Listen in to hