ReadWriteStart
MAY 3, 2012
But bootstrapping a startup is not easy, requiring discipline and fortitude, as well as ingenuity. Serial entrepreneur Rachel Blankstein is bootstrapping her latest startup, Comparz , the largest independent user review site for businesses seeking Web-based software. But she insists there are benefits to bootstrapping.
Austin Startup
NOVEMBER 25, 2018
Although bootstrapping is still an approach in Austin, a lot has changed since I wrote my original challenge to the Bootstrap Austin group back in 2005. Bootstrap Austin, started by Bijoy Goswami. The original Bootstrap Austin was truly special and Bijoy did an amazing job bringing together some terrific entrepreneurs.
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
When someone asks me for the best way to fund a startup, I always say bootstrap it, meaning fund it yourself and grow organically. Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Practice creative marketing. Marty Zwilling.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
It’s more possible to bootstrap today than a few years ago, as the cost of entry continues to go down. The key to successful bootstrapping is to master the do-it-yourself approach, defer compensation or barter services whenever possible and become a frugal minimalist in all things requiring a cash outlay.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
AUGUST 3, 2010
Once the bootstrapped launch of the play center is cash flow positive, all kinds of options for growing and expanding emerge. John Wark sent along a great example of how bootstrapping did not stop a new venture called Logik from making the Inc 500. And did the bootstrapping limit their ability to grow, as it often commonly assumed?
Gust
JUNE 19, 2012
For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Here’s Why on his Both Sides of the Table blog for a good read and a good lesson. Subscribe to the Gust Blog. Enter your email address to subscribe to the Gust Blog.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 18, 2020
It’s more possible to bootstrap today than a few years ago, as the cost of entry continues to go down. The key to successful bootstrapping is to master the do-it-yourself approach, defer compensation or barter services whenever possible and become a frugal minimalist in all things requiring a cash outlay.
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