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Bootstrapping is about balancing scarce resources
(Guest post by Pat Lazure.) Simply put, bootstrapping is about balancing scarce resources. A neophyte entrepreneur may believe that he understands what bootstrapping is all about. In fact, it wasn’t until recently that I understood it myself. The common perception is that bootstrapping is all about juggling financial expenses – but really, there’s a whole…
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Bootstrapping isn’t for the faint of heart
(Guest post by Matt Watson.) Software developers are usually very good problem solvers. So are entrepreneurs. I think a lot of software developers want to start their own business, but they struggle to find the right business idea and problem to solve. I have always loved the challenge of a big problem and I am…
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The founder, startup culture and lessons from the Bushmen
Startup founders establish the culture of their companies. Culture means different things to different people, but here we’re discussing the way the startup works, how team members interact, their work ethic, how they behave and how they react to outside inputs. How that culture expresses itself can be a strong asset to the startup or…
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The strategic and tactical roles of a founder
First things first, the role of a founder is to do things like this. Share their experience, learn from others’ experiences, and give back to communities that have helped shape and grow their companies. I believe founders have both strategic and tactical roles. Strategic roles are things like crafting the vision, creating and maintaining a…
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Founding a startup and following your intuition: Across the globe and back again
(This is a guest post by Jessie Bishop.) In 2011, I founded Klink Mobile, a company that uses cutting-edge mobile technology to transfer minutes and money to mobile devices worldwide, and in retrospect, I didnʼt fully comprehend what I was getting into. I didn’t realize that I was embarking on a path that would transform…
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Making the jump: How we did it
(This is a guest post by Rodrigo Neri.) Today marks the last day at my corporate day job. That’s right people, I’m making the jump. I’m leaving my safe and comfy job to work on the startup I cofounded called Instin! But hold on, it wasn’t that easy, for the past 15 months I’ve been…
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Embracing the possibility of ‘what’s next’ instead of ‘what if’
There are many articles which talk about how and why people leave their day jobs to pursue their dreams. It seems as though I read almost an article a week on the subject. Though there are common themes around what it’s like to quit a perfectly good job where things are going right but you…
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When you know it’s time to quit your day job and launch a startup
(This is a guest post by Bo Fishback.) I get questions about this a lot. It seems that just about everyone wants to “do a startup,” and that just about that same number of people (read: everyone) “has an idea.” But if that’s the case, why isn’t everyone working for themselves? Setting aside for the…