dividends.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. We hope to see you again soon. October 4, 2010 11:55 AM. Post a Comment.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. June 28, 2011 3:41 PM. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Twitter Updates.

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Professor VC

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. ► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

They need to have a place where they can gain an understanding of their different options for financing the venture, how to determine exactly what is needed in the marketplace, how to negotiate, how to read contracts, the role of technology, how to write a business plan, understand what your ratios are saying. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM.

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The Next Web

JULY 12, 2012

In May, the group packed their bags and headed over to the Media Finance Focus 2012 conference in Las Vegas, where all the old school people were.Here’s the experience in Jeremy’s words: “So we went to this conference to kick off what we call Local Innovation Lab and we had basically 5 compatible companies.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 4, 2011

How should I finance my new venture?   Posted at 06:03 AM in Bootstrapping | Permalink. October 2012. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. « Market Math | Main. | April 2013.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Labels: angel groups , Angel Investors. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Manija Ansari is an undergraduate business student (currently in my Entrepreneurial Finance course), working on a social entreprenurial venture. ► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. She has developed a new twist on the micro-lending concept. Newer Post. Older Post.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2016

Things began to get serious in an apartment in 2012. Which was the case in 2012. The capital earned in the agency was used to bootstrap the progression of the key business we wanted to launch. I always encourage entrepreneurs to get creative with sourcing finance. When you are bootstrapping cash flow is king.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 26, 2012

As December and 2012 draws to a close, I've decided to weigh in with my thoughts on the impending (or not depending on which blogs you read) Series A Crunch. Jason Calacanis responded and argues in There is No Series A Crunch that this is a non-issue and up to the seed financed start-ups to prove they are worthy. Is this Armageddon?

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

As I mentioned in the previous post, Jeff Fluhr (founder of StubHub) recently stopped by my Entrepreneurial Finance class to share his 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship with the students. He raised less financing than originally planned but was able to launch the site and was running a business by the time his classmates graduated 9 months later.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Understand finance.  Never, ever “let Mikey do it.”  Know, yourself, how your venture is financed, what the alternatives are, and when you will know it is time to execute them. Understand finance. October 2012. Bootstrapping.  A pearl of great price.  A pearl of great price. April 2013.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Steve Belkin , owner of the Atlanta Hawks, couldn't get his first deal financed and wound up cobbling together a friends and family round to start his travel company in the 70s. October 2012. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

He bootstrapped the company in New York for five years before raising venture capital from high-quality investors like Jeff Bezos and Union Square Ventures, then managed the business to a successful sale to Adobe in 2012.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I am not sure how this relates to venture finance or entrepreneurship, but Im sure Ill find some connection along the way. ► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. ProfessorVC.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Labels: CEO , entrepreneurship , Founder. No comments: Post a Comment.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Labels: Bandon Dunes , business models , golf. No comments: Post a Comment.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

I actually enjoy the process of pulling together a selection of materials to create a complete course on Entrepreneurial Finance. ► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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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. Most companies dont come close to their rose colored financial models prepared when going out for Series A financing. As I said up front, I have mixed emotions about the financing.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

However, I was glad to see they were able to raise financing and launch the service. Steve, I was pleasantly surprised to find your blog when researching startup financing. ► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. February 15, 2008 2:08 PM. Anonymous said.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

He then went on to say that this type of financing was good for the entrepreneur (vs taking VC money) because they got to keep more of the company. ► 2012. (1). Bootstrapping 101. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. This got me scratching my head and ready to open up a debate. Post a Comment.

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