Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The media tends to highlight experienced entrepreneurs who succeed with early new venture funding, like Uber’s Garrett Camp , but fail to point out the more common bootstrapping successes. A limited budget makes for a better business plan. Bootstrapping doesn’t mean that you don’t share equity.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Growth generated by market demand and sales can be very complex.  If the market demand ramps quickly enough there isn't enough time to consider much else. Growth generated by market demand and sales can be very complex.  If the market demand ramps quickly enough there isn't enough time to consider much else.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” Congratulations! Don’t sign up for one, expecting the other.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. of founders can’t or don’t want to build a business that way. The RBI investment model better aligns incentives between VCs and a founder who chooses to bootstrap. of founders raise VC; the other 99.4%

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2018

But I’ve also dealt with many successful entrepreneurs who were exposed to that model for bootstrapping and trying new ventures through their parents and others close to them,” he adds. “I I think that’s helped many grapple realistically with the demanding aspects of business ownership, and also set them up for success.”.

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 20, 2019

Crypto / blockchain has always been as much of a business model innovation as a technical innovation…. Business model innovation : issuing tokens to give users / participants in the platform a stake in the project. Technical innovation : running a decentralized ledger / platform at scale.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Yet, investors and analysts demand it. If you can prove a business model, traction, and potential for a tremendous scale with the right backing, you could be a ripe target to be acquired. . One of the most prominent reasons that big companies buy startups is for growth. Often, the easiest solution is just to buy it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” Congratulations! Don’t sign up for one, expecting the other.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

At this point, most Angel investors and a few early-stage VCs will be happy to talk, assuming you have the business model validated, and a large opportunity. It’s time to scale up and I need money to keep up with demand.” Congratulations! Don’t sign up for one, expecting the other.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

We’re big on bootstrapping and we’re really good at identifying “Yes.” We identified that midterm rentals are a thing, and we know that business model works so we took on funding to grow it. I’m lucky that I joined a CEO group a year and a half ago, almost two years now; It’s mostly bootstrapped companies there.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2017

Subscription business models have been around for a pretty long time, but thanks to modern technology, this model has evolved from milk or newspapers delivery to a versatile eCommerce experience. As a starting entrepreneur, you might wonder: why on earth would I want to start a subscription (box) business? Conclusion.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

You and your team must know how to think about problems from new angles and adapt to changing market and customer demands. If you’ve never written a business plan before, take a look at these sample medical startup business plans. At first, you need to focus on developing your business model and validating it.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

No MBA business model would ever come out with, “Hey we’re going to go target the academics.” Everyone comes up now — the VCs, the market – and they say, “Hey wow, that was a beautiful business model. We bootstrapped it. ” If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

Jason Cohen has a great line about this in Solving the “marketplace” business model : If you’re bootstrapping and your value proposition includes the words “anything” or “anyone,” you’re probably reaching too far. A really great example of this is described by Steve Rentoid in Inventing Demand. He would put up ads.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 31, 2011

Jason Cohen has a great line about this in Solving the “marketplace” business model : If you’re bootstrapping and your value proposition includes the words “anything” or “anyone,” you’re probably reaching too far. A really great example of this is described by Steve Rentoid in Inventing Demand. He would put up ads.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

As a result, the expectation is that you have to figure out a way to get to some level of momentum on your own (by bootstrapping) or with small doses of angel money - "drip financing" so to speak. In today's India, people with high-end engineering skills are in high demand. Gnosis India.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In fact, remote work is on the rise – especially in the form of virtual assistants – and it’s one of the primary reasons why more small businesses are opting to outsource work. companies have increased their use of outsourcing, which is primarily done for cost-cutting reasons, followed by the ability to focus on their core business.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

No MBA business model would ever come out with, “Hey we’re going to go target the academics.” Everyone comes up now — the VCs, the market – and they say, “Hey wow, that was a beautiful business model. We bootstrapped it. ” If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 11, 2013

 Sales goals have to involve first hand knowledge of the possible (how often people will buy, how much, what the demand is, why, etc.)  coupled with an ongoing creativity about solving customer problems to win the order. Bootstrapping. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

