2025 Resolution: Bootstrap Your Startup to $1M Revenue

Can you hit $1M+ in Revenue in 2025?

In working through the current landscape of our industry, a few trends become evident:

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2025 Resolution: Bootstrap Your Startup to an Early Exit

Over the past decade, I’ve had the privilege of working with many bootstrapped entrepreneurs. I’ve helped several of them find Early Exits.

I love working with self-financed startups and modestly capitalized ones that operate in a capital-efficient manner applying the principles of bootstrapping.

I’ve also interviewed hundreds of investors, especially micro-VCs and angels who are playing in the early stage game.

I’ve asked all of them the following questions:

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2025 Resolution: Plan Your Startup Exit Strategy

As the new year begins, entrepreneurs need to think about new year resolutions.

Perhaps you have come to the conclusion that you will not seek further funding.

Instead, you will look for an Exit.

Now you have to show potential strategic acquirers how they can quickly drive revenues by pushing your product through their existing channels.

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2025 Resolution: Make Your Startup Fundable

As you know, I categorically support bootstrapped entrepreneurs.

There are numerous startups now that have achieved some revenue without any external funding.

However, it has taken time. Sometimes, it has taken 5-7 years to get there.

VCs, however, are looking for velocity.
Their goal is to achieve $100M in 5-7 years.

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January 30 – 670th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 670th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, January 30, 2025, at 8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 5 p.m. CET / 9:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested.

669th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

Roundtable Recap: January 23 – Please Don’t Go To Investors Before Figuring Out Your Positioning

During this week’s roundtable, Positioning came up over and again.

Angoor

Up first Anuj Agrawal from Bangalore, India, pitched Angoor, a product in a highly competitive market that needs a crisp Positioning.

TrueRev

Then Ali Rizvi from San Carlos, California, pitched TrueRev, also a product with some customer traction that needs to be positioned better.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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2025 Resolution: Fix Acceleration Problems with Your Startup to Become Fundable

Let’s be strategic about our time and resources in 2025.

If you are facing Velocity challenges, we should look closely at your Positioning.

The lowest hanging fruit in terms of what CAN be fixed in a B-to-B SaaS venture is Positioning.

Even in B-to-C, Positioning can be fixed.

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