Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Thus I was happy to see a new book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Or you can always bootstrap the idea yourself, get some traction, and build your first startup organically.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 15, 2022

It also helps bootstrap new startup businesses. For example, Lean Startup offers many benefits to emerging organizations, especially considering its focus on crafting a minimum viable product (MVP). A digital agency also performs project work for third-party clients simultaneously with incubating new startups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, February 9, 2009 The lean startup @ Web 2.0 Expo to explain the lean startup concept to a larger audience. The Lean Startup: a Disciplined Approach to Imagining, Designing, and Building New Products.: Hey Someone else who is extending the agile/lean approach beyond just developing software.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2022

If you’re in startup mode and have limited working capital to cover your operating expenses , you may be bootstrapping your way through the early days. That often involves working long hours and keeping your costs lean. The answer depends on what your current operations look like.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

People talk about funding funding funding, bootstrapping, etc., Transitioning from founder sold bootstrapped revenue to a functioning sales team is certainly possible. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2009

Well, that’s fine as far as it goes but when you’re a startup and you don’t have customers yet you need a way to bootstrap and that can feel awfully chaotic and wasteful. Notice that the unit of progress changes as we move from waterfall to agile to the lean startup. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Bootstrapping. I always recommend that you start with bootstrapping. Bootstrapping is when you put your own money or borrow from friends and family to set up your business. Bootstrapping inculcates the entrepreneurial discipline and financial responsibility to run a lean business. ? Sources of funding. ?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2017

Stefan is focused on bootstrapping and sustainability through profitability, and devoted to sharing lean business principles with future founders through webinars and interviews.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. I have a lot of good news to report on this front. You can click here to learn more.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

Here are some tips for bootstrapping your business. Lean Marketing. It’s much easier when you don’t require lots of space or expensive equipment. Even so, there are some strategies you can employ to avoid breaking the bank. Work in a Spare Room. This is the time when you’ll most need whatever money you do have available.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 30, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn how bootstrapping makes you a better business – a leaner, smarter, more agile company that can roll with the punches. Bootstrapping Minimizes the Number of People Cashing in on Your Success. Bootstrapped founders don’t have these concerns. Secondly, just how badly do you need that funding?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 18, 2010

Ash Maurya is the founder of WiredReach , a bootstrapped startup that he has been running for seven years. Recently, he was bitten by the lean startup bug and has started writing about his experiences attempting to apply lean startup and customer development principles. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Braintree – [link]. Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Braintree – [link]. Lean UX: Getting Out Of The Deliverables Business – [link]. The original post is in the Random Fun section below. Good post about the pitfalls of code refactoring for startups – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Based on the Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom a while back, personal money, or bootstrapping, continues to be the primary startup funding source. Focusing on the burn rate and prioritizing every possible expense will keep overhead down, help you stay lean, and achieve a higher profit earlier.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 6, 2013

How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – [link]. Lean Business: The Very Model of a Modern Spreadsheet – [link]. How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – [link]. Lean Business: The Very Model of a Modern Spreadsheet – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2015

By bootstrapping, bartering, reducing overheads (rental and manpower), and leveraging technology (especially the web), one can start one’s own business almost on a dime without being beholden to creditors or venture capitalists. Positioned as a guide for bootstrapping solopreneurs, the book doesn’t dive deeply into any one specific domain.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Shoulder – not to cry on, but to lean on. Since we bootstrapped Backblaze, early on we would have months when the company did not have enough cash from sales to buy the additional servers it needed. When things have to happen, your co-founders are the ones who will step up.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

Traveling the past year, I have heard loud and clear that its time for the Lean Startup movement to enter its next phase. My aspiration with the Lean Startup methodology has always been to provide such a framework, so that we have more intelligent conversations about what works and what doesnt for startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

