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Title:

Lessons From the Long Trenches: Bootstrapping 301

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Organizer:
Gareth Knight, Technovated
Description:
Bootstrapping can be a painful, problem-ridden process, laden with hundreds of potential mistakes the eager entrepreneur can make. From strategy, to finding funding and managing resources, this session shares hard-earned insights into what some of those obstacles are, what tools startups need and why it’s definitely worth it.
Questions
Answered:
  1. Why is bootstrapping one of the best ways to start a company?
  2. Why are integrity and values so important?
  3. How do I leverage what capital I have, even if it's not much?
  4. What kind of people should I hire?
  5. What skills do I need in order to bootstrap successfully?
  6. Why I should "Always Be Closing"?
  7. Why starting up is just a state of mind, and not a state of being.
  8. How do I leverage debt and credit smartly?
  9. Why do I need to be good at networking?
  10. Why do I need systems and processes?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Case Study, Funding / VC
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
Gareth Knight
on 26/8/09
Hey Everyone,

Checkout http://www.oneafrikan.com/colophon/ for more info on me and what I'm about.

You can also find out more about my thoughts on bootstrapping from here:
http://www.oneafrikan.com/building-a-startup-you-love-is-hard/

More to follow,
G
Gareth Knight
on 26/8/09
In this panel, I'd like to share pretty much the last 4 years of experience, distilling it into useful information that someone could take home and start applying straight away.

There are no real secrets or magic formula's, just stuff that if you apply and work at consistently, will give you a better chance of success.

People I'd like to do this with:
Toby Shapshak
Jason Fried
Ryan Carson
Ian Hogarth
Peter Nixey
Rob Stokes
Craig Rodney
Brett Haggard
Toby Shapshak
on 27/8/09
Love to join you to talk about this.
I've started two businesses of my own (Maven Media is still running - www.mavenmedia.co.za), started an online news web publishing arm for a large South African media house and recently launched a print magazine (Stuff) for an even larger media house.
I've done my own businesses without a cent of anyone else's money - and I'm keen to discuss the differences between having lots of someone else's cash and little of your own and how that changes the dynamic of a new business dramatically.
Noto Modungwa
on 28/8/09
Having heard you before I think there's a wealth of experience and knowledge in your story and it should be spread with as many people...
Gareth Knight
on 7/9/09
Thanks guys ;-)
Toby, would be good to have you join!
Free Games
on 2/11/09
Great idea. I voted yes.
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on 7/11/09
Love it! Look forward to seeing this in the mix of options when I arrive in Austin!
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