A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

Software patents are especially useless for small, bootstrapped startups. In all the interviews you've read about founders' success, how many credit their MBA program? Except in certain industries (e.g. food, drug, medical), I'm unaware of companies who stave off quality competitors through patent holdings. How many even have MBAs?

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Intellectual Property Bootstrapping Software Review Open Source 319

The Startup Toolkit

MAY 8, 2012

If you want to get into startups and you don’t already know programmers who enjoy working with you, then I seriously suggest you start learning to program immediately. 90% of programming is figuring out that you can google the answer to just about every problem (and having a broad idea of what you might be looking for).

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Bootstrapping Technical Cofounder HTML Dividend 55

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

17- Saturated with bootstrapped businesses. More entrepreneurs will therefore have to bootstrap their business. 18- Towards specific entrepreneurial coaching and programs. I believe that the future of entrepreneurship is heading towards specific entrepreneurial coaching and programs like EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System).

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Media Bootstrapping 125

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. One of my colleagues, Joel West, beat me to the punch with a summary of the program. Bootstrapping 101. Steve Bennet.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. All this may cost a few thousand dollars, but don’t get talked into an Amazon.com replacement just yet.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 25, 2022

23- Bootstrapping the business. As a bootstrapped company, there's a real sense of reward knowing that we're doing what's best for our customers instead of what's in the best interest of investors. Bootstrapping the business allows me to make decisions independently of investor opinions. Thanks to Jimmy Huh, Jimmy Huh ! #23-

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

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. We see Bizosys as a promising niche vendor with demonstrated capabilities in creative bootstrapping. RightNow's per agent price starts at $110 per agent per month.

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India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

How to Bootstrap Your Startup : Everything you need to start your business – how to take an idea on paper and bring it to life. Technical courses from Udemy: Learn how to make iPhone and iPad apps in 1 hour without any programming knowledge. Learn all the programming languages needed to become a web developer from scratch.

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Artificial Inteligence Founder Private Equity Ruby 156

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. All this may cost a few thousand dollars, but don’t get talked into an Amazon.com replacement just yet.

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Hosting Bootstrapping .Net Social Network 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. All this may cost a few thousand dollars, but don’t get talked into an Amazon.com replacement just yet.

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eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping .Net 196

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2016

One company we work with creates custom rewards programs for sports fans. Let’s not forget the bootstrapping option. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to be a millionaire to bootstrap. Assuming you’re one of the 99.95 percent of companies that don’t attract VC, here are some alternate funding options: Get paid faster.

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Venture Capital Securities and Exchange Commission New York City Cofounder 100

Transformify

MAY 28, 2018

Required skills: • 2+ years of experience in software development • Strong C++ programming ability • Proficiency with Qt • Experience with CUDA • Experience with 3D graphics APIs (OpenGL, Direct3D) • Strong mathematics and algorithm skills (especially with Numerical Methods) • Experience with VTK. This is a part-time or full-time position.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

A good place to start looking is Grants.gov , which is a searchable directory of more than 1,000 Federal grant programs. These days, the costs to start a business are at an all-time low, and over 80% of startups are self-funded (also called bootstrapping). The process is long, but it doesn’t cost you any equity.

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Equity Startup SBA Small Business Administration 266

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Having turned down all overtures for investment, Zoho continues merrily on in its bootstrapping path. If you want a deeper relationship with me, you are very welcome to join the 1M/1M premium program. This way we can stay in touch and it will help you to decide if 1M/1M is a program for you. Thursday, November 17, Register Here.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 14, 2013

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Your bootstrapped startup is finally off the ground. You’ve heard affiliate programs can work wonders, so you sign up with a cloud affiliate provider and figure you can afford to pay $50 per signup. You’re able to spend $6000/mo on AdWords to drive leads. Maybe your ads suck?

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 3, 2012

Bootstrap as much as you can. Bootstrapping is the process of running your business with no outside financing. While you clearly can't accomplish as much as if you had outside funds, bootstrapping forces you to get creative and to figure out how to do more with less funds. Here are six rules to follow: 1. read more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. All this may cost a few thousand dollars, but don’t get talked into an Amazon.com replacement just yet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2021

Even if you intend to bootstrap the business, or have an anticipated funding source, it pays to start early in lining up an alternative. These programs don’t usually ask for equity, and they are particularly targeted to the early stages of your business to facilitate growth and survival. Build your plan around resources you know.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

A good place to start looking is Grants.gov , which is a searchable directory of more than 1,000 Federal grant programs. These days, the costs to start a business are at an all-time low, and over 80% of startups are self-funded (also called bootstrapping). The process is long, but it doesn’t cost you any equity.

