Rob Go

MARCH 20, 2013

on a regular series of posts where we would collect a bunch of questions from the local tech community and respond to a few that I think are relevant to a reasonably broad group of readers. Find good financing partners. So here is my question: should a company that wants to bootstrap apply for an incubator/accelerator?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some intensive discussions around market sizing and its impact on financing. So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The machines are $250,000 each, and as most dentists cannot afford them Benson wants to create Cone Beam imaging centers to be used by 20-30 dentists per community. Benson's business needs $500,000 to get off the ground, buy a machine, and meet the operating expenses, and he primarily came to discuss his financing options.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. He is looking for financing for the show. And that is what I advised J.J.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 8, 2012

Derek Shanahan , Chief Community Officer of Foodtree. For over a year, we bootstrapped because we couldn’t raise funding. It didn’t come from the traditional incubators or super angels found in Silicon Valley; instead, we took an unorthodox route. Choose your investors carefully. When we raised our $1.3

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I've learned more in the three months working with a real-life entrepreneur on a new venture than in all 5 years of Community College and my BA. Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. ► May.

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2015

Designed as an online “community marketplace,” BloomNation allows customers and florists to come together, giving florists a platform to sell their works of art, and consumers a vehicle to purchase beautiful flowers from local vendors, conveniently and quickly. The three decided to pool their finances and take a risk. says David.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Last Friday, June 21st I sent the following message out to our community of users, colleagues, friends and supporters. and * on a bootstrapped budget* : We first engaged in customer surveys and validated a huge problem?—?several If you can bootstrap your business, it’s not a true venture-backed business. So what happened?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Almost every large organization has some kind of incubator or accelerator program. From Tax to Legal to Finance to HR, designing the new systems requires enormous amount of collaboration, transparency and trust. And in the same way it’s equally important for the company to authentically connect with the startup community.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

One of the discussions that ensued was about how to bootstrap a freemium venture. However, how do you get to critical mass, and how do you finance the period during which this business runs on red ink? How much time do you budget for red ink financing? Once there is critical mass, lots of business can, indeed, happen.

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dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? It isnt always possible to have a competitive bidding situation at each financing round so here are some guidelines for funding sources and percentages. Angels will usually invest between $300K and $2M.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

During this week's roundtable, we started off by discussing the pre-incubation procedure we are recommending with audience members from different parts of the world. This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. About Sramana Mitra.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Over approximately 100 roundtables, I have personally coached more than 400 early-stage entrepreneurs, and between the free and the premium program, as well as the blog, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn we have a community of more than 200,000 people engaged in the initiative at various levels. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. This, of course, doesn't mean that we discourage entrepreneurs from seeking financing.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Ning Communities. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. On-line Communities. easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Incubator List/ Local Startup Resources/ Startup Q&A. List of Startup Incubators.

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