Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

Bootstrapping 101. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country. Bootstrapping 101.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Even if you are bootstrapping your business, and you are the only investor, you should be asking yourself the same question. Your challenge is to present a total business solution to the right customer set to build your credibility and momentum.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

This is typically called “bootstrapping&# and it is fraught with potential pitfalls and dangers. What is bootstrapping? So, what does it mean to bootstrap a company? Bootstrapping involves launching a business on a low budget. Why bootstrap? Either way, bootstrapping is a viable model.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

During today's roundtable, we had four Microsoft BizSpark Startup India Challenge grant finalists present. 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. RightNow's per agent price starts at $110 per agent per month.

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Spencer Fry

APRIL 17, 2017

Days before the conference started, I was asked (and felt honored) to lead two workshops on bootstrapping vs. raising money. Having started and sold 3 successful bootstrapped businesses, and am now running 1 venture capital backed business ( Coach ), this is a topic I know a thing or two about. What's “good” about bootstrapping.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

Even if you are bootstrapping your business, and you are the only investor, you should be asking yourself the same question. Your challenge is to present a total business solution to the right customer set to build your credibility and momentum.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

In practice, entrepreneurship and innovation will not present themselves in the same way in future economic systems. 17- Saturated with bootstrapped businesses. More entrepreneurs will therefore have to bootstrap their business. Today, technology has taken over the responsibility of management, which has been outsourced.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

Over the past several years, I've done lots of presentations around a wide variety of topics. Many of the factors are not obvious and include building mystery to drive margin, why boring B2B companies often win but are challenging in other ways, how bootstrapping wins, integrating metrics from the start and many other similar lessons.

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Transformify

OCTOBER 14, 2015

An excellent understanding of front and back-end web development skills including, HTML/5, CSS, JavaScript, Responsive Web Design, PHP, MySQL, HTML email, Bootstrap, Flat UI, Symfony. Excellent communication and presentation skills. Superior knowledge of current web development trends, techniques and best practices. Requirements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Unfortunately, most of us don’t have enough resources to bootstrap our own startups, so we are completely dependent on investors to help turn great ideas into great businesses. Founders who present themselves as a lone entrepreneur may develop an innovative solution, but building a business requires a team.

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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. He is an entrepreneur, podcast host, and community builder. My guest today is Lloyed Lobo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

You can’t start and run a business these days with a working knowledge and access to online and standalone tools, including a word processor, spreadsheet editing, and presentation software. Assess potential for funding or bootstrapping. Acquire and get familiar with required business tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2021

When determining your walk-away position, you need to understand your best alternative to agreement, and have a Plan-B (bootstrapping, competing investor, or more time). On the other hand, when negotiating a financing for your company, you should never present your term sheet first. Always wait for the investor to play his hand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

I recently found the classic sales training book “ Bootstrap Selling The Sandler Way ,” by Bill Morrison, who has 20 years in sales leadership roles, and I was amazed at how many of his sales lessons are great lessons for new entrepreneurs as well. Sales people alike, who won’t face their fears, lose in the long run. Telling isn’t selling.

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The Next Web

JULY 20, 2013

For every success like our recent exit of Cognitive Security to Cisco Systems (you can find a CoSe case study presented at the PE Deal Forum in Warsaw here ), we also have a failure such as the case of Beepl – both happened less than two years after our investment. The truth is that venture capital is not for every entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

I recently finished a new sales training book “ Bootstrap Selling The Sandler Way ,” by Bill Morrison, who has 20 years in sales leadership roles, and I was amazed at how many of his sales lessons are great lessons for new entrepreneurs as well. Having a snappy presentation on your solution or startup is great, but it’s only half the battle.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

First up was Brad Barrett presenting GrillGrate , a grill accessory with which Brad has built a year-to-date revenue of $400,000. Then Jeanne Chinn with JCLABoutique.com presented an upcoming e-commerce company that is planning to sell $210 tote bags for carrying pets. GrillGrate. JCLABoutique.com.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2010

and an investor pitch that I’ll be presenting in front of 150 people on Thursday. I bootstrapped my first “real&# company 3 years ago. There are lecture-style presentations that also include a healthy dose of group discussion. At the time, I didn’t have much more than an idea on paper. How did that happen?

