A VC : Venture Capital and Technology

MAY 16, 2012

With all the talk of massive amounts of cash sloshing around the web/mobile startup ecosystem (including things I've said recently), you would think that nobody bootstraps anymore. Behance was bootstrapped for its first five years. As Scott Belsky , Behance's founder and CEO, wrote on the Behance blog : For the past five years, Behance has been a bootstrapped enterprise. Behance isn't the only recent USV portfolio company to bootstrap its way into our portfolio.

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YFS Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2017

I knew I wanted to bootstrap my business. Finance Grow bootstrapping investors money raising capital raising moneyI achieved success without raising money or selling my soul (a.k.a. equity) to investors. Here’s how you can too.

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Ask The VC

MARCH 14, 2013

Tom and Tony of tastytrade talk with Brad about Foundry Group, Techstars and Bootstrapping… Related articles. Startup Life Interview With Sandy Grason. The Kentucky Thesis. How Is Your Q1 Going? ” Feld Thoughts Feld Thoughts.

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StartupCFO

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

For years, the folks at 37 Signals have run a blog called Bootstrapped , profiling startups that are “profitable and proud”. They were bootstrapped for almost 4 years, but then they went all in. Is this the end of bootstrapping? For me, bootstrapping is a temporary state.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

It’s more possible to bootstrap today than a few years ago, as the cost of entry continues to go down. Adding free users or customers to increase valuation makes sense for a venture-backed startup looking to go public, but will kill bootstrapping.

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YFS Magazine

MARCH 15, 2017

Bootstrapping your startup is a 13. Editor Picks Finance Grow bootstrapping business finance money venture capitalOn a stress index of 1-10, being hunted, caught, and mauled
by a nine-headed hydra is a 9.9.

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Gust

DECEMBER 15, 2013

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. Maybe that’s why bootstrapped startups are the norm, rather than externally funded ones.

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Inc Startups

JULY 25, 2017

5 Ways to Bootstrap Attention for your Next Startup - Lessons from a serial product creator. Bootstrapping

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Up and Running

AUGUST 11, 2015

How ironic that it seems like more than 90 percent of the online information on startups is about getting financed—but more than 90 percent of startups are bootstrapped. What does bootstrapping mean? ” See Also Should I Borrow Money, Seek Investment, or Bootstrap My Business?

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Ask The VC

MARCH 14, 2013

Tom and Tony of tastytrade talk with Brad about Foundry Group, Techstars and Bootstrapping… Related articles. Startup Life Interview With Sandy Grason. The Kentucky Thesis. How Is Your Q1 Going? ” Feld Thoughts Feld Thoughts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2016

Starting a new business on a limited budget without investor involvement is called bootstrapping, and it’s the only way to go if you don’t want to spend months on the investment pitch preparation and delivery circuit. bootstrap budget business entrepreneur startup success

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YFS Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

We encourage you to have a bootstrap mentality, irrespective of whether you have raised a large amount of funding or not. Finance Grow bootstrapping money raising startup capital starting a business startup lessons

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. Maybe that’s why bootstrapped startups are the norm, rather than externally funded ones.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

When I think of some of my favorite TechStars companies, such as Occipital , they bootstrapped for several years before raising any money (well documented in the book Do More Faster ) and even then could have easily built their business without raising any money. Don’t forget to bootstrap. Financing bootstrappingI recently spent some time with a long time friend and entrepreneur who I’ve funded in the past.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Based on the Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom a while back, personal money, or bootstrapping, continues to be the primary startup funding source. bootstrap business entrepreneur startup

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Spencer Fry

APRIL 17, 2017

Days before the conference started, I was asked (and felt honored) to lead two workshops on bootstrapping vs. raising money. For the workshops, I didn’t prepare anything, I just jumped right in talking about my experience as well as the pros and cons of bootstrapping vs. raising money in 2017.

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YFS Magazine

JULY 22, 2016

Plan bootstrapping Finance money starting a business startup advice startup lessonsOne thing I have learned about entrepreneurs is that there are no set rules. Every entrepreneur has a unique story to tell.

