What does "bootstrapping your startup" mean?
When you launch your startup, it's only about yourself and your partners, so be ready to be able to find a right way to pitch yourself, and your business, to set your goals and to follow your metrics WEEKLY.
Also, do not fall in this famous trick: "I NEED TO RAISE FUNDS!". Money is not always the right answer and doesn't necessarily rhymes with speed...
How to pitch an american VC by Blake Armstrong, Partner at TheFamilyTheFamily
When you're a European startup, you will probably raise money only once. That means you get one chance to make a good impression, and investors make up their mind about you pretty quickly.
When pitching American VCs, cultural differences matter.
You need to take this into account, and adapt your pitch to your audience.
Create or Conquer a Market by Balthazar de LavergneTheFamily
Do you launch your business creating your demand? Or do you fight to gain on marketshare from an educated market?
Balthazar, Partner at TheFamily approached how an entrepreneur should attack a market!
"How to choose the right metrics for your startup?" by Balthazar de LavergneTheFamily
Growth is the holy grail for all startups. But still, it is necessary to know how to measure it! This workshop helps you to find how to choose, measure and communicate on your metrics according to your business.
In this workshop, you learn about how metrics are important and how to use them the most efficiently.
Before joining TheFamily as a partner, Balthazar de Lavergne worked at Rocket Internet at the department Global Venture Development and before as an entrepreneur.
How to Make Awesome SlideShares: Tips & TricksSlideShare
Turbocharge your online presence with SlideShare. We provide the best tips and tricks for succeeding on SlideShare. Get ideas for what to upload, tips for designing your deck and more.
How to pitch an american VC by Blake Armstrong, Partner at TheFamilyTheFamily
When you're a European startup, you will probably raise money only once. That means you get one chance to make a good impression, and investors make up their mind about you pretty quickly.
When pitching American VCs, cultural differences matter.
You need to take this into account, and adapt your pitch to your audience.
Create or Conquer a Market by Balthazar de LavergneTheFamily
Do you launch your business creating your demand? Or do you fight to gain on marketshare from an educated market?
Balthazar, Partner at TheFamily approached how an entrepreneur should attack a market!
"How to choose the right metrics for your startup?" by Balthazar de LavergneTheFamily
Growth is the holy grail for all startups. But still, it is necessary to know how to measure it! This workshop helps you to find how to choose, measure and communicate on your metrics according to your business.
In this workshop, you learn about how metrics are important and how to use them the most efficiently.
Before joining TheFamily as a partner, Balthazar de Lavergne worked at Rocket Internet at the department Global Venture Development and before as an entrepreneur.
How to Make Awesome SlideShares: Tips & TricksSlideShare
Turbocharge your online presence with SlideShare. We provide the best tips and tricks for succeeding on SlideShare. Get ideas for what to upload, tips for designing your deck and more.
Get WHITELABEL Rights to BOTH Creaite
And Our Plugin And Put YOUR Branding On
Our PREMIUM Web-App
So That You Can Keep The Secret Power Of Creaite
To Yourself And Keep Your Competitors Guessing..
FFCON19 Workshop: Anatomy of Global STOs Security Token Offerings (5Ws) (Pe...Craig Asano
April 4-Day 2 of the 2019 Fintech & Financing Conference in Toronto at the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon in downtown Toronto. David Lucatch, CEO, Pegasus Fintech Inc and RJ Reiser, Chief Growth Officer of Polymath cover the ins and outs of conducting a global security token offering (STO) in this educational workshop.
Links
https://pegasusfintech.com/
https://polymath.network/
https://fintechandfunding.com/
https://ncfacanada.org/
Tips and traps in the process of setting up and running an smsf for new trusteesVerante Financial Planning
Walking you through the whole process of setting up your Self Managed Super Fund and many Tips and traps in the process for new trustees in the first year.
A SPLICE Expert Perspectives Webcast: Customer Experience Beyond SurveysSPLICE Software
Customer Experience (CX) has become a critical differentiator in today’s hypercompetitive, ultraconnected global marketplace. However, most organizations struggle due to technology restraints. This webinar shares simple, low cost strategies, like Journey Mapping, to help you improve your CX, and similarly, Net Promoter Score® (NPS®).