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ReadWriteStart

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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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

During the conference, I participated, among many other things (including an awesome presentation about roasting a pig!), For nearly a year before we sought outside funding for crowdSPRING, we bootstrapped. I’d love to hear from you with your thoughts and suggestions about bootstrapping. in two discussions about startups.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

s roundtable, I started with a presentation on blue sky opportunities in cloud computing based on our Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing (TLCC) research. I pointed Zubair to a couple of case studies of bootstrapping using services to get more of his core product built; in parallel, I will help him pursue institutional funding.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

This post describes how companies using the Customer Development model can increase their credibility, valuation and probability of getting a first round of funding by presenting their results in a “Lesson Learned&# venture pitch. Tons of advice is available on how to pitch , present and market your company. How many are there?

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 16, 2012

Bootstrapping the Company. Bootstrapping has been our most gut-wretching choice in building our business. Even when I did have the time, my mind was usually thinking about building the business, rather than being present. However, it’s also best to look at our weaknesses and correct them. - Ken Sundheim , KAS Placement.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap. Next Igor Protsenko presented Profitero , an enterprise software product for helping retailers with price comparison and optimization. As a thumb rule, try to get enough validation so that you can get to at least a $2 million pre-money valuation before raising equity capital.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

I had been looking for the perfect fit for over a year when a friend invited me to a presentation from a health insurance organization that was seeking salespeople—an opportunity to open your own agency and become an insurance broker. Bootstrapping still works in the insurance industry. I wanted a product that was low-hassle.

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Technical Review Bootstrapping Cost Software Review 72

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2019

Still, coming up with sufficient capital to start any business – whether it’s from your own savings, a loan from a relative, or cash from an investor – can present a formidable problem. Self-funding or “bootstrapping.”. Bootstrapping has always been an important approach to my life.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Having turned down all overtures for investment, Zoho continues merrily on in its bootstrapping path. Misty Denson from Portland, Oregon, presented NameYourRentNow.com. Zoho is already over $100 million in revenue and is seeing tremendous traction. NameYourRentNow.com. I had invited her to come and pitch.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

In addition to this, there is the sad reality that majority of the people presently thinking of starting their own companies would never see through their plans. Companies can be bootstrapped (launched with nothing more than one’s existing cash or resources). You will need a significant amount of money to spend.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

Cash flow is a matter of life or death when bootstrapped and pre-funding. When presenting different formats in your content strategy document, try and include an example of what that format looks like, for example: Thought Leadership: Strategic in nature, thought leadership aims to challenge existing beliefs or present a new way of thinking.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2014

50 Extensions and Plugins for Extending Bootstrap – crowdspring.co/1nj8dJm. Inspirational Showcase of UI/UX Design Presentations – crowdspring.co/1u3e4oL. Exploring Current Web Design Trends – crowdspring.co/1q1Snrw. A Super-Quick Introduction to Style Guides – crowdspring.co/1u3dSWk. 1nj8rA8.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Up and Running

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Founders who react aggressively to questions during a presentation, seeming ungrateful or even hostile to doubts, will rarely get good feedback. Think about bootstrapping. Don’t give up on bootstrapping if you have an opportunity to pursue. If your diagnosis indicates that you’re not likely to get investment, revise your plan.

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Bootstrapping Intellectual Property Venture Capital Angel Investor 92

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Filled with transparent discussions about bootstrapping, VC funding, acquisition offers, and what it takes to grow a fledgling company, this book is a self-described list of ‘cheat codes,’ presented thoughtfully, to help startups navigate the murky waters of starting and running a successful business.”.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

This presents a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to launch their own businesses and capitalize on the latest technology. 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.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 118

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

At the same time, we also have seen several examples of entrepreneurs who have successfully bootstrapped their e-commerce companies without any external financing until much later in the game. Next Vin Lim presented Qyzzy.com , which can be succinctly summarized as the Yelp of Malaysia. Or, bootstrap longer.

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View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

Although bootstrapping your startup is difficult, that in and of itself is not unique. You are presenting at a conference or trade show and/or you have a booth at a conference or trade show (still boring). As with No. 2, this requires a certain amount of honesty and comfort with vulnerability. Above all, avoid cliches.

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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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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Now, as for today's entrepreneurs, first up today was Hardika Shah presenting Mesoloan, a small enterprise loan program for Indian entrepreneurs in the $2,000-$20,000 loan size bracket. Next Annette McClellan presented DaisyClip , a non-surgical contraception device for women that she is in the process of syndicating a $1.8 Voices.com.

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