Comments on: 21 Tips About Bootstrapping Your Startup http://tabish.me/startups/21-tips-about-bootstrapping-your-startup/ A sample of my day-to-day thoughts Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: car sound system http://tabish.me/startups/21-tips-about-bootstrapping-your-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 car sound system Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:55:47 +0000 http://tabish.me/?p=135#comment-1060 a super reading and dramatic article.I did reread this website. a super reading and dramatic article.I did reread this website.

]]> By: PremierInterns.com http://tabish.me/startups/21-tips-about-bootstrapping-your-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-904 PremierInterns.com Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:05 +0000 http://tabish.me/?p=135#comment-904 It's refreshing to read an article like this. I must say, Guy sure knows how to motivate entrepreneurs and keep them going. He seems to speak the entrepreneur language whereas most articles that I read do otherwise. They talk about plan for failure, focus on profitability, etc...this is where the differentiation between entrepreneurs and businessman/woman lies. Entrepreneurship and business are two separate fields. Entrepreneurs don't follow a blueprint, they create one themselves to fit the situation they're in whereas businessmen like to follow a path that has already been paved for them. My business partner and I are first time entrepreneurs and I must say, it is the blind leading the blind but as long as we're learning and we can absorb as much info as we can, we feel strongly that we can create a strong business. Check out PremierInterns.com(shameless plug) when you get a chance. It’s refreshing to read an article like this. I must say, Guy sure knows how to motivate entrepreneurs and keep them going. He seems to speak the entrepreneur language whereas most articles that I read do otherwise. They talk about plan for failure, focus on profitability, etc…this is where the differentiation between entrepreneurs and businessman/woman lies. Entrepreneurship and business are two separate fields. Entrepreneurs don’t follow a blueprint, they create one themselves to fit the situation they’re in whereas businessmen like to follow a path that has already been paved for them. My business partner and I are first time entrepreneurs and I must say, it is the blind leading the blind but as long as we’re learning and we can absorb as much info as we can, we feel strongly that we can create a strong business. Check out PremierInterns.com(shameless plug) when you get a chance.

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]]> By: 21 Tips About Bootstrapping Your Startup – The Random Thoughts of Tabish Hasan « Tech4buziness – Eng http://tabish.me/startups/21-tips-about-bootstrapping-your-startup/comment-page-1/#comment-902 21 Tips About Bootstrapping Your Startup – The Random Thoughts of Tabish Hasan « Tech4buziness – Eng Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:46:12 +0000 http://tabish.me/?p=135#comment-902 [...] 10) Take the “red pill”. This refers to the choice that Neo made in The Matrix. The red pill led to learning the whole truth. The blue pill meant waking up wondering if you had a bad dream. Bootstrappers don’t have the luxury to take the blue pill. They take the red pill–everyday–to find out how deep the rabbit hole really is. And the deepest rabbit hole for a bootstrapper is a simple calculation: Amount of cash divided by cash burn per month because this will tell you how much longer you can live. And as my friend Craig Johnson likes to say, “The leading cause of failure of startups is death, and death happens when you run out of money.” As long as you have money, you’re still in the game. via tabish.me [...] [...] 10) Take the “red pill”. This refers to the choice that Neo made in The Matrix. The red pill led to learning the whole truth. The blue pill meant waking up wondering if you had a bad dream. Bootstrappers don’t have the luxury to take the blue pill. They take the red pill–everyday–to find out how deep the rabbit hole really is. And the deepest rabbit hole for a bootstrapper is a simple calculation: Amount of cash divided by cash burn per month because this will tell you how much longer you can live. And as my friend Craig Johnson likes to say, “The leading cause of failure of startups is death, and death happens when you run out of money.” As long as you have money, you’re still in the game. via tabish.me [...]

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