Transforming users into customers by Blake ArmstrongTheFamily
Spotify, Slack, and Intuit have completely changed the way we listen to music, communicate with teams at work, and manage our finances. These three companies are now worth billions, but all began as startups and all came close to failing.
Let’s break down their stories together and examine the insights they each had that led to an exponential increase in their ability to attract paying users.
Competitive Forces Analysis Group Assignment Do some research to.docxardhowp
Competitive Forces Analysis Group Assignment
Do some research to find an organization that is selling a product or a service. Using the Five Forces Model, write an analysis of how Information Technology/Information Systems (IT/IS) is or could impact EACH of the 5 forces (positively or negatively) in your chosen organization. For a richer analysis, feel free to discuss and reference any other strategic models or material from the text, but remember you MUST analyze the firm with respect to IT/IS and each of the forces. A grading rubric is also posted on BB along with these instructions.
Choose an organization that allows for a robust discussion. This includes firms you may know about or can find information about (via interviews, readings, research etc.).
This work should show that you clearly understand each of the forces, you understand how each force is impacting your organization, and you understand the role IT/IS either is having or could have with respect to each force.
You should be specific; general statements without examples or detail will not be well received. You may find that your firm is not using IT/IS to impact a particular force (as far as you can tell). Stretch yourself to come up with possibilities as to how they COULD use IT/IS for positive impact. Again, be specific. Do not simply say “they need an information system for customers.” Rather, be certain to describe what type of system (or functionality of the system) you would recommend and why this system would make a difference.
This is a formal paper and should be free of grammar, word usage, and sentence structure errors. The paper must be well organized and free of typos. All work MUST be cited in both a Works Cited page and inside the text. All group members should proofread the final draft CAREFULLY prior to submission.
No page length rule. Just get the job done – well. Each team member should contribute equally Please do not assign a different person to write sections of the paper and expect to just tie them together. This will lead to a fragmented paper and will not earn a solid grade. You should discuss the material (that each member contributes to) and come up with a cohesive product that flows well and meets all requirements.
YOU MUST SUBMIT PEER Review statements IN CLASS or Your grade will be drastically reduced if the review is NOT received. The reviews should follow the guidelines of the peer reviews that accompanied your previous group work.
A WELL DEVELOPED SUBMISSION should include the following material/discussions:
I. Introduction./Description of the Firm (This section is mainly devoted to facts about the firm to the “what”) its industry, its market, its competitive position (in general) including but not limited to the following: What kind of firm located where? i.e. medium sized manufacturing firm in the Midwest. What are their products/services or type of products/services? (what do they sell?)
II. Analysis Section. (Bulk of paper. Develop d.
On Tuesday, March 14th we hosted Andrew Weisman and Robert Bernstein for a conversation on controlling risk and trends they're seeing surrounding portfolio construction.
By Alison Eastaway, Head of People at Sqreen
Alison is a startup culture boss! She perfectly knows her way around implementing a culture & taking care of people especially in tech teams.
More Related Content
Similar to "How to bootstrap your startup" by Balthazar de Lavergne, Partner at TheFamily
Get WHITELABEL Rights to BOTH Creaite
And Our Plugin And Put YOUR Branding On
Our PREMIUM Web-App
So That You Can Keep The Secret Power Of Creaite
To Yourself And Keep Your Competitors Guessing..
FFCON19 Workshop: Anatomy of Global STOs Security Token Offerings (5Ws) (Pe...Craig Asano
April 4-Day 2 of the 2019 Fintech & Financing Conference in Toronto at the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon in downtown Toronto. David Lucatch, CEO, Pegasus Fintech Inc and RJ Reiser, Chief Growth Officer of Polymath cover the ins and outs of conducting a global security token offering (STO) in this educational workshop.
