Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Last Friday, June 21st I sent the following message out to our community of users, colleagues, friends and supporters. We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. We got real close a couple of times to great investment partners.

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Up and Running

JUNE 7, 2013

It’s almost as if we – the startup community – have been led to believe that you need partners. Some with partners, others without. On the other hand, the ventures which were outright failures or fledgling businesses involved anywhere from two to four business partners. Some were impressive, others not so much.

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Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

“It took an enormous investment of sweat equity on both our parts,” Allyson admits. The more moms we can save, the healthier and better those communities and families will be. Allyson and her partner knew where not to look for funding, so they could focus their energy in the right places. Women are valuable.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Community Resources. Benjamin Kuker May 17, 2011 Tweet I have a feeling I might step on a few toes with this article, but finding a technical cofounder for an online business idea is a topic that I’ve seen come up often across a number of business community websites. Our Newsletters Contact Us. About Virtuosi Media. Our Services.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Luckily, the startup community often courageously shares their stories – even when things don’t end well. Three notes before we begin: After reading these, you realize more than ever that the startup community is really like no other. Post-Mortem Title : Untitled Partners Post-Mortem. Company : Untitled Partners.

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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. Management has the wrong pedigree, is geographically undesirable, competes in the wrong industry, and/or has a business model that lacks "scalability credibility" with the venture community.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The negativity either impacted investment funding (venture capital fell off a cliff in 2009) or the customers they were targeted as was the case for Untitled Partners who were building a platform for fractional art ownership. We were obviously wrong about Untitled Partners’ ability to grow through the subsequent downturn. #19

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Designmantic Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Brin was a college graduate who, with his partner Larry Page secured funding to launch ‘Google’; a search engine that would eventually be considered as one of the most valuable brands in the world according to Forbes.com. We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Thanks to Jacob Dayan, Community Tax. #5 All the sweat equity that comes with being an entrepreneur is all worth it when you see your business grow into the vision you had when you started. It all started when my childhood friend, who also became my business partner, suddenly died at the age of 27. Photo Credit: R.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 24, 2019

This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. Check it out at semrush.com/partner/ducttapemarketing , and we’ll have that in the show notes. Or, do you actually somehow partner a little deeper than that? We called them partners, but that’s kind of vague.

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Small Business Force

AUGUST 22, 2009

Your business is typically the single largest element of your asset base and estate, often with both real capital tied up and huge amounts of sweat equity invested. You've built relationships with partners, employees, and customers that are nearly family-like. Have you been approached by a prospective buyer or merger partner?

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Small Business Force

AUGUST 22, 2009

Your business is typically the single largest element of your asset base and estate, often with both real capital tied up and huge amounts of sweat equity invested. And it's probably been the center of your life, with relationships that have been built with partners, employees and customers that are nearly family-like.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Im a UX and front end designer bootstrapping my own products with pure sweat equity at night but always looking for someone else to partner with(engineer/programmer)to bring these ideas life. Would love to hear your insights sometime into how to partner with engineers. But you really arent getting a committed partner.

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