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TechWildcatters Applications Due March 19

The Startup Lawyer

The selected startups will get up to $25,000 in seed funding, intensive top-notch mentorship, and the opportunity to pitch to angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate dev teams at their biannual “Demo Day”. Technology: Web, SaaS, open source, data integration, middleware, etc. BI/data/analytics, gaming/simulation, etc.

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TechWildcatters Applications Due March 19

The Startup Lawyer

The selected startups will get up to $25,000 in seed funding, intensive top-notch mentorship, and the opportunity to pitch to angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate dev teams at their biannual “Demo Day”. Technology: Web, SaaS, open source, data integration, middleware, etc. BI/data/analytics, gaming/simulation, etc.

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

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. There are several great examples of technology startups that do this. This is not a good time to ask for outside funding.

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How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k

www.thestartup.eu

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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TechWildcatters Launches Dallas Microseed Fund

The Startup Lawyer

Technology: Web, SaaS, open source, data integration, middleware, etc. Capital: Needing seed capital to support living expenses while bootstrapping, can make efficient use of limited capital, would generally be planning on self/angel/customer financing as a next step coming out of the program.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. A " black swan " investor appears out of the blue and backs the company - less impressed by the technology than by the talent, desire, and grit of the entrepreneur.

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The New Reality of Entrepreneurship | WSJ.com

Campus Entrepreneurship

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.