A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

Software patents are especially useless for small, bootstrapped startups. Well 80% of the folks I meet tell me they're way better than average at SEO, Twitter, and "building communities" whateverthehell that means. Except in certain industries (e.g. We're better at SEO and social media. We're better at SEO and social media.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2017

Taking Care of Your Community written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Brian Clark and I have been friends for a really long time and they have certainly set the standard on how to build a business, how to build a brand, how to take care of a community. Transcript of The Key to Success? Back to Podcast. Transcript.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. It works best for solutions that have social value and mass appeal.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

They charge $9, $29 and $59 per agent per month and I am eager to see bootstrapped, scrappy Freshdesk morph their pricing structure to aggressively compete with them. We see Bizosys as a promising niche vendor with demonstrated capabilities in creative bootstrapping. RightNow's per agent price starts at $110 per agent per month.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 22, 2012

Amy and I were in Missoula for the marathon on Sunday and I decided to do a Meetup talk about Startup Communities. The Meetup was excellent and there’s a great write up on the Start Bozeman blog titled Brad Feld on Building Startup Communities. On Friday 7/6 I spent the evening in Missoula with a bunch of entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. It works best for solutions that have social value and mass appeal.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

Remember, building a team is not just about filling roles; it’s about creating a community. Encourage open communication, recognise achievements, and provide opportunities for professional growth. Whether it’s through bootstrapping, seeking angel investors, or applying for grants, explore all options available to you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. These days, the costs to start a business are at an all-time low, and over 80% of startups are self-funded (also called bootstrapping).

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 21, 2021

We have now grown into an overnight hit, as we had built up a huge community of black women with skin conditions years before even launching Topicals. Now, we have a well-calculated formula for launching businesses that are 100% bootstrapped with a very small amount of initial capital. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

This is really the realm of bootstrapped startups, and a small segment of the angel investor community that is looking for a “quick hit” with a quick return. So my message to entrepreneurs is to tune your approach and your expectations accordingly.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

If you have a basic understanding of CSS, HTML, and JS and want to create a WordPress theme, you can do it with Bootstrap and then share it on GetBootstrap, even if you don't know much about WordPress. All you need is a niche website or an engaged community where you can post product or service reviews with affiliate links.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

In that time, I’ve been consistently delighted by the support and enthusiasm of the Austin startup community. but more importantly there’s a community that wants to support and see others succeed. General Partners Sara Brand and Kerry Rupp are fixtures in the startup community, and especially in driving forward female entrepreneurship.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

Data sources include the publications, competitors, influencers, podcasts, and communities that your audience engages with the most. With industry trends identified, your next step is to identify relevant communities and conversations. Cash flow is a matter of life or death when bootstrapped and pre-funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. These days, the costs to start a business are at an all-time low, and over 80% of startups are self-funded (also called bootstrapping).

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Whereas a blog post needs just a computer to type, a video requires an understanding of lighting, audio, storytelling, editing, and community building. If you’re creating videos only for your own content, then it might make sense to host it on Vimeo and drive people to a landing page (or product pages), and not try to build a community.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 28, 2022

Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is an image that resonates with me when I think about what makes a successful entrepreneur, and Carnegie definitely represents that image. He saw a need within the veteran community and built his business to fill that need. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Bootstrap + Mailchimp, both free). Meetup.com is a great source for finding targeted communities you can engage with. It costs $5 per person and once you start a conversation and engage you’ll likely to get much more out of it. Landing Page + AdWords Campaign. Set up a simple coming soon page with a mail subscription form (e.g.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 30, 2013

To increase your chances of venture capital financing, you’ll need to lower the risks as much as possible, such as: Bootstrapping as long as you can to get a working prototype into the market. Following an iterative manufacturing process. Muse (a brain sensing headband that lets you control things with your mind) raised $287K on Indiegogo.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Heather Brunner, Tim Ferriss, Mayor Adler, Whitney Wolfe, Kendra Scott, Andy Roddick, Rod Favaron, Bijoy, whurley… Here are some of the Austin startup community members that will be on stage who you should show up to support! Successful businesses that give back to the community, and it’s all on brand. March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM

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Version One Ventures

MAY 4, 2021

Even if you don’t have supplier mindshare to take their assets onto your platform, you can easily bootstrap a marketplace on the supply side given the public nature of on-chain assets. . Governance rests in the hand of the community who can decide on what fees to charge (if any) and how to distribute those fees.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

by Arsalan Sajid, startup community manager at Cloudways. According to Lee M Von Kraus, PHD and a mentor at Clarity.fm, “Early stage startups are usually pre-money startup that are bootstrapping the early development of a product.”. Either to go for investors pitch to them directly about your product, or keep yourself bootstrapped.