Links
https://pegasusfintech.com/
https://polymath.network/
https://fintechandfunding.com/
https://ncfacanada.org/
Tips and traps in the process of setting up and running an smsf for new trusteesVerante Financial Planning
Walking you through the whole process of setting up your Self Managed Super Fund and many Tips and traps in the process for new trustees in the first year.
A SPLICE Expert Perspectives Webcast: Customer Experience Beyond SurveysSPLICE Software
Customer Experience (CX) has become a critical differentiator in today’s hypercompetitive, ultraconnected global marketplace. However, most organizations struggle due to technology restraints. This webinar shares simple, low cost strategies, like Journey Mapping, to help you improve your CX, and similarly, Net Promoter Score® (NPS®).
Transforming users into customers by Blake ArmstrongTheFamily
Spotify, Slack, and Intuit have completely changed the way we listen to music, communicate with teams at work, and manage our finances. These three companies are now worth billions, but all began as startups and all came close to failing.
Let’s break down their stories together and examine the insights they each had that led to an exponential increase in their ability to attract paying users.
Competitive Forces Analysis Group Assignment Do some research to.docxardhowp
Competitive Forces Analysis Group Assignment
Do some research to find an organization that is selling a product or a service. Using the Five Forces Model, write an analysis of how Information Technology/Information Systems (IT/IS) is or could impact EACH of the 5 forces (positively or negatively) in your chosen organization. For a richer analysis, feel free to discuss and reference any other strategic models or material from the text, but remember you MUST analyze the firm with respect to IT/IS and each of the forces. A grading rubric is also posted on BB along with these instructions.
Choose an organization that allows for a robust discussion. This includes firms you may know about or can find information about (via interviews, readings, research etc.).
This work should show that you clearly understand each of the forces, you understand how each force is impacting your organization, and you understand the role IT/IS either is having or could have with respect to each force.
You should be specific; general statements without examples or detail will not be well received. You may find that your firm is not using IT/IS to impact a particular force (as far as you can tell). Stretch yourself to come up with possibilities as to how they COULD use IT/IS for positive impact. Again, be specific. Do not simply say “they need an information system for customers.” Rather, be certain to describe what type of system (or functionality of the system) you would recommend and why this system would make a difference.
This is a formal paper and should be free of grammar, word usage, and sentence structure errors. The paper must be well organized and free of typos. All work MUST be cited in both a Works Cited page and inside the text. All group members should proofread the final draft CAREFULLY prior to submission.
No page length rule. Just get the job done – well. Each team member should contribute equally Please do not assign a different person to write sections of the paper and expect to just tie them together. This will lead to a fragmented paper and will not earn a solid grade. You should discuss the material (that each member contributes to) and come up with a cohesive product that flows well and meets all requirements.
YOU MUST SUBMIT PEER Review statements IN CLASS or Your grade will be drastically reduced if the review is NOT received. The reviews should follow the guidelines of the peer reviews that accompanied your previous group work.
A WELL DEVELOPED SUBMISSION should include the following material/discussions:
I. Introduction./Description of the Firm (This section is mainly devoted to facts about the firm to the “what”) its industry, its market, its competitive position (in general) including but not limited to the following: What kind of firm located where? i.e. medium sized manufacturing firm in the Midwest. What are their products/services or type of products/services? (what do they sell?)
II. Analysis Section. (Bulk of paper. Develop d.
On Tuesday, March 14th we hosted Andrew Weisman and Robert Bernstein for a conversation on controlling risk and trends they're seeing surrounding portfolio construction.
By Alison Eastaway, Head of People at Sqreen
Alison is a startup culture boss! She perfectly knows her way around implementing a culture & taking care of people especially in tech teams.
By Pierre-Camille Hamana (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pchamana/), CEO at Smartbnb (https://www.smartbnb.io/)
It’s fascinating watching Smartbnb grow. This solution for guests is a recipe for success: A fully remote team, with great culture & processes, extremely focused & super in terms of execution. What else? Oh yes, a super friendly & kind CEO, Pierre-Camille, who will be with us to describe the way they manage their team remotely. Good practices & learnings to expect from this one!
