Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

A non-profit organization is generally defined as an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals. For a non-profit, bootstrapping is self-funding from donations and fund-raising. Individual and institutional donations.

Angel Investor 218

Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy Equity 218

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2013

A non-profit organization is generally defined as an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals. For a non-profit, bootstrapping is self-funding from donations and fund-raising. Individual and institutional donations.

Equity 207

Equity Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy 207

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 31, 2011

If you’re Oracle with 47 product lines in 100 countries and 20 languages with distributed teams of tech writers is this the best tool? Today it would be near-impossible to bootstrap Smart Bear on those keywords. If printing and binding the documentation is important, is his the best tool? I bought ads for $0.05/click

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Customer Software Review SEM Technical Review 279

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

How to identify and engage the first customers for your product, and how to gather, evaluate and use their feedback to make your product, marketing and business model far stronger. Social media marketing for startups : How to use social to launch, position your messaging and get distribution.

Artificial Inteligence 156

Artificial Inteligence Founder Private Equity Ruby 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2010

A non-profit organization is generally defined as an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals. For a non-profit, bootstrapping is self-funding from donations and fund-raising. Individual and institutional donations.

Angel Investor 143

Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy Equity 143

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Even if you are bootstrapping your business, and you are the only investor, you should be asking yourself the same question. Word of mouth is not adequate for marketing and sales.

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Business Model Customer Angel Investor Bootstrapping 273

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

A nonprofit organization is generally defined as an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals. For a nonprofit, bootstrapping is self-funding from donations and fund-raising. Individual and institutional philanthropy.

Angel Investor 132

Angel Investor Equity Technical Review Exit Strategy 132

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

A non-profit organization is generally defined as an organization that does not distribute its surplus funds to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its goals. For a non-profit, bootstrapping is self-funding from donations and fund-raising. Individual and institutional philanthropy.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor Equity Technical Review Exit Strategy 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Even if you are bootstrapping your business, and you are the only investor, you should be asking yourself the same question. Word of mouth is not adequate for marketing and sales.

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Business Model Angel Investor Bootstrapping Revenue 414

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Thus, I have come to the conclusion that if I could help a million entrepreneurs globally reach $1 million in revenue (and beyond), that would be the foundation of a robust, distributed, and sustainable economic value creation that would add up to a trillion dollars in global GDP. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

These products will be distributed to remote yet extremely viable areas, where the market is appreciative of readily-available, good-quality brew. With this money, they plan to expand its distribution to selected metro areas within the state of Oregon. Friends and family are the most common backers, and many startups bootstrap.

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Oregon Jordan Software Review Distribution 24

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

4- Drop-shipping enterprise Photo Credit: Matthew Magnante It's my proposal The drop-shipping business model involves selling things that are transported straight from the supplier to the client. Your business model involves cooking and delivering delicious meals to people at their places of employment or at their homes.

Software Review 127

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 127

Hunter Walker

JUNE 23, 2014

It means it’s easy enough to develop that eight hours or so is all it takes to build something that can then be distributed/accessed for free by lots of people. Last two years was “fast graph” -> app bootstrapping via “connect your FB account and autofollow all friends.” Taptalk (social photos app).

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Product SBA SMS API 101

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

She found her audience and her business model and focused on scaling her concept and she made it work. But, his tenacity is impresive: he pulled himself back up by the bootstraps, and founded Nextiva which today generates more than $100M ARR. It usually takes spirits brands 5 years to achieve that kind of distribution.

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Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Bootstrapping B2B 90

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# Of course this is not at all true of many profitable small businesses, but they are not what I mean by startups.) People talk about funding funding funding, bootstrapping, etc.,

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

MAY 14, 2010

The panel consisted of a CEO of a travel guide app for the iPad, a bootstrap developer of many iPhone apps and an iPad app, and a marketing person from a Shazam-competitor app. innovate, distribute, monetize. Did they think about the business model at the beginning? Kathleen McMahon, VP of Sales, SoundHound, Inc.

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Mobile Technical Review Social Network Bootstrapping 49

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2015

How do you convince investors that your business model will really work, before you have a revenue stream that exceeds your expenses? Even if you are bootstrapping your business, and you are the only investor, you should be asking yourself the same question. Word of mouth is not adequate for marketing and sales.