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Inc Startups

JUNE 6, 2017

BootstrappingSome savvy entrepreneurs have have grown now well-known businesses despite eschewing funding from outside investors.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2016

When you are bootstrapping a small business, you are not only the boss, you are also the person that cleans, greets customers, makes sales and, depending on your business, provides the service offered. Advice For The Young At Heart bootstrapping business advice Rebecca Weible

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Up and Running

JULY 1, 2015

Bootstrapping. Many entrepreneurs use bootstrapping, which means financing your company by scraping together funds in unconventional ways. Here are some popular ways of bootstrapping your business.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Bootstrap was term coined from the computer lingo ‘booting’ which means starting a computer or starting a chain of processes which eventually starts up the operating system. Bootstrap mentality is critical for a startup to succeed, irrespective of whether it has raised funds or not.

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47 Hats

JULY 18, 2011

However, it’s that busy schedule which forced us to launch quick/often and enabled us to bootstrap our startup. By Martin Shen, UX Guy and Cofounder of UpOut. UpOut helps you discover hip hop karaoke, flying trapeze classes, underground restaurants and other awesome things to do.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

The Entrepreneurial Mind : Shawn Glinter, founder of Nanoferix, talks about his newest venture, which sees him bootstrapping by utilizing a virtual team to cut down on overhead while maximizing the talent pool.

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Gust

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Based on the Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom a while back, personal money, or bootstrapping, continues to be the primary startup funding source. Image via Pixabay.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JULY 13, 2016

The post Why is bootstrapping so important for startups? TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious. appeared first on Dr Jeff Cornwall

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2016

Determining if your product can be bootstrapped. Business decisions must be made carefully at a bootstrapped company. In order to scale while continuing to be a profitable bootstrapped company, we focus on tasks that will provide the most value first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

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.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2016

Image credit: Bootstrapping from Shutterstock. Either way, you are not alone if you are bootstrapping your business. There are a few benefits to bootstrapping your way through your business growth. But there are advantages too that bootstrapped businesses do not enjoy.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 29, 2013

” Easy for them to say, but what about a bootstrapped, profit-driven business? Profit-seeking bootstrapped companies cannot afford those delusions. But a bootstrapped company’s cash-flow won’t allow it, even if the math would work in the long run.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 9, 2015

These are the little known bootstrapped start-ups that continue to operate through debt and personal savings. The truth with bootstrapping is that business owners always tend to operate on extremely tight budgets. Does this mean all bootstrapped start-ups should strive to get VC-funded?

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Inc Startups

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Many startup founders choose to bootstrap their businesses instead of finding investors. Here's how you can make bootstrapping work for your startup. Strategy

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Inc Startups

MAY 15, 2018

How two entrepreneurial paths converged to disrupt the U.S. LED market. Startup

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Building a business from scratch is never easy. Far too many businesses – around 80% to be exact – fail within the first 18 months. Did you know that in 2009, about 550,000 small businesses opened in America, yet 660,000 of them actually closed down in the same year?

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YFS Magazine

JULY 15, 2015

Finance Grow bootstrapping money raising capital starting a businessFinancing is a widely discussed topic in the startup community and it seems like everybody has a different opinion.

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Inc Startups

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Bootstrapping can be the hardest way to start a business -- but in many cases, the best. Here's how to know if bootstrapping your startup is right for you. Startup

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Inc Startups

JANUARY 17, 2018

Struggling to bootstrap your company? Here are some ways to get through it on your own. Startup

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Spencer Fry

MAY 11, 2011

A quick Google search for "bootstrap marketing" brings up a bunch of useless nonsense. The results are either in the form of "Top 10 Bootstrap Marketing Tips" or "Bootstrap Marketing 101" guides.

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Gust

DECEMBER 7, 2014

The post 10 Incentives For Entrepreneurs To Bootstrap Their Startup appeared first on The Gust Blog. Image via Pixabay. I’ve always wondered who started the urban myth that the best way to start a company is to come up with a great idea, and then find some professional investors to give you a pot of money to build a company. In my experience, that’s actually the worst way to start, for reasons I will outline here, Read more >.

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Inc Startups

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

How to get resourceful innovating without seeking funding and still win big. Bringing Innovation to Market

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

An amazing story of what bootstrapping and building the right team can accomplish. Bootstrapping Global Entrepreneurship bootstrapping deimosI am in Madrid, Spain this week with a group of MBA students on a one week intensive study abroad. Yesterday we visited an impressive company, Deimos Space , headquartered here in Madrid. The founders were able to build a high growth company that launched their own satellite into space using only self-funding of $250K from the founders.

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