A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Edwin: Oh sorry, so the business model. Edwin: The business model is that the organizer has to pay. And standing out to a company that got $10 million dollars in funding even before they started Asana is going to be very hard if you bootstrap it with your savings. Jason: That’s called bootstrapping, right.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

Can you bootstrap your way to positive cash flow?   If the answer is relatively soon, then bootstrapping is a very serious consideration.    Even if it isn’t soon, early bootstrapping can reduce risk and increase chances for success, resulting in more aligned interests for entrepreneurs and investors.

Finance 83

Finance Bootstrapping Startup Equity 83

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2018

Innovative products and business models are the foundations of a promising startup. Creating a scalable business model. Whether you are hoping to expand a small business with a loan or going for a round of venture capital, you will need a scalable business model. Determining how much money to ask for.

SBA 84

SBA Angel Investor Technical Review Startup 84

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. They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country. ProfessorVC. Steve Bennet.

Bootstrapping 28

Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Angel Investor 28

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 26, 2012

Next Perry Kaye presented pay2pitch.com , a network where entrepreneurs will come and pitch investors and mentors and pay, say, $1,000 for a twenty-minute interaction. The second problem with the assumption here is that mentoring networks typically do not scale. The price-point is too low for that to be sustainable. pay2pitch.com.

Jacksonville 114

Jacksonville Florida PPC Programming 114

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

More About Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the salesman podcast, hosted by Will Barron and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. You know, could you look at my business plan? Like this show?

San Francisco 101

San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 101

Tim Keane

MAY 22, 2006

  Tomorrow, you're going to close your first professional investment with "Fred," a wealthy individual you met at a networking event.    Tomorrow, you're going to close your first professional investment with "Fred," a wealthy individual you met at a networking event.  Bootstrapping.

Wisconsin 60

Wisconsin Offshore Warrant Angel Investor 60

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! October 2010.

Software Review 60

Software Review Wisconsin Technical Review Angel Investor 60

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. Your business is yours alone.

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Equity SBA Small Business Administration Syndicate 436

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

Different sources define freemium as a business model or a pricing strategy. It offers a freemium of their social network to everyone, has a premium plan as well as a free trial of this plan, plus it also monetizes on the ads. However, your pricing options go far beyond freemium and free trial. Freemium isn’t free.

Startup 110

Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2021

In my experience as a business advisor and occasional investor, many of you won’t make it that far, succumbing to the high costs of getting those first customers, funding an initial inventory, and building an operational support process. Start networking for funding before the crisis. Build your plan around resources you know.

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Dilution Incubator Bootstrapping Government 404

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. Here are the ingredients: Business model : This is actually the most important ingredient of the five. Read my Lucky7 Bootstrap or VC?

Bootstrapping 52

Bootstrapping IPO Business Model Software Review 52

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

While funding is necessary for almost all businesses, seeking it out yourself isn’t necessarily the right path for everyone. Instead, knowing how to bootstrap your startup might be a better option. How to Bootstrap Your Startup. When you bootstrap your startup, you retain full control of the new business.

Bootstrapping 145

Bootstrapping Startup Cofounder Angel Investor 145

Tim Keane

JUNE 19, 2012

Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! October 2010.

Milwaukee 79

Milwaukee Wisconsin Angel Investor Bootstrapping 79

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2020

Every business owner needs to plan to reinvent their business regularly, or their competitors and their customers will make them obsolete. By drawing on the current network of drivers and the app technology it already has in place, UberEATS could be a major competitor for food delivery services such as DoorDash.

Customer 359

Customer Institutional Investors Channel Acquisition 359

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

My one feedback would be to have networking earlier in the agenda or sprinkled throughout the 6 hour agenda. 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.

CTO Hire 49

CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 49

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. I really enjoyed the networking time after the panel (I missed the pre-panel networking time). I met some cool, interesting gals (and guys).