Business Model 120

Business Model Angel Investor Startup Bootstrapping 120

Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

‘Starting a business’ really only comes down to figuring out your business idea ; doing your paperwork; and sorting out the money. Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market.

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Elevator Pitch Software Review SBA Angel Investor 166

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Where in your area will you find land or a building with the right zoning, size, facilities, and access for bringing in raw materials, attracting customers, and/or shipping out finished beer for distribution? How wide do you want to grow production and distribution, or do you want to focus on selling over your own bar?

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Oregon Jordan SBA Cofounder 60

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).

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

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. In the investment community, this work is called proving the business model. Finalize your channel and marketing strategy.

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Product Advisory Board Business Model Cofounder 137

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model. .   And if they are built from the top down, they’re pretty much useless. [3]   I’ve never seen it in practice.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2016

The steps focus you on developing your business model. But they only require “the back of an envelope” to figure out how you are going to make money, how much it is going to cost to run your business, and how soon you will generate a profit and reach breakeven. Revenue minus Cost to Run Your Business equals Profit or (Loss) .

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Bootstrapping LLC Equity Revenue 100

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2019

If you can prove a business model, traction, and potential for a tremendous scale with the right backing, you could be a ripe target to be acquired. . Whether a brand new bootstrapped startup or corporate giant, your altitude, sustainability, and traction has everything to do with your team. Distribution & Customers.

Intellectual Property 124

Intellectual Property IP Acquisition Startup 124

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.

Angel Investor 112

Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. To blitzscale successfully, you need a successful business model. The difference? Uber and Lyft blitzscaled.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Make no mistake, starting your own business is indeed gratifying that way, but not all startups are an escape from a regular job. The business model and investors play a critical role in shaping the independence and work-style of an entrepreneur. What Investors Mean For A Startup.

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Startup Equity Bootstrapping Early Stage 100

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

.   I talked to a company recently that had market risk in the educational business but also had a distribution agreement with a big player.  My advice was to execute with the big player by bootstrapping and then, as the market risk retires, to think about deploying outside capital.  Bootstrapping.

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Technology Marketing Intellectual Property Montana 74

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 13, 2006

" Distribution is everything. " Distribution is everything. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Categories.

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Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Distribution 60

Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

If you’ve never written a business plan before, take a look at these sample medical startup business plans. At first, you need to focus on developing your business model and validating it. Bootstrapping or self-funding a healthcare startup is very difficult, as most healthcare starts require considerable investment.

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SBIR Startup Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property 73

Tim Keane

MARCH 4, 2011

 I looked at a medical product recently and asked the obvious questions about competition, distribution strategy, pricing, and so forth.   Posted at 06:03 AM in Bootstrapping | Permalink. Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Bootstrapping Angel Investor Startup 60

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 4, 2010

And, of course, there are plenty of near real-time distribution statistics available if your capture system works. And, of course, there are plenty of near real-time distribution statistics available if your capture system works. Bootstrapping. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model.

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Wisconsin Marketing Angel Investor Startup 60

Tim Keane

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Distribution challenges? Distribution challenges? Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Learn the market. October 2010.

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Wisconsin Milwaukee Angel Investor Committed Capital 60

Tim Keane

APRIL 24, 2006

As an example, we had an advanced manufacturing business that achieved excellent early results. However, the distribution channel we had planned to use lacked the sophistication ultimately required by the product design, and the manufacturers adoption cycle was insufficient. Bootstrapping. If it does not work, get out.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping Venture Capital 60

market-by-numbers.com

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The driving force helps shape technology choices, importance of design, market segment, and business model as well as company culture, growth plan and exit strategy. one component of the business is the driving force of the strategy — the company’s so-called DNA. New products will follow same distribution.

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San Diego RSS Lean Elevator Pitch 40

Bryce Dot VC

JANUARY 5, 2015

VC funding can great for some companies, but it comes with a certain set of expectations that have an impact on everything from business model to company culture. My partner Tim bootstrapped his business to 9 figures in revenue without taking any outside investment. Launched products would be even better.

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San Francisco Cap Table Non-Compete Distribution 40

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004. The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. Bootstrapping 101. Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct.

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28