There are about 150,000 extra people in San Francisco this week. Once again it is time for DreamForce, Salesforce’s annual conference for customers, vendors, and developers. Billed as “the premier event in the tech community” and San Francisco’s largest tech event, DreamForce attracts people from around the world. On Monday, we hosted a Silicon Valley […]
AngelList: The World’s First On Demand VC-as-a-Service Platform
/in AngelList, beGLOBAL, BootstrapLabs, Event, Investor /by Benjamin Levy[Disclaimer: BootstrapLabs is an investor in AngelList and we have two syndicates, BootstrapLabs Syndicate and BootstrapLabs A+ Syndicate with Gil Penchina] Last week I had the good fortune to find myself interviewing Kevin Laws, the COO of AngelList just a few days after they had launched a series of announcements that sent tremors through the entire startup and […]
BootstrapLabs at Innovation Skåne – Advice for Swedish entrepreneurs
/in BootstrapLabs, Event, Nicolai Wadstrom, Silicon Valley, Sweden, Unicorn, Venture Capital /by BootstrapLabsLund, Sweden | Wednesday 21 October 2015 In a room full of entrepreneurs, BootstrapLabs founder Nicolai Wadström shared his thoughts on Silicon Valley unicorns, and the speculation of tech bubbles and overvalued startups. He reminded his audience to focus on value, and the fundamentals of the companies being touted as Unicorns.
Event with Connect Angel Network in Malmo at Minc: Unicorn Factory/Leveraging Silicon Valley
/in BootstrapLabs, Event /by BootstrapLabsNicolai Wadstrom, Founder and CEO of BootstrapLabs will share with Swedish entrepreneurs, local angels and the Connect Angel Network and Minc community his journey with BootstrapLabs. Attendees will also receive valuable insights and learn how companies like Prezi scale from a small office in Budapest to a 300+ people company in Silicon Valley. A guaranteed dose of inspiration will […]
Are You Ready To Build Your Start-Up Brand Early?
/in BootstrapLabs, Founder's Advice /by guestcontributorToday’s guest post is from Martin Roll. I am often asked when entrepreneurs, start-ups and younger companies should start to build their brands. The implicit impression by those asking is that branding and brands are for later, not in the early stages. I could not disagree more. The earlier you start it, the better chances […]
How to Milk a Unicorn… No Really, How?
/in BootstrapLabs /by Benjamin LevyVictoria Silchenko recently posted an article on LinkedIn, Confession of Venture Capitalists: How to milk a Unicorn where she interviewed some high profile VCs and Private Capital experts on the recent “private IPO” trend. Great topic, catchy title and excited that BootstrapLabs will be joining the discussion live at her upcoming Global Alternative Funding Forum on November […]
DreamForce & BootstrapLabs Event in SF
/in BootstrapLabs /by Mark MavroudisThere are about 150,000 extra people in San Francisco this week. Once again it is time for DreamForce, Salesforce’s annual conference for customers, vendors, and developers. Billed as “the premier event in the tech community” and San Francisco’s largest tech event, DreamForce attracts people from around the world. On Monday, we hosted a Silicon Valley […]
5 skills founders better verify before deciding to add a core team member
/in BootstrapLabs, EIR, Founder's Advice /by guestcontributorToday’s guest post is from Tommaso Di Bartolo. Startup is an amazing crazy ride. Unlike corporate business, every moment in startup makes you remember you live because of the thrilling paths and the amount of emotions you experience. The most compelling phase in a startup is the period of time before the product finds its […]
Learn how to be a successful Angel Investor!
/in BootstrapLabs /by Luigi CongedoThe venture world is changing profoundly and over the next few months we will see a huge increase in “big” seed stage (Pre Series A) deals. As Ben Levy, co-founder of BootstrapLabs, mentioned in his recent blog post “Seed is the New Series A”, we will over time see more and more seed stage investors […]
The Unicorn Factory: De/Coding and Leveraging Silicon Valley – Event with BootstrapLabs in Stockholm, Sweden
/in Magnus Bergman, Nicolai Wadstrom, Prezi, Silicon Valley, Unicorn /by Nicolai WadstromNicolai Wadstrom, Founder and CEO of BootstrapLabs and Magnus Bergman, Venture Investment Partner at BootstrapLabs will share with Swedish entrepreneurs, local angels and the SUP46 community their journey and best tips on how to become the next unicorn! Attendees will also receive valuable insights and learn how companies like Prezi scale from a small office […]
AngelList Syndicates 1-0-1
/in AngelList, BootstrapLabs /by Nicolai WadstromAs most you know I have been an early supporter of what Naval and his team is doing with AngelList, I think AngelList is disrupting the whole angel and early-stage Venture Capital landscape, and thus we are also an investor in AngelList. Because I get a lot of questions about how AngelList works in general and about […]
Venture: Seed is the New Series A
/in BootstrapLabs /by Benjamin LevyIn a world where access is king and real “value-add” to startup founders creates true differentiation, some Series A (and even Seed) VC firms are in for a rude awakening. The Shift Seed is the New Series A captures much of what is going on in the startup and VC world these days. The cost […]
Trusted Insight: Disrupting the $6 Trillion Alternative Asset Market
/in BootstrapLabs /by Benjamin LevyTwo weeks ago, we wrote about how AngelList is disrupting the angel investment landscape with its syndication model, and last week we announced our own AngelList syndicate in partnership with Gil Penchina, the #1 AngelList Syndicate lead. Today we would like to tell you about Trusted Insight, a company that is applying the same disruptive […]
BootstrapLabs partners with Gil Penchina, launches AngelList Syndicates
/in BootstrapLabs /by Benjamin LevyBootstrapLabs is partnering with Gil Penchina, the #1 Syndicate Lead on AngelList with over $6.5M in backing (more info below), and launches its syndicates. Last week we published the blog post “The rise of Angel(List)” because we felt it was important for the world to wake up to AngelList and its disruptive potential when it […]
The Rise of Angel(List) and how it is rapidly changing the game of angel investing
/in BootstrapLabs /by Benjamin LevyDisclosure: BootstrapLabs invested in AngelList, see our profile here. The cost of building technology companies over the past decade has decreased by a factor of ten. Software has been eating the world, yielding incredible productivity gains that empower entrepreneurs to execute two to five times faster. Globalization, standardization and connectivity have all been driving unprecedented […]
Software Powered Innovation – what does it really mean?
/in BootstrapLabs, Software Powered Innovation /by Nicolai WadstromAt BootstrapLabs we invest in the best entrepreneurs from all over the world with a focus on Software Powered Innovation or “Software will Eat the world” – as we see a huge opportunity for disruption and value creation when software and data meet in an innovative way that can change the world as we know […]