Blogosphere on Bootstrapping: Tim Berry

Tim Berry says something that many of you have heard me say repeatedly at the roundtables: The Best Startup Funding Is Initial Sales. And yet, every week, I work with entrepreneurs who do not seem to listen to this simple piece of wisdom:

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Next Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Thursday, February 4

Sramana Mitra is offering this free online strategy roundtable to entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture.  Up to 1,000 people can attend, but only the first five who register to pitch will be able to present their business ideas.  All attendees are able to join in on the conversations via

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January 28 Roundtable Recording

Here is the recording of yesterday’s roundtable:

Forbes Column 2010: CIO Priority: Virtual Collaboration

Global 2000 CIOs are using telepresence and virtual reality modeling to reduce costs. Read more in this week’s Forbes column, CIO Priority: Virtual Collaboration.

Blueprint For Saving 11 Billion Dollars In Healthcare Costs: MD On-Line CEO Bill Bartzak (Part 2)

SM: In 1995, when you were starting MD On-Line, you were on your own. Who did you have to actually build the technology, and how did you find them? BB: The first programmer I hired was Alan Sagan. I met him through a mutual friend. He is the nephew of Carl Sagan. He owned a

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Blogosphere on Bootstrapping: Dane Carlson

Dane Carlson lists 20 Things Not To Do Before Starting A Business, including:

The EJ Methodology: How To Check Infant Entrepreneur Mortality

I would not have believed this had someone just told me so. But based on my roundtables, I have now a reasonable sample of entrepreneurs to do some trend analysis and draw a few conclusions:

Blueprint For Saving 11 Billion Dollars In Healthcare Costs: MD On-Line CEO Bill Bartzak (Part 1)

Bill Bartzak founded MD On-Line, Inc. in 1995. Today, the company is one of the fastest-growing technology firms in the country, having been named to Inc. magazine’s Inc 500 in 2004, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, and the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in New Jersey. Bartzak has a strong background of bootstrapped startup ventures in

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