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.
Gust
JUNE 19, 2012
Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. 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. Tim Berry , Founder, Palo Alto Software. Here’s Why on his Both Sides of the Table blog for a good read and a good lesson.
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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. Think minimum spending. Marty Zwilling.
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?
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 14, 2014
The menu should include a link to your blog, separately set up on Blogger, Wordpress, or TypePad – all free. Now the real work begins – promotion, marketing, blogging, and all types of search engine marketing. Any credible software developer should be willing to tackle this kind of tool for a couple of thousand dollars.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
JULY 12, 2010
Between this blog and reviewing applications to Capital Factory I see hundreds of pitches a year. No one can compete with my blog because it's copyrighted." That's what you sound like when you claim that getting a software patent will protect you from competition. This is part 1 of the series: 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches.
Gust
OCTOBER 26, 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. Image via Flickr from Food For Thought album.
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