It’s more possible to bootstrap today than a few years ago, as the cost of entry continues to go down. The key to successful bootstrapping is to master the do-it-yourself approach, defer compensation or barter services whenever possible and become a frugal minimalist in all things requiring a cash outlay.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In 2012 I got together with Alexander Osterwalder , Henry Chesbrough and Andre Marquis to think about the Lean and the future of corporate innovation. 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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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Goal setting is essential to the success of any business, and is critical to the growth of a tech startup in the bootstrapping stage. The self-funded startup is an increasingly popular model used by tech-oriented entrepreneurs to bootstrap their business idea without the need for traditional finance or funding rounds.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

Bootstrap for years! You can bootstrap without VC money. Yeah, I said. You kids have to learn to do it the old fashioned way they did it before they new economy and Silicon Valley. Reply David Locke , on June 8, 2009 at 8:48 am Said: In economics, there is an industry stack. Vertical markets are a risk and cost reduction strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Or you can always bootstrap the idea yourself, get some traction, and build your first startup organically.

Technical Cofounder 144

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Advisory Board Startup 144

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

I bootstrapped it on my own. You’ve bootstrapped a company, so you can see all those things, and you’re skeptical of the VC side. Dan: Jason, we’re certainly leaning more towards what you said. Trying to figure out how the Silicon Valley… again, my last venture was not built here. Let me say this to you.

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The Next Web

JULY 13, 2012

In the startup world, venture capital is often viewed as the penultimate goal, yet for many startups bootstrapping is often the reality. For this reason, many small business owners lean on their personal credit to fund their business. And self-financing puts the emphasis on business credit.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

One of the most popular techniques for financing a business when you are starting out is bootstrapping. Business bootstrapping is the strategy where you start and grow a business using your own money or revenue from a business that you already have. Image source: Pexels Understand the landscape of business bootstrapping.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2010

I bootstrapped my first “real&# company 3 years ago. As a “seasoned&# entrepreneur, I was primarily looking for a few bits of wisdom and a group of like-minded souls to lean on. I’ve bootstrapped every project I’ve ever founded, and have never felt the need to pursue external funding. Boy was I wrong.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It’s more possible to bootstrap today than a few years ago, as the cost of entry continues to go down. The key to successful bootstrapping is to master the do-it-yourself approach, defer compensation or barter services whenever possible and become a frugal minimalist in all things requiring a cash outlay.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

Coming from the financial world to the software world taught us a lot about bootstrapping and finding valuable outsourcing tools. There is so much to manage for an enterprising small business that it makes sense to lean on experts like the one’s crowdSPRING provides for the things like graphic work.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

This model of joint accountability is at the heart of the lean startup, and is just as applicable to venture-backed, bootstrapped, and enterprise startups. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Or you can always bootstrap the idea yourself, get some traction, and build your first startup organically.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Advisory Board Stock Options 120

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Because we bootstrapped, the biggest challenge right out of the gate was getting customers on board fast. We focused on drumming up initial interest and building a lean, yet functional product. Our earliest iterations didn’t have a lot of frills, but the products worked and we kept our customers happy.

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Business Model Technical Review Advertising B2C 133

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, April 18, 2010 Four myths about the Lean Startup Myth: Lean means cheap. Lean startups try to spend as little money as possible. Truth: The Lean Startup method is not about cost, it is about speed. Myth: The Lean Startup methodology is only for Web 2.0/internet/consumer

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The company is currently bootstrapped and the app is launching next week. VC Cafe: Have you heard of ‘lean statrup methodology’? VC Cafe: Sounds like you did a great job bootstrapping. if yes, how are you implementing it? Ofir: Yes, I have heard of it. Are you looking to raise funding?

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Gust

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Based on the Startup Environment Index from the Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom a while back, personal money, or bootstrapping, continues to be the primary startup funding source. Focusing on the burn rate and prioritizing every possible expense will keep overhead down, help you stay lean, and achieve a higher profit earlier.

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Bootstrapping Entrepreneur Startup Burn Rate 191

www.subelsky.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Mike Subelskys Blog Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Lean startup tools for Rails apps A few months ago I was invited to dinner with the Geeks on a Plane crew when they stopped in Washington, and had the opportunity to meet one of my heroes, Eric Ries , author of the Startup Lessons Learned blog. Can't beat that in terms of bootstrapping.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. How to Write a Traditional Business Plan.

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