Comments on: Venture what? New startups are lean and low budget http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/13/venture-what-new-startups-are-lean-and-low-budget/ Where TV Finds the Future Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:13:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rick Ellis http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/13/venture-what-new-startups-are-lean-and-low-budget/#comment-564028 Rick Ellis Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:38:06 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/13/venture-what-new-startups-are-lean-and-low-budget/#comment-564028 Yeah, this story sounds familiar. No sleep for months, scrambling to keep up with everything. And the bottom line is that you can only bootstrap things so long without help of some kind. If for no other reason than the tech requirements. And profitability is a funny thing. We're at the point where we make money like a mon-and-pop grocery store. It's a steady stream, but not enough to boost ourselves to the next level independently. Yep, I sympathized with the folks in this story a lot. Yeah, this story sounds familiar. No sleep for months, scrambling to keep up with everything. And the bottom line is that you can only bootstrap things so long without help of some kind. If for no other reason than the tech requirements.

And profitability is a funny thing. We’re at the point where we make money like a mon-and-pop grocery store. It’s a steady stream, but not enough to boost ourselves to the next level independently.

Yep, I sympathized with the folks in this story a lot.

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