The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

In early 2011, I wrote a post, Startups: Not for the faint of heart , that discussed Parse.ly’s survival through a one-year bootstrapping period after Dreamit Ventures Philly ’09. No Bootstrapping Plan : Many startups that come out of an accelerator program (such as YCombinator, Dreamit, or TechStars) simply do not get funding.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

21 Reasons To Bootstrap Your Startup | ZoomShift – crowdspring.co/M5SXUd. Raising Seed Capital – crowdspring.co/MX18CE. don’t return investors’ capital” – crowdspring.co/1dhuwIO. SEO Pricing: 600+ Agencies Share Costs of Services & Pricing Models | Moz – crowdspring.co/1f86l3x.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

Raising seed capital is a tricky business. Most are making major mistakes in their approach when seeking capital. If you’re bootstrapping, you don’t need to worry about either of these options. I get approached often by tech startups looking for their first outside funding. Option Three: Or don’t raise funding.

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www.thestartup.eu

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home RSS About Contact Advertise Partners How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k. Posted by Stefano Bernardi On June - 21 - 2010 It’s a known fact that seed capital is very scarce in Italy. Let’s break down their costs: Logo design: a simple contest on 99designs with a $300 prize. Total cost: $5000.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. Technical progress and market traction are much slower and cost a lot more than anticipated. The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The article highlights some bootstrapping entrepreneurs who are, by necessity, taking longer to grow their new ventures. Lack of seed capital (home equity lines of credit, friends/family) is a major problem. (Is Newly opened companies created a seasonally adjusted total of 2.6 This is the new reality of entrepreneurship.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 8, 2019

And we received offers of support from successful founders who have raised funding, bootstrapped, and those who’ve done both: +1 on that! We are happy to speak with you at any revenue level, but somewhere in the $150k-range is when founders may start to look for seed capital. Would love to chat and see how/if we can help.

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