To avoid these extremes, there are several questions which we use at Subbly whenever someone is either considering a subscription business model or just getting started. Is your business idea focused mainly on product promotion, or the service through careful experience design? So, the planning stage can feel high stakes.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

 It implies that selling to the market is a task that needs to be accomplished, but that the business is focused on an existing market that has high demand for the product.   I talked to a company recently that had market risk in the educational business but also had a distribution agreement with a big player.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Credit cards "just work" and peer to peer transactions just aren't big enough to bootstrap a network. What's the business model? I think you'll see a lot of focus on companies like Tumblr, Twitter, Foursquare and Pinterest--services that haven't really established a business model yet to justify their sky high valuations.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

This got me thinking about the business model that Mike Keiser has built at the resort and a lecture began to form in my head. Manage seasonal demand through pricing - Weather on the Oregon coast can range from gorgeous to downright nasty and can change from one of the other in a matter of minutes. Bootstrapping 101.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Here are highlights of this study with my comments: "Declining revenues brought on by the 2009 recession have put additional pressure on small business cash flow, forcing many firms to make tough decisions around cutbacks." Be careful what you pray for.this is not the time to be leveraging your business. Regarding more available debt?

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Tim Keane

MARCH 17, 2009

Bootstrap your venture » March 17, 2009.   It's application-practitioner based and, i think, will be in high demand.   It's application-practitioner based and, i think, will be in high demand.   It's application-practitioner based and, i think, will be in high demand. Bootstrapping.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. We identify great innovative companies with solid business models and help them determine the right growth path for their businesses.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2010

For questioners, it provides an instant, on-demand team of experts who can answer those difficult questions. The current business model for expert consultants is a brick and mortar industry with revenues of about 1/2 a Billion dollars per year. GuruStorms has been completely bootstrapped thus far.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model. .   And if they are built from the top down, they’re pretty much useless. [3]

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. In some sense, their moat is capital, because most people will not be able to access enough capital (either by raising or by bootstrapping) to go after a similar opportunity.

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Hippoland

AUGUST 8, 2018

In other words, if you can get 1000 people to come to your website consistently for under $5, then this business model works for you. In some sense, their moat is capital, because most people will not be able to access enough capital (either by raising or by bootstrapping) to go after a similar opportunity.

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Bryce Dot VC

JANUARY 5, 2015

VC funding can great for some companies, but it comes with a certain set of expectations that have an impact on everything from business model to company culture. My partner Tim bootstrapped his business to 9 figures in revenue without taking any outside investment.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

In addition, living with both ambiguity and the demands of very high growth requires quite a bit of skill- and something akin to experience. In addition, living with both ambiguity and the demands of very high growth requires quite a bit of skill- and something akin to experience. Bootstrapping. October 2010. September 2010.

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

Embrace slow growth – We all have dreams of stratospheric growth, but it’s not a “plan,&# especially not for a business you’re running in your spare time. In fact, any bootstrapped company should be aiming for slow, consistent growth rather than explosive growth. This is not a bad thing.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Is there a profitable business model? The Traditional VC Pitch Entrepreneurs who pursue the traditional product development model don’t have customer data to answer these questions. Can it scale?”

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Tim Keane

JUNE 7, 2006

Ive seen a great team of two business savvy advisors click with an entrepreneur and advance the companys learning curve by years as well as a law firm gut a company by demanding payment from an angel round of investment for two years of past work and mis-represent their intentions in the deal documents. Bootstrapping.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 22, 2006

At the end of six weeks, the company can accurately predict demand for six months, place larger orders, reduce costs, and successfully launch with minimum risk. At the end of six weeks, the company can accurately predict demand for six months, place larger orders, reduce costs, and successfully launch with minimum risk. Bootstrapping.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

A new system might be subject to delays, especially if demand from other breweries is high, but you’ll be able to design to your needs and specifications, and you’ll have support when issues arise (and they will). Friends and family are the most common backers, and many startups bootstrap. Do they have access to contingency capital?

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