SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Before I get into the details for founders, let me talk about options-hungry employees. You can bootstrap your way into existence. Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG.

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The Next Web

JULY 20, 2013

Do they really expect that the next Facebook will come knocking at their ivory towers with a polished product, proven business model and the only thing missing on the way to an IPO being their Series A investment?”. Co-investments are an industry standard, and entrepreneurs should strive to get as much know-how on board as possible.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Most technologists have little interest in the mechanics of starting and building a business. That’s why I recommend that they find a co-founder who loves business challenges, including marketing and finance. Outside investors are most interested in scaling a proven business model, not research and development.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. So far I have shared with you 9 simple steps to start your own tech business ((don’t miss part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ). Raise your first round of money, or bootstrap. There are two ways to start a tech business.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# It should be even more important to the founders themselves, because it demonstrates that their business hypothesis is grounded in reality. They are busy too, but they are not creating value for the company.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Word of mouth is no substitute for market research , says Ben Price, co-founder of Hard Knocks Brewing, a small brewpub in its second year of operation. The single biggest mistake I have made was locating my business in a town that could not care less about craft beer,” says Ben. Do they have access to contingency capital?

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Raise more money than you need because your business model may change. The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 26, 2012

Today's roundtable was co-hosted with the Jacksonville Startup Weekend. 150 people came together, and 17 businesses were formed. 150 people came together, and 17 businesses were formed. To make a case of the business he proposes, he would have to, somehow, channel the search traffic from Google to his site. SustanAbin.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 23, 2014

Last two years was “fast graph” -> app bootstrapping via “connect your FB account and autofollow all friends.” Some are talking about how (d) could be PH’s value/business model but I think that’s likely wrong. Taptalk (social photos app). Example of “slow graph” trend.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2016

by Rebecca Weible, founder of Yo Yoga! When you’re opening a business with very little money, you know logically that this will make an already hard thing even harder and require even more work. ’ Rebecca Weible is the founder of Yo Yoga! But you don’t actually know until you are in the thick of it.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

For most big, established companies like us, our business models were developed years—even decades ago. We’ve built up strength in executing our business model, not creating new ones. It didn’t take us very long to connect the dots between exponential growth, business model innovation and the “Lean Startup” movement.

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

Different sources define freemium as a business model or a pricing strategy. I talked to Adam Hempenstall, founder and CEO at BetterProposals , who has been using freemium for three years for his SaaS product: “Honestly, I think it was a mistake. However, your pricing options go far beyond freemium and free trial.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

 Mike Markulla came with the first investments - as a cofounder -- because investors felt the company needed leadership that could attract talent to be able to grow and he brought in Scott. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. Unfortunately Tracy would learn first hand not much later that the business model has two components: both buying and selling. And through this industry legitimacy she was able to get the ear of Dany Levy, the co-founder of Daily Candy.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when).

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Raise more money than you need because your business model may change. The business model for residential solar panel company: contract with customer, local rebates, and tax benefits. A lot of entrepreneurs attended the event as evident by business cards with “Founder&# listed.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

business model and team. I usually don’t back a business unless there are founders that can build, sell, and service the new solution that is being brought to market. In this case, they could build and service it but they needed a third co-founder to sell it. Read my Lucky7 Bootstrap or VC?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

When starting a business, it’s typical to look for venture capital, angel investors, and even co-founders to help get the company up and running. While funding is necessary for almost all businesses, seeking it out yourself isn’t necessarily the right path for everyone. How to Bootstrap Your Startup.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Collis Taeed 16th March Business Models 9 Comments One of the best sources of information on startups is the obscenely talented Paul Graham who has written a wealth of essays on the subject. Even less-obvious founders like the internet media personality and Digg founder Kevin Rose actually began in computer science.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2013

They evaluate you like you should assess a possible co-founder or first employee. Success means the entrepreneur must be laser focused on driving the business, passionate about a product, and passionate about a specific set of customers. Rational business model, with prices and volumes. Investors are people too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2011

They evaluate you like you should assess a possible co-founder or first employee. Success means the entrepreneur must be laser focused on driving the business, passionate about a product, and passionate about a specific set of customers. Rational business model, with prices and volumes. Investors are people too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Traditionally, business software products have been specialized and focused toward a given task, but I see a trend these days to highly functional “all-in-one” business tools. Assess potential for funding or bootstrapping. In my experience, a good business plan should not be a book, or a one-pager.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

They evaluate you like you should assess a possible co-founder or first employee. Success means the entrepreneur must be laser focused on driving the business, passionate about a product, and passionate about a specific set of customers. Rational business model, with prices and volumes. Investors are people too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2010

They evaluate you like you should assess a possible co-founder or first employee. Success means the entrepreneur must be laser focused on driving the business, passionate about a product, and passionate about a specific set of customers. Rational business model, with prices and volumes. Investors are people too.

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Bootstrapping Cofounder Business Plan Entrepreneur 242

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Word of mouth is no substitute for market research, says Ben Price, co-founder of Hard Knocks Brewing, a small brewpub in its second year of operation. The single biggest mistake I have made was locating my business in a town that could not care less about craft beer,” says Ben. Do they have access to contingency capital?

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

One of the discussions that ensued was about how to bootstrap a freemium venture. How do you find co-founders who are willing to work for 18 months without getting paid? Irit, however, needs to think through some of the details of the business model, pricing model, and positioning. Hope to see you there!

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 1, 2012

This is a choice that every startup founder must make , so I’d like to dig in deeper. To clarify the discussion, let’s use a simpler model: Companies A and B both sell products with recurring monthly revenue, and both brought in $10,000 in revenue last month. maximizing reach) versus selling more expensive units (i.e.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

“The Internet is the first place most people turn to find information and learn virtually anything, but there’s no sense of organization — you have to stumble through, often running into dead ends along the way,” says Kris Chinosorn, who started MentorMob with fellow University of Illinois graduate and co-founder Vince Leung. “At

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2018

The reality is that successful businesses these days require an equally elegant business model, with the right marketing, delivery channel, price, and target customers, to get real traction. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and the perfect customer segment.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Carolyn serves as the co-founder and CEO of Hello Alice. Hello Alice is a free, data-driven, and multichannel platform helping small business owners on their entrepreneurial journey by providing access to relevant funding networks and technical assistance tools while increasing owner success rates. Business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Yet many entrepreneurs rely on expensive outside services and outside money, rather than do the networking for a co-founder or two who have the right skills to work for equity. Bootstrapping not only reduces cash needs, but increases commitment. These would include the following: You have a proven business model.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Peter Arvai , co-founder of Prezi , an interactive presentation platform. And a founding team needs more than a complementary skill set. Jim Semick.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

Myth: Lean Startups are small bootstrapped startups. What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated. Myth: Lean Startups are small bootstrapped startups.

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