Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

He is the co-founder of Boast.ai, where he leveraged the Community-Led Growth model to bootstrap the company. where he leveraged a community-led growth model to bootstrap the company. Then another time was when we were bootstrapping both. I asked their chief revenue officer, how do you do attribution on this community?

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced a very important partnership with MAD Incubator, Malaysia for entrepreneurship development in the region. This is our first major partnership with an incubator whereby MAD will adopt the 1M/1M methodology to foster Silicon Valley-style technopreneurship in Malaysia.

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MARCH 17, 2011

First up, Adrian Montero from Belen, Heredia, Costa Rica, presented FinqIt. He needs to bootstrap it to a certain level, and following the 1M/1M methodology would be a good start. Adarsh Patil from Bangalore, India, presented ResortHunt. Ten people paying $37.50 ResortHunt.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

At today's roundtable, we had some very interesting discussions on creative bootstrapping. Then Aaron Dormer presented Social Affect , an Australian company trying to help retailers provide e-commerce solutions. Read Creative Bootstrapping to a $350 Million Exit. Today, I think gaming is still in its infancy. Social Affect.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I recently wrote a blog post that I believe is worth pointing out in the context of the strategy roundtables: VCs, Angels, Incubators, Accelerators - What Are You Doing With Your Rejects? I'd like to hear from venture capitalists, angel investors, incubators, and accelerators on this topic. His firm invests in four. CricketWeekly.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

I have discussed at length why revenue sharing channel deals may serve as perfectly fine alternatives to raising equity (or even complements) because of their non-dilutive nature. Also, an Incubation Radar profile on CrowdEngineering explains more about this very, very cool company doing crowdsourced customer support. SOCO Games.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Then Cristina Soviany presented IDES Technologies from Belgium. And these pilots will pay for her early bootstrapping phase. In addition, I took Rohit through a discussion on a possible OEM strategy that could result in a significant revenue ramp relatively quickly. IDES Technologies. If possible, of course.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

First up at this week's Strategy Roundtable was Cheryl Yeoh presenting CityPockets , an online destination, and an app for managing daily deals across a wide range of sites. Next Anuj Mishra with Gnosis India presented an idea of doing highly technical workshops (CAD, Robotics) for students all around India, including rural India.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year. Bokér/1.

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MARCH 3, 2011

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we put a special focus on entrepreneurs in the northwestern part of the United States, and we had three presenters, all from Washington. We also had two other entrepreneurs who are working with the William Factory Incubator in Tacoma, Washington. Wise Mind Studios LLC.

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APRIL 21, 2011

I presented my usual 1M/1M perspective on bootstrapping. Even if there were fleeting thoughts of being bailed out by investors, they have now been banished and we are focusing on bootstrapping and making the model work with customer money." The Mumbai roundtable was extremely interactive and fun. Food ka Mood. Stopwaitin.com.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Now, as for the presenters, first up today was Benson Hall with Advanced Dental Technologies , presenting a business plan to bring Cone Beam Dental Imaging machines to a large number of consumers. All three of today's roundtable companies will soon be featured on Incubation Radar. Advanced Dental Technologies.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Besides experience, they will also need to have a combination of leadership , communication, and presentation skills, plus financial and technical knowledge. Because of complex government regulations and a lengthy incubation period, funding a healthcare startup is more difficult compared to financing a tech startup. Know thy customer.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

One of the entrepreneurs presented a business idea that sounded like a business-to-consumer concept, but as I peeled the onion, it turned out that the business was really a business-to-business concept. We also recommend that you present a succinct summary of whatever customer validation work you have done.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

The team is led by Girish Mathrubootham and Shanmugam Krishnasamy, who have their roots in Zoho, a SaaS company that has revolutionized the category by drastically undercutting the CRM price-point by leveraging India to build a $100M+ 100% bootstrapped business. See: 1M/1M Incubation Radar: Freshdesk ]. Loyaltepays.com.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

John already has a couple of customers, and needs about 50 customers to get to $1M in annual revenue. Next Julie Acevedo presented Juju Band , a newborn navel protection band to cover the umbilical cord for about eight weeks from birth. Ancient Tomorrow. Very cool concept, designed by an energy scientist, upon which J.J.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The big enterprise software companies almost all bootstrapped their way to profitability before they got their first external investors (typically via an IPO). Mixing metaphors, the attempt to accelerate the scaling process is a bit like asking a baby to be incubated in six months (dangerous). Founding teams must be balanced.

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

These are areas that may be gaps in the portfolio of large companies, and are perfect for M&A deals in three to five years after building enough validation and $10-$20 million in revenue. Raymond has built a nice business through efficient distribution deals and will do about $250,000 in revenue this year.

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JANUARY 15, 2011

from David Dalka - Creating Revenue and Retention - Chicago GSB MBA As discussed in my recent post about a TiE event on Chicago start ups, there are many factors to consider when taking in funding and employees. In that case, VC money is used mainly for "acceleration" and not for bootstrapping. Most startups fail.

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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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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

The researchers found that in return, this ability caused entrepreneurs to disrupt common patterns in daily life, attracted more customers and created more revenue, causing a cycle of nuanced disruption and adaptation. Basically, they do what it takes until they make it- regardless of what their bank account says!

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Both the audience and the presenters had a significant representation from that extraordinary start-up nation. This will achieve both customer intimacy and bootstrap funding from customers. At today's roundtable, we had a jam-packed pitch session with five Israeli start-ups. About Sramana Mitra.

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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. Every incubator you look at takes pride in how exclusive it is. What makes 1M/1M unique?

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team? They are many more examples.

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