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Build a profitable business while spending as little as possible (the lesson of Xobni)

Build a profitable business while spending as little as possible (the lesson of Xobni)

By Chris Yeh on July 9, 2013

It’s not that complicated to build a success startup.  Just build a profitable business while spending as little as possible.  It’s not complicated, but it’s hard. I recently saw the news that Yahoo! had bought Xobni.  Xobni was a noble attempt to tackle the email overload problem (xobni = inbox backwards).  According to the stories […]

Posted in Business | Tagged bootstrapping, VC, vceconomics, venture capital, xobni, yahoo

Don’t Accidentally Bootstrap Yourself to Death

Don’t Accidentally Bootstrap Yourself to Death

By Jason M. Lemkin on December 10, 2012

There’s a phenomenon, a type of SaaS company, that I think if you are scrappy, if you can make things happen as a founder — that you need to be careful not to become.   It’s the Bootstrapped-to-Death Start-up. I’ve known quite a few over the past 7 years, and each and every one is […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged bootstrapping, saas, startups, venture capital

Atlassian: Fully Funded. By Customer Revenue. Oh, and the $60M T-shirt

Atlassian: Fully Funded. By Customer Revenue. Oh, and the $60M T-shirt

By Zoli Erdos on July 14, 2010

It was 2006, the first Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco and I just met Jeffrey Walker, President of Atlassian. I had followed the company for a while (OK, I admit, had been a fan), met Mike, but this was the first time with Jeffrey, so we took our box lunch to a cozy little […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged accel partners, atlassian, bootstrapping, confluence, Entrepreneurship, esop, ipo, jira, social software, startups, vc funding, venture capital, venture funding, zoho

VCs Are Useless? That's Bullshit.

VCs Are Useless? That's Bullshit.

By Chris Yeh on September 20, 2009

Vivek Wadhwa has a guest post up on TechCrunch, “What Have VCs Really Done For Innovation?” It’s obviously meant to court controversy. Mission accomplished. This post is my refutation. Wadhwa’s post claims: VCs have little to no impact on startup success, and in fact, may have a negative impact Venture capital slows the innovation process […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged bootstrapping, Entrepreneurship, policy, startups, techcrunch, vc funding, venture capital | 1 Response

Blog Storm Rising on a Lazy Sunday (What Have VCs Really Done…)

Blog Storm Rising on a Lazy Sunday (What Have VCs Really Done…)

By Zoli Erdos on September 20, 2009

We devote a lot of attention to Startups here @ CloudAve, and it’s no secret that some of us, e.g. Ben and myself are infatuated by the bootstrapping model: going out on one’s own, risking one’s own financial well-being, but then reaping the rewards without having giving up control and major equity.  As in .. […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged bootstrapping, Entrepreneurship, innovation, startups, techcrunch, vc funding, venture capital

Do You Really Even Need VC?

Do You Really Even Need VC?

By Mark Suster on July 22, 2009

I recently spoke on a panel in Santa Monica organized by my friend Jason Nazar, CEO of DocStoc, titled Startups Uncensored, Pitching Venture Capitalists.  There were about 200 people in the audience. Jason started by asking the audience how many of them were start-ups – 90% of the hands went up.  He then asked for […]

Posted in Strategy | Tagged bootstrapping, Entrepreneurship, pitching a vc, startups, vc funding, venture capital | 9 Responses

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