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Up and Running

JULY 28, 2020

Some only allow funding for a limited time, some require you to meet your goal to receive any funds and others serve as long-term community sites. There are several online platforms that act as pitching services to connect you with investors for funds and insight or reach a community of like-minded individuals interested in investing.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

But, his tenacity is impresive: he pulled himself back up by the bootstraps, and founded Nextiva which today generates more than $100M ARR. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Our intrepid founder, Tomas Gorny, has a classic immigrant entrepreneur story. Then, he lost it all. Thanks to Yaniv Masjedi, Nextiva ! #4-

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2019

Self-funding or “bootstrapping.”. For those who want to bootstrap their fintech company, relying on their own money rather than the investments of others, there are options. Bootstrapping has always been an important approach to my life. Bootstrapping has always been an important approach to my life.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

16:24] What type of networking have you found the community responds to? [18:16] We've been this blend of community and a technology platform and we'd often get bucketed very much into one or the other. Carolyn Rodz (06:16): You know, I would say at our core, we're community, A community above all else. We never have.

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Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Not yet profitable but invaluable to developers worldwide, the decade-old company bootstrapped, differentiated from formidable competitors GitLab and Atlassian’s BitBucket, weathered leadership upheavals, and eventually ingested lots of venture capital which helped them weather the challenges they faced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2017

This is really the realm of bootstrapped startups, and a small segment of the angel investor community that is looking for a “quick hit” with a quick return. So my message to entrepreneurs is to tune your approach and your expectations accordingly.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2012

This wasn't all that surprising, because it's a relatively new community and I'm sure people aren't getting requests everyday from it yet. This is where effective community management is actually effective customer service--because your service IS the community. He put in a request for a space but didn't hear back right away.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Braintree – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Braintree – [link]. The original post is in the Random Fun section below. Good post about the pitfalls of code refactoring for startups – [link]. Legal Risks And Dangers Of $99 Logo Stores – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

This is really the realm of bootstrapped startups, and a small segment of the angel investor community that is looking for a “quick hit” with a quick return. So my message to entrepreneurs is to tune your approach and your expectations accordingly.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2019

Crowdfunding involves presenting your idea to a community and asking for their financial help so that you’re able to establish your business. Bootstrapping. In fact, many industry giants such as Apple, Coca Cola, Dell, and Microsoft began as bootstrapped ventures.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally generated funds. It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors. It is most often a win-win for both you and the strategic partner.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

The notary community (yes it can be a feisty, union-like group) generally dislikes us because they believe online notarizations will put them out of business. Coming from the financial world to the software world taught us a lot about bootstrapping and finding valuable outsourcing tools. What made you use crowdSPRING?

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Hearpreneur

MAY 26, 2017

Community driven approach to learning: many people ask me about online education. They are experienced professional programmers and designers who have a passion for teaching. If we’re trying to prepare individuals for the labor market, it’s important that all of our faculty members has real world experience. Isn’t that the future?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2010

Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: AnswerLab - [link]. Tips on Effective Use of Crowdsourcing for Small Businesses & Entrepreneurs – [link]. 5 Tips for Managing Your Company’s Brand on the Web – [link]. Good advice … How To Sell – [link]. 10 Tips For Making Your Tagline Stand Out – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In the investment community, this work is called proving the business model. It’s also valuable to talk to potential investors for their views, even if you are bootstrapping the effort. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment. Plan and execute a pilot or local rollout.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2010

Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: AnswerLab - [link]. Tips on Effective Use of Crowdsourcing for Small Businesses & Entrepreneurs – [link]. 5 Tips for Managing Your Company’s Brand on the Web – [link]. Good advice … How To Sell – [link]. 10 Tips For Making Your Tagline Stand Out – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93