By Mathias Pastor (https://twitter.com/pastormhm), Director at The Family
Roch Delsalle, CTO at Proprioo (https://www.proprioo.fr/)
Jade Francine, Cofounder & COO at WeMaintain (https://wemaintain.com/)
Marc Lebel, CEO at LouerAgile (https://www.loueragile.fr/)
Real estate is everywhere. It’s part of our daily lives, of who we are and how we live, move, work - a pretty broad category. And it’s the kind of sector that can easily be termed “slow.” Slow in adapting to new technology, slow in responsiveness to customers…. Some people think having a spreadsheet is already a win
By Gil Dibner (twitter.com/gdibner), General Partner & Founder at Angular Ventures (www.angularventures.com)
Gil has backed several enterprise-oriented companies, including Front and Vault. Tips to understand how to absolutely nail Enterprise Sales.
By Alice Zagury (https://twitter.com/alice_zag), CEO at The Family
During The Family Begins, our open-door to The Family, we met 20 ambitious entrepreneurs and spend 2 amazing days with them.
Brand, identity, style, swag... Many words for similar things: The emotions people will feel when they're coming across your company. Alice, our CEO, shared her best tips to create a coherent identity.
By Dimitri Farber (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitrifarber/), cofounder at Tiller Systems (https://www.tillersystems.com/en/)
Since Dimitri, Vincent & Josef founded Tiller, many things have changed: new products, new offices, a company acquisition & even the launch of an incubator for restaurateurs.
When people talk about them, they are still described as a cash register solution, just like back on the first day. And yet, Tiller is much more than that. They now define themselves as an ecosystem that brings together cash registration + delivery + reservation + pre-order + analysis + integrations. They are not only addressing shopkeepers, but also passionate local entrepreneurs.
By Hugo Michalski, CTPO at Side
D-code (https://www.d-code.thefamily.co/) is a media & series of events where the best startup CTOs & tech leaders talk about their entrepreneurial adventures: Tech challenges converted into clear stories.
Join our D-code private community of CTOs & future CTOs: https://thefamily.typeform.com/to/MpHmFQ
By by Steve Anavi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveanavi/), cofounder at Qonto (https://qonto.eu/en/)
Qonto is our beloved bank for SMEs & freelancers. From day one their value proposal has been a no-brainer: simple UX, customization, reactivity, smooth financial management…
However, the new challenges they are facing now (after growing to a team of 150 people) is to create brand love. How they are dealing with that in a dusty industry where brand love is quite rare?
Building an insurance startup with Alan, Luko, Coverd & BaldertonTheFamily
Global overview of the sector & today’s insurance trends by Rob from Balderton
How to build insurance brand awareness
By Hugo Saias, CEO at Coverd
How to be an insurer without historical data & capital
By Léa Joussaume, Head of Marketing at Luko
Beyond product and coverage
By Mihaela Albu, Growth & Sales Strategy at Alan
Mixing Product & Tech by Jean Lebrument, CTO & CPO at BrigadTheFamily
Brigad connects hospitality businesses with qualified & flexible staff.
Jean is Brigad’s co-founder, CTO & CPO, managing four teams: Product, Engineering, Quality and Data. Yes, all at the same time :)
He will share both his experience from 3 years of handling these functions, what he learned in the process & his beliefs about the mix: Should all startups have a CPO & a CTO?
A new breed of CTO - Philippe Vimard, CTO & COO at DoctolibTheFamily
By Philippe Vimard (https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippev...), CTO & COO at Doctolib (https://www.doctolib.fr/)
There’s probably no need to introduce Doctolib, one of France’s newest unicorns after raising €150M a few months ago. Philippe has been their new COO & CTO for the past year after occupying a similar role at eDreams (GoVoyages, Opodo, Travellink, Liligo).
Get the maximum amount of knowledge out of this extremely experienced executive, who shared with us the why and how of mixing Tech & Ops! His approach is super business-centered, always looking for ways to be closer to other functions: A truly entrepreneurial & business CTO.
