On February 20th, 5:30 pm, San Francisco Startup BD is about growing your company by doing deals. Experts from Facebook, Pinterest, Klout, Spotify, DocuSign, Foundersuite, Automattic (WordPress), MessageMe and more will talk about how to use strategic partnerships, APIs, and platforms to fuel growth. We will also cover best practice, tips for doing deals, and […]
BootstrapSummit event in San Francisco, with Foxconn executives, SVB and more!
/in BootstrapSummit /by Nicolai WadstromThere is definitely a renaissance in the hardware industry and a slew of incubators, accelerators, crowdfunding platforms and large corporates are jumping in to help, connected hardware startups face the additional challenge beyond building software… One big hurdle for the Hardware 2.0 revolution is to build a global supply chain from a 5-person startup to […]
BootstrapLabs around the world
/in BootstrapLabs /by Nicolai WadstromIn the past few weeks, the BootstrapLabs team have been speaking at various events around the world, some highlights: Arabnet Digital Summit (Dubai) Benjamin Levy shared the BootstrapLabs story and spoke about how startups in emerging markets are creating grass-roots empowerment for the future of our global economy at Arabnet Digital Summit. Interesting #accelerator panel […]
BootstrapLabs – looking for startups around the globe
/in BootstrapLabs /by Nicolai WadstromGreat interview with Benjamin Levy from the annual Arabnet Digital Summit in Dubai
Get Inspired – Meet Matt Mullenweg, Founder of WordPress/Automattic in Asia
/in BootstrapLabs /by Benjamin LevyOur friend Matt will be visiting some of the hottest cities of Asia early June: Seoul, Jakarta, Singapore, Tokyo, Osaka and Manila. As most of you know by now, Matt just raised a huge round of financing, clearly putting his company in the $Bn club, and has the ambition that goes with it. As someone […]
All the tools a Founder needs!
/in FounderSuite /by BootstrapLabsBootstrapLabs is excited to announce a new partnership with Foundersuite where we are getting 6 months of free access for all of our portfolio companies and network partners. BootstrapLabs has been actively mentoring and advising the team at Foundersuite since 2012 when the company was just a raw idea. The concept has evolved considerably since then and […]
Make it work, Make it right, Make it scale
/in BootstrapLabs /by Nicolai WadstromBesides launching startups, I have been a software developer for all of my adult life (and more) – likely also something that made me an entrepreneur over 20 years ago. There is one key thing that I applied for the past 15+ years in software development, and that is the core principals of XP (Extreme Programming, […]
BootstrapLabs launch Silicon Valley FastTrack Partnership with HaxAsia, a Hardware 2.0 Accelerator in Singapore
/in HaxAsia, Silicon Valley Fast Track /by BootstrapLabsSan Francisco, April 3, 2014 – We are excited to announce that HaxAsia, a global Hardware 2.0 startup accelerator based in Singapore, is joining BootstrapLabs’ Silicon Valley Fast Track partner program. This means that BootstrapLabs and HaxAsia will jointly review and vet the Startups that go through HaxAsia’s program to find the ones that can be […]
Top Silicon Valley Insiders Join BootstrapLabs Advisory Board
/in BootstrapLabs /by BootstrapLabsAccelerator program for foreign startups gets boost from top minds in cloud, mobile, infrastructure and marketing March 25, 2014, San Francisco, California — Silicon Valley-based BootstrapLabs, a global accelerator for foreign technology startups, today announced that Jason Hoffman, VP at Ericsson and Founder of Joyent, Rikard Steiber, Chief Digital Officer at Modern Times Group and […]
Prezi invests $100M in the White House ConnectED initiative!
/in Prezi /by Nicolai WadstromWe just got the news from Peter Arvai (CEO and Co-founder of Prezi), as he gets ready to meet with President Obama this Friday the 28th. Peter will also show President Obama what makes Prezi the best way to share ideas and knowledge and share the story of how Prezi grew from 3 founders with big […]
BootstrapLabs launch Silicon Valley FastTrack Partnership with Swedish Incubator MINC
/in BootstrapLabs, Silicon Valley Fast Track /by BootstrapLabsWe are excited to announce that Minc (a leading startup incubator in Malmö, Sweden) is joining BootstrapLabs’ partner program Silicon Valley Fast Track. This means that BootstrapLabs and Minc jointly will review and vet the Startups that go through Minc’s program to find the ones that can be accelerated from Silicon Valley to to build global […]
PITME Catalyst Conference will unite 500 innovation leaders
/in PITME /by BootstrapLabsOn February 13th, 2014 the PITME Catalyst Conference will unite 500 innovation leaders to empower the next generation job creators in the Middle East. PITME Catalyst is bringing together top influencers, global entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and technologists from both the Middle East and Silicon Valley to harness a discussion around the startup ecosystem in both flourishing regions. Catalyst is a unique […]
Startup BD: Hacking The Strategic Partnership
/in BootstrapLabs, Event, Startup BD /by BootstrapLabsOn February 20th, 5:30 pm, San Francisco Startup BD is about growing your company by doing deals. Experts from Facebook, Pinterest, Klout, Spotify, DocuSign, Foundersuite, Automattic (WordPress), MessageMe and more will talk about how to use strategic partnerships, APIs, and platforms to fuel growth. We will also cover best practice, tips for doing deals, and […]
M&A pace down in 2013, is Venture Capital cooling down?
/in BootstrapLabs, Venture Capital /by Nicolai WadstromVenture capitalists sold only 388 companies via mergers or acquisitions last year, according to data from the National Venture Capital Association, Thomson Reuters (our own BootstrapRadar is showing similar stats). It is the lowest such total since 2009, and nearly a 23% decline from 2012. Does that mean that the VC industry is cooling down? […]
Prezi hits 30M+ users, doubling annually, and has ‘not used a dime’ of investors’ money
/in BootstrapLabs, Prezi /by Nicolai WadstromOur portfolio company Prezi is Zooming ideas from Budapest to the World! Since 2009, Prezi has gone from 3 founders and a few early team members in Budapest to a US company scaling to the world from San Francisco Bay area/Silicon Valley. Today there are 36,000,000 people zooming through to visualize their ideas, and they […]
We welcome Smartsy to BootstrapLabs!
/in BootstrapLabs /by BootstrapLabsWe welcome Smartsy to the BootstrapLabs Silicon Valley Accelerator Program! Smartsy leverages the 3Bn+ camera installed on smartphones to deliver a simple “snap and _learn, _save, _buy, _comment” user experience through it’s mobile app to magazine readers while driving near zero cost app downloads by partnering with publishers and brands to advertise it to millions […]