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你聽說過bootstrapping（自助式創業）這個詞嗎？在商業世界裡，這是指在沒有太多外部融資或幫助的情況下自力創業。例如，當某人以兼差來支撐自己的創業計畫，或者運用免費的社交媒體宣傳自己的公司時，這就稱為bootstrapping。
Have you heard the term BOOTSTRAPPING? In business, it means to start a business without much outside financing or help. For example, when someone is working a side job to support a business they are starting, or when they are using a free social media to advertise their business, this is considered Bootstrapping. #EnglishForBusiness #AmericanEnglish
【Lesson #3 - Talk to your investors】
Many founders spend countless hours of blood, sweat, and tears fundraising. Endless Zoom calls, perpetual follow-ups, coffee chats, check-ins, dinners, networking events, are all examples of this "always be fundraising" mentality commonly held among bootstrapping entrepreneurs. It's a lot of effort, that oftentimes does not carry over post-fundraising. Once they get money in, the communications falter—a grave mistake and wasted resource, according to Hai Ho, the founder/CEO of Triip (AW#18), a blockchain powered travel platform based in VN.
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What I’ve come to learn is that the strength of your company is very closely tied to the strength of your relationship with your investors and how frequently you interact with them. Oftentimes in the early days of your startup, you tend to shrug off any need for external help. You managed to build up promising initial traction, raise a round or two of financing, hire top notch talent—things are good, why trouble yourself with managing investor relations. “I’ll reach out when there’s a problem” you might think to yourself.
Before, I would probably hold a board meeting once, maybe twice a year depending on everyone’s schedule, strictly for the purposes of corporate governance. I’ve since changed how I communicate with my investors. No matter how busy it gets, I make it an effort to send email updates once a month and have meetings with them twice a quarter.
Looking back on my 13 years of entrepreneurship, I wish I could’ve done this a lot sooner. Your investors collectively boast a wealth of experience, wisdom, and connections. Make sure you take advantage of that. Talk to them, in good times and bad. You’re on a long-term journey together, so the least you can do is put some trust in each other. They can help illuminate your blind spots, while leveling the playing field against competition, but only if you let them.
We often forget that founder-investor relations are still a type of human relationship at the end of the day, which can only be developed through consistent face-to-face interactions (virtual or physical), not just from a couple of WhatsApp messages here and there. Doing so has created a stronger bond and mutual understanding between my board and I, and ultimately allowed for more information flow, both ways. Most of my problems now have become much easier to solve than before.
Right when COVID first hit in early 2020, I was still somewhat optimistic about the fundraising climate and overall travel landscape, in my naivete. But one of our very early investors that I had recently rekindled with through my renewed IR efforts thankfully stepped in with a precautionary outlook, shepherding us through some scenario planning and advising us to cut costs to zero and assume we wouldn’t be able to get new funds in until 2024. His guidance was instrumental in helping us weather this storm so far. It’s been an incredibly tough time for travel companies this year, to say the least. But building this communication flow with my investors and advisors has made it 10x easier, for both tactical and moral support.
Applications for AW#22 are now open to founders targeting SEA, AI/IoT, or Blockchain/Defi -> https://bit.ly/2VQaEg9
ゼロから起業を成功させるために必要な16の教訓(2017)
https://gigazine.net/news/20171130-kinsta-bootstrapping-lesson/
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⌨️ 談到科技新創，你會想到哪個城市？
這週離島人邀請到女創業家與我Podcast主持人：Irene Yu。
Irene從2010年離開台灣到歐洲，並且在柏林跟巴黎取得管理碩士學位，畢業後開始在柏林在科技新創公司做商務總監，以及內部創業家，2015辭職創業，Bootstrapping開了一間科技社群跟教育公司。在2019年開始Female Entrepreneur＆Me (FEM)教育平台與Podcast。
歡迎大家來聽聽這週的離島人播客節目，來聽聽Irene在在歐洲奮鬥與創立自媒體與教育平台的經歷。
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🎙 Ep123- 女創業家與我Podcast主持人：Irene Yu
#女創業家 #FEM #INSEEC
0:00 Intro
3:27 離開台灣到德國發展的契機
7:35 柏林新創公司vs一般企業
11:33 在德國創業簽證該怎麼辦？
14:26 為何開始經營線上教育平台與Podcast？
18:28 創業路上遇過最“印象深刻”的事情
21:12 網路平台不被固定辦公空間限制，未來有打算回台灣發展
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在談到創業的時候，一個最常出現的問題就是 - 我想創業但沒有錢可以開始，到底該怎麼辦呢? 該去找創投嗎? 還是要找天使投資人來投資呢? 或許，在這階段你可以有不同的想法。
本集M觀點，舊來跟大家聊聊這個讓很多想創業的人困擾的問題，到底想創業卻沒有資金該怎麼辦?
#創業 #創業投資 #bootstrapping
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