How to permanently bootstrap your startup
Guest Post No investors would have been excited about my co-founder and I changing direction five times. Since we answered to no one, we could make many adjustments that eventually led to success.
Startup stories: What I learned in a year with WisePricer
Guest Post As I'm writing this post, I'm sitting in an apartment that our business development guy is renting in Oakland. I'm practically homeless at the moment but I couldn't care less.
5 ways bootstrapping can make you a better business
Guest Post For most startups, the goal is to score a big round of venture capital funding and then to finally get out of fundraising mode and into the business of growing the company. But even if you get a round of funding, it rarely ends there.
7 tips for bootstrapping a (profitable) Internet company
September 16, 2012 9:00 AM
Young Entrepreneur Council
Tip #1: Start with something you love.
Why GitHub abandoned the bootstrapper’s ship for a $100M Series A
July 9, 2012 2:00 PM
Jolie O'Dell
Editor's Pick
After half a decade of preaching about the virtues of bootstrapping, the GitHub founders are finally getting in bed with a major VC firm to the tune of $100 million — that’s $1 million per employee at the still-small startup.…
5 reasons not to take a big VC round
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Chad Little is the founder and CEO of FetchBack. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
Over the course of my career I have done the bootstrap venture, the venture with significant VC dollars and the capital efficient venture …
Our secret to getting funded
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Clate Mask is the co-founder and CEO of software company Infusionsoft. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
While many entrepreneurs dream of raising capital from the outset, the reality is that most startups must be bootstrapped long …
