Bootstrapping your products business by offering services is a controversial move, but Sramana Mitra believes she has good evidence that it’s often a successful strategy. By Sramana Mitra (Founder, One Million by One Million) Because it’s often so difficult for entrepreneurs to obtain seed funding for their startups, bootstrapping is one of the best methods [...]
Posts Tagged "Bootstrapping"
Funding: What’s Changed and What Needs To
May 3, 2013 – 9:00 am
Founder Institute CEO Adeo Ressi shares his thoughts on the recent changes in the funding landscape, and the risks he sees for the future. by Adeo Ressi (Founder & CEO, Founder Institute & TheFunded.com) Since 2008, I believe there has been more innovation in the field of funding entrepreneurs than in any other short period [...]
4 Lessons From 4 Startups
April 23, 2013 – 6:00 am
backCode founder Sophia Viklund is on her fourth startup. Here are four things she learned along the way. By Sophia Viklund (Founder, backCode) I founded my first technology business in Moscow while I was in college in the mid-90s. It helped pay for my studies in London. I was studying to become a teacher, but [...]
Female-Founded New Zealand Startup Scrattch Makes GEW 50 Finalist
October 25, 2012 – 9:00 am
Seed funding in New Zealand is something that is rather illusive unless you are in Biotech or are developing something that will be used by farmers or sheep! By Lou Donnelly-Davey (Founder & CEO, Scrattch) I had the idea for Scrattch a year ago in the shower one morning – thinking how cool it would [...]
5 Tips For Bootstrapping Your Startup
May 2, 2012 – 1:00 pm
Bootstrapping means managing your time as closely as your money. Here’s how to do it. By Ellie Cachette (Founder & CEO, ConsumerBell) While venture-backed tech startups seem to get all the press, there are many, many ways to start your company. Some entrepreneurs do it while hanging onto their day job full-time. Some use the [...]
From High Heels To Bootstraps: Starting Up Froomz
April 30, 2012 – 5:00 am
I only wonder why it took me so long to step out of the corporate world. By Yan Heim (Co-Founder & CEO, Froomz) Launching Froomz hasn’t been an easy journey. In early 2011, I left behind a well-compensated senior management position with one of the largest telecom companies to pursue a dream. Trading my high [...]
Interview w/ Sarah Gray, Developer Of Should I Leave My Boyfriend
April 27, 2012 – 8:00 am
The app tracks your feelings over a two-week period, graphing a quantification of what you should do. By Amy-Willard Cross (Editor, Vitamin W) If you were wondering about keeping or tossing your boyfriend, Sarah Gray has just the app for you. Should I Break Up With My Boyfriend is a 99 cent solution to that [...]
Bootstrapping My Startup: Life On A Budget
April 18, 2012 – 8:33 am
I’ve decided that I will not leave my full-time job until my startup is funded. By Brittany Haas (Founder, Happily Ever BorroWED) As I meet with more and more potential investors, I know the first question is “Why are you raising X dollars? What does it go towards?” The underlying and sometimes second question is [...]
Every Startup Has A Story (Mine Is Out Of A Bukowski Novel)
November 28, 2011 – 1:00 pm
By Maren Kate (Founder, Zirtual) Behind every startup, there is a string of stories. Some stories are sad, some stories are funny, and most are a mixture of both. My story started like something out of a Bukowski novel. On a baking hot summer evening I sat straddling a bar stool, planted in front of [...]
Building the VoxBloc Platform for Brands Across Social Networks
August 4, 2011 – 6:30 am
By Patricia Dao (Co-Founder, VoxBloc) Sitting in a 200-person lecture halls in college gave me opportunities to sit in the back of class and daydream all day. Although I was an Economics major aiming to pursue a career in the corporate world of finance, I always dreamed about becoming an entrepreneur. Ten years later, after [...]