Mobile 49

Mobile Technical Review Social Network Bootstrapping 49

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.

Lean 331

Lean Nepal Cofounder Customer Development 331

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. This way of building the business we call ‘Value SaaS’ and the funding itself as optionality funding. One third of them are growing over 50% y-o-y.

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. You are now entering the rollout stage , with money required for marketing, hiring a full-time team, and a production process.

Angel Investor 370

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 370

Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! October 2010.

Burn Rate 60

Burn Rate Angel Groups Seed Stage Startup 60

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! October 2010.

Technical Cofounder 68

Technical Cofounder Wisconsin Cofounder Angel Investor 68

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Over the years, institutions he’s worked with have directly banked six breweries, a cidery, and a kombucha producer, and Patrick has also advised dozens of startup breweries, from reviewing business plans to helping prospective brewers network with key people. You want to be helpful and move the whole business along,” he says. “If

Oregon 24

Oregon Jordan Software Review Distribution 24

Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Bootstrapping. Greg Gianforte: Bootstrapping Your Business: Start And Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! October 2010.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Due Diligence Angel Groups Wisconsin 60

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I challenge them to think beyond what I call linear extensions to a current trend, such as another “easier-to-use” app for smartphones, a new dating site for pets, or another niche social network. Should this be a non-profit or for-profit business?

Intellectual Property 317

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Salary 317

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. You are now entering the rollout stage , with money required for marketing, hiring a full-time team, and a production process.

Angel Investor 313

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

My one feedback would be to have networking earlier in the agenda or sprinkled throughout the 6 hour agenda. 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.

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Cofounder Fractional CTO San Francisco 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Success means the entrepreneur must be laser focused on driving the business, passionate about a product, and passionate about a specific set of customers. If the business plan reads like a smorgasbord of offerings, there are probably not enough resources to do any well, and customers will be confused.

Founder 270

Founder Cofounder Bootstrapping Entrepreneur 270

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2011

Success means the entrepreneur must be laser focused on driving the business, passionate about a product, and passionate about a specific set of customers. If the business plan reads like a smorgasbord of offerings, there are probably not enough resources to do any well, and customers will be confused.

Entrepreneur 268

Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Cofounder Business Plan 268

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

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. 12:50] So how does the process work for businesses who want to join Hello Alice? [13:37]

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Technical Review Networking Community 95

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Working in a business, especially a startup , is all about predicting the future, and responding to unanticipated changes, or new entrants. Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring. Assess potential for funding or bootstrapping. You can’t keep all these in your head.

Silicon Valley 286

Silicon Valley Angel Investor LLC Incubator 286

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Bootstrap if you can, for as long as you can As a startup you’ll likely fail. Not necessarily the entire business, but at some point, something will fail and you’ll either learn from it and grow or it will be the beginning of the end. At this point, we had already developed the first phase of the platform by bootstrapping.

Strategic Investors 49

Strategic Investors Austin Angel Investor Bootstrapping 49

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Funding process.

Startup 268

Startup Institutional Investors Angel Investor Bootstrapping 268

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve. This will include the first version of many critical processes that can be split out later, including market opportunity, requirements, product definition, business model, sales process, and organization. Funding process.

Startup 255

Startup Institutional Investors Angel Investor Bootstrapping 255

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. Your business is yours alone.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Startup Equity SBA 283

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Success means the entrepreneur must be laser focused on driving the business, passionate about a product, and passionate about a specific set of customers. If the business plan reads like a smorgasbord of offerings, there are probably not enough resources to do any well, and customers will be confused.

Entrepreneur 242

Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Cofounder Restful 242

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2010

Success means the entrepreneur must be laser focused on driving the business, passionate about a product, and passionate about a specific set of customers. If the business plan reads like a smorgasbord of offerings, there are probably not enough resources to do any well, and customers will be confused.

Bootstrapping 242

Bootstrapping Cofounder Business Plan Entrepreneur 242