Building a logistics startup with Trusk, Totem & SpaceFillTheFamily
After a global overview of the sector & today’s logistics trends by Nicolas Colin (https://twitter.com/Nicolas_Colin), cofounder at The Family, we welcomed three startups on stage. Each one delivered a 15-min talk:
⛓️ (Re)designing the supply chain from scratch
By Maxime Huzar, CEO at SpaceFill (https://www.spacefill.fr/)
✅ Total quality & tracking from A to Z
By Julie Pathé, Head of Operations at Totem (https://thetotem.co/)
5 lessons from our journey to revolutionize last-mile delivery
By Sébastien Tronel, Cofounder at Trusk (https://trusk.com/)
Building an accounting startup with Fred de la compta, Acasi & ChaintrustTheFamily
Accounting changed the world forever both when it was “invented” in Mesopotamia & when it became a double-entry system 500 years ago. Today, the profession of accountant & the practice itself are again undergoing major revolutions - revolutions that startups are initiating ⏱️
Looking at what is currently happening in the accounting world, we may automatically think that the profession of “accountant” is dying: The number of accountants has decreased by 25% in just the last 15 years.
This “threat” is enabled by new technologies that are shifting everything within the space. Cloud, AI, blockchain & data are changing the game. But total automation is still very far away. And obviously, in such an ancient & symbolic sector, the opportunities are infinite. And we have a few examples of startups who are ready to seize them!
By Robin Choy (https://twitter.com/robin_choy), CEO at HireSweet (https://www.hiresweet.com/)
This is definitely one of the biggest challenges any startup faces. Having high quality engineers who join your company in the early days, taking a risk on you while more mature companies are also chasing them can truly be game-changer.
Robin is the co-founder of HireSweet, a team helping startups recruit Software Engineers by developing cutting-edge AI tools. 700+ startups have scaled their teams with their help, often from 10 to 100+ people. The knowledge Robin has acquired about the process is pure gold. Join us to discover how to set up a super efficient process to build the best possible tech team for each stage (0 to 3 people in the tech team, 3 to 8 people, 8 to 20 people).
Onboarding developers and setting them up for successTheFamily
By Jean-Baptiste Aviat (https://twitter.com/jbaviat), CTO at Sqreen (https://www.sqreen.com/)
Hiring developers is definitely hard, but that's only the beginning of the journey - you’re far from being done. Your next job as an employer is to make sure they have all the keys in hand to make the most out of their jobs.
Jean-Baptiste knows this topic particularly well as his company, Sqreen, the tool democratizing security and making it easier to implement & use for developers, has a large tech team that represents a big part of Sqreen’s workforce. Let's find out together how to build that within a fast-moving organisation, with constantly evolving teams and complex technical products at stake!
Workshop animé par Maud Camus (https://twitter.com/maudcamus)
Vous voulez découvrir les astuces clés pour être au top de sa PR-forme ?! C'est par ici ☝️
Journalistes, storytelling, interviews, media : apprendre à naviguer ce milieu n'est pas forcément chose facile donc Maud a décidé de venir nous livrer ses meilleurs tips pour savoir comment raconter et sublimer son histoire entrepreneuriale sans non plus entrer dans le royaume du bullshit
Salma Karina Hayat is Conscious Digital Transformation Leader at Kudos | Empowering SMEs via CRM & Digital Automation | Award-Winning Entrepreneur & Philanthropist | Education & Homelessness Advocate
What You're Going to Learn
- How These 4 Leaks Force You To Work Longer And Harder in order to grow your income… improve just one of these and the impact could be life changing.
- How to SHUT DOWN the revolving door of Income Stagnation… you know, where new sales come into your magazine while at the same time existing sponsors exit.
- How to transform your magazine business by fixing the 4 “DON’Ts”...
#1 LEADS Don’t Book
#2 PROSPECTS Don’t Show
#3 PROSPECTS Don’t Buy
#4 CLIENTS Don’t Stay
- How to identify which leak to fix first so you get the biggest bang for your income.
- Get actionable strategies you can use right away to improve your bookings, sales and retention.
