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Atalasoft, Inc. - 5 Years Old

Wow, has life changed since Atalasoft, Inc. was incorporated in August 2002, just over 5 years ago. The turning point for me in founding Atalasoft was the aftermath of 9/11. I did not want to be at the mercy of a large corporation in aerospace facing Read More...
Posted Monday, January 07, 2008 11:48 PM by Bill Bither | 3 Comments
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Financial Stability of a Bootstrapper

This past week the high tech firm GetConnected of Boston suddenly closed their doors after eight years and $20 million in funding. This left over 100 employees unemployed. I'm sure these former employees wont have too much of a problem finding a job in Read More...
Posted Saturday, August 11, 2007 12:40 PM by Bill Bither | 0 Comments
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Leveraging Emerging Technology as a Foundation for your Startup Software Company

There are many software engineers who are unhappy with their current jobs or seeking a greater challenge. Many dream of starting their own company and are at a loss for that revolutionary idea. If you have an idea and it's truly unique, patentable, and Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:41 PM by Bill Bither | 4 Comments
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Starting a Software Company Outside a Startup Hub

According to Paul Graham's article The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups , startups prosper in some places and not others. The startup "hubs" are in order: Silicon Valley, Boston, Seattle, Austin, Denver, and New York. There are most certainly advantages Read More...
Posted Monday, December 11, 2006 12:51 AM by Bill Bither | 6 Comments
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Another Bootstrapper

I was reading Paul Graham's blog today and was pointed to a fellow entrepreneur and bootstrapper, Mike Taber with his article Startups for the Rest of us . Mike outlines a few problems with looking to Y Combinator to fund a software startup. The main Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:35 PM by Bill Bither | 0 Comments
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Venture Funding versus Bootstrapping

There is a bit of a debate going on about the importance of Venture Capitalists in today's economy versus bootstrapping a company yourself over at Venture Voice. I strongly feel that it totally depends on the expectations and market of the company. More Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 19, 2006 4:36 PM by Bill Bither | 5 Comments
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5 Personality Traits of an Entrepreneur

Do you have what it takes to start a business? If you do a web search on "Type A Personality" I think you'll find that most definitions include the word "entrepreneur" in them. There are a number of different personality tests. The Meyer's Briggs test Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:34 PM by Bill Bither | 4 Comments
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Inception of a Company Name

When I was a kid, growing up in rural upstate New York, I had this fond interest in butterflies. It seems to be an incredible geeky thing to do, even then. But I would spend my summer's chasing, collecting, and identifying these insects even participating Read More...
Posted Sunday, January 01, 2006 4:33 PM by Bill Bither | 0 Comments
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