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Equity Small Business Administration SBA Syndicate 436

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

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. WordPress theme development and ThemeForest sales are possible ventures, depending on your skill level. Thanks to Justin Siken, HigherGov ! #15-

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 111

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2010

We asked him to tell about the Venture Forth program and his preparation for pitching. When not chasing after his toddler daughter, Brian enjoys playing basketball, taking piano lessons and reading programming books for pleasure. I bootstrapped my first “real&# company 3 years ago. How did that happen? Boy was I wrong.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bryce Roberts, Indie VC Founder, has stated “on average, the companies we’ve backed have increased revenues over 100% in the first 12 months of the program and around 300% after 24 months post-investment. —– Earnest Capital invests in bootstrapped companies to help them unlock more growth.

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Joel moved to Seattle, and worked at Microsoft for three years as a program manager on Excel 4.0 At Microsoft, Joel was responsible for defining the specification for a programming language for Microsoft Excel. Microsoft and Apple have a role of product manager as different from a program manager. His Tenure at Microsoft.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap. However, her list has not been converting very well, and she came to ask if she should add further traffic generation programs such as Linkshare and ShareASale. If you have to raise money, try to do so as convertible notes.

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Valuation Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Bootstrapping 119

View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

Will the average person care which language you wrote your program in? It could be the tough story of child loss that led you to develop an app that monitors sleeping infants, or how your childhood struggle with dyslexia spurred you to write a program that helps others with reading disabilities. As with No. Above all, avoid cliches.

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Seed Stage San Francisco Startup CTO Hire 120

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

It is a very good format for entrepreneur groups around the world to get together and network around the roundtable programming which happens every week, religiously. Or, bootstrap longer. Over the upcoming months, the program will become much, much richer. Suresh is a 1M/1M premium member.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

The firm is heavily involved with Austin startup events and accelerators including Mass Challenge, The ATI SEAL Program, and PowerHer Expo. Regardless of whether you’ll be seeking venture capital, True Wealth’s focus on female-led startups have built a strong community of fans, programming and events in Austin that’s specific to this segment.

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Austin Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 57

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

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. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ).

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Cloud Fractional CTO Entrepreneur Bandwidth 117

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The company is currently bootstrapped and the app is launching next week. Ofir Beigel and Karin Levi, the co-founders of Capple Factory are both graduates of Israel’s Zell Entrepreneurship program , which is quickly gaining the reputation of Israel’s Y Combinator. disclosure: I’m an alumnus of the program).

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Mobile Software Review Bootstrapping 99

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

At today's roundtable, we had some very interesting discussions on creative bootstrapping. I recently wrote an article on this topic, calling all EDA entrepreneurs to build $5 million to $10 million to $20 million cash businesses that are self-financed, bootstrapped, and built organically. Read EDA Entrepreneurs: Build To Enjoy.

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Bootstrapping IP Silicon Valley India 113

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

It’s difficult to run a business that you’re bootstrapping and trying to grow as fast as you can, all while not having enough resources and capital. Learn more about our VIP Accelerator program and how to apply. Raising capital will allow us to reach that goal, but it’s challenging. Who would you like to meet?

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Bootstrapping can be fun, you get to iterate quickly, turn on dimes, invent new features on the fly. What’s more it also required a large team of smart engineers that had experience in programming cross-platform software. If your product is getting good reviews and people are willing to pay for it, you’ve got something.”.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

One of the discussions that ensued was about how to bootstrap a freemium venture. And if you want a deeper relationship with me, you are very welcome to join the 1M/1M premium program. If you have any questions about the program, please, first study the website, especially What to expect from the 1M/1M premium program and the FAQs.

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Bootstrapping San Jose Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 124

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). Good news: Indrajit is a solo entrepreneur, so he doesn't have a large overhead to support. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

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India Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Incubator 114

Spencer Fry

MAY 11, 2011

A quick Google search for "bootstrap marketing" brings up a bunch of useless nonsense. The results are either in the form of "Top 10 Bootstrap Marketing Tips" or "Bootstrap Marketing 101" guides. I'm not talking about the "email your friends" pop up or referral programs.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 21, 2019

Collaboration programs make it easy to communicate with your employees and client online. If you haven’t been able to save up for your capital, consider bootstrapping your business. It’s a shared office gives you access to a receptionist, a mailbox, and other perks like a conference area. Buy Used Furniture.

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