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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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. To me, this is the best time to raise your seed. They come in lots of different flavors and stages of fundability.

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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. Share 17 Responses to “How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k. TheStartup.eu Meet Tipsandtrip.

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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. The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world. The only option at the moment for smaller ideas is to go seed / angel funding, or try to bootstrap it.

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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! And in exchange for this $6k-$18k and mentorship, YC asked for 7% equity. Would love to chat and see how/if we can help. — Rand Fishkin (@randfish) October 12, 2018.

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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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