Churchill Club - Event Detail - Funding Strategies: Bootstrapping as a Start-up

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Funding Strategies: Bootstrapping as a Start-up (Members Only Event)

Speakers:
Sean Byrnes, CEO, Flurry
Craig Newmark, Founder, craigslist.org
Gabe Rivera, CEO, TechMeme
Stephen Weir, CEO, madeit.com

Moderator:
Michael Arrington, TechCrunch

This is a premium event. No corporate passes may be used.

At the height of the Internet’s glory days, entrepreneurs would gladly boast about the millions of dollars they raised for their businesses. Nowadays, the cool kids at the tables talk about how little money they're spending. Bootstrapping as a funding strategy has quickly grown popular in today’s Web 2.0 community with 90 percent of all technology based companies starting out using this funding model.

Some keep it going longer than others and are ultimately rewarded with companies that are not beholden to venture capitalists. As a start-up, bootstrapping brings both freedom and limitations: the freedom to follow your own vision with the monetary limitations in building and promoting your company on your own. Many would argue that bootstrapping a start-up is essentially about using creativity rather than cash to spread the word about what you’re doing.

This panel consists of both highly experienced and successful entrepreneurs, who will share their different bootstrapping stories. You will get an understanding of bootstrapping strategies including why you might start bootstrapping from beginning to end or transition to the VC funding model during your growth. Topics covered will include:

• What to think about before deciding to bootstrap
• When to stop bootstrapping
• How far is too far
• Innovative ways of saving money for your company

Please Note this will be a different format
6:30pm Registration and Light Hors D’oeuvres
7:30pm Program Begins
8:30pm - 10:00pm Drinks & Post-Program Networking

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