Explore Sarasota Collection's exquisite and long-lasting dining table sets and chairs in Sarasota. Elevate your dining experience with our high-quality collection!
How to Build a Diversified Investment Portfolio.pdfTrims Creators
Building a diversified investment portfolio is a fundamental strategy to manage risk and optimize returns. For both novice and experienced investors, diversification offers a pathway to a more stable and resilient financial future. Here’s an in-depth guide on how to create and maintain a well-diversified investment portfolio.
Textile Chemical Brochure - Tradeasia (1).pdfjeffmilton96
Explore Tradeasia’s brochure for eco-friendly textile chemicals. Enhance your textile production with high-quality, sustainable solutions for superior fabric quality.
When listening about building new Ventures, Marketplaces ideas are something very frequent. On this session we will discuss reasons why you should stay away from it :P , by sharing real stories and misconceptions around them. If you still insist to go for it however, you will at least get an idea of the important and critical strategies to optimize for success like Product, Business Development & Marketing, Operations :)
Reflect Festival Limassol May 2024.
Michael Economou is an Entrepreneur, with Business & Technology foundations and a passion for Innovation. He is working with his team to launch a new venture – Exyde, an AI powered booking platform for Activities & Experiences, aspiring to revolutionize the way we travel and experience the world. Michael has extensive entrepreneurial experience as the co-founder of Ideas2life, AtYourService as well as Foody, an online delivery platform and one of the most prominent ventures in Cyprus’ digital landscape, acquired by Delivery Hero group in 2019. This journey & experience marks a vast expertise in building and scaling marketplaces, enhancing everyday life through technology and making meaningful impact on local communities, which is what Michael and his team are pursuing doing once more with Exyde www.goExyde.com
Best Crypto Marketing Ideas to Lead Your Project to SuccessIntelisync
In this comprehensive slideshow presentation, we delve into the intricacies of crypto marketing, offering invaluable insights and strategies to propel your project to success in the dynamic cryptocurrency landscape. From understanding market trends to building a robust brand identity, engaging with influencers, and analyzing performance metrics, we cover all aspects essential for effective marketing in the crypto space.
Also Intelisync, our cutting-edge service designed to streamline and optimize your marketing efforts, leveraging data-driven insights and innovative strategies to drive growth and visibility for your project.
With a data-driven approach, transparent communication, and a commitment to excellence, InteliSync is your trusted partner for driving meaningful impact in the fast-paced world of Web3. Contact us today to learn more and embark on a journey to crypto marketing mastery!
Ready to elevate your Web3 project to new heights? Contact InteliSync now and unleash the full potential of your crypto venture!
Best Crypto Marketing Ideas to Lead Your Project to Success
"How to bootstrap your startup" by Balthazar de Lavergne, Partner at TheFamily
1. The information contained in this document is being provided on a confidential basis to the recipient solely for the purpose of evaluating TheFamily (“TheFamily” or the “Company”). The document is intended for the exclusive use of the persons to whom it is
given. By accepting a copy of this document, the recipient agrees, for itself and its related bodies corporate, and each of their directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives and advisers, to maintain the confidentiality of this information. Any reproduction
or distribution of this document, in whole or in part, or any disclosure of its contents, or use of any information contained herein for any purpose other than to evaluate an investment in the Company, is prohibited. The information contained in this document or
subsequently provided to the recipient whether orally or in writing by, or on behalf of the Company, or any of its respective related bodies corporate, or any of their respective partners, owners, officers, employees, agents, representatives and advisers (the
“Parties”) is provided to the recipient on the terms and conditions set out in this notice.
BOOTSTRAPPING YOUR
STARTUP
BALTHAZAR DE LAVERGNE
#TFBARCELONA
2. A MINDSET ?
✓ Control & Freedom
✓ Time to grow
✓ Go / No Go situations
3. YOU’RE THE MAN IN
CHARGE
✓ Control everything
✓ Focus on the experience
✓ Make it personal
4. FINANCING IS NOT A
PROXY FOR SUCCESS
✓ Dumb money
✓ Money spent the wrong way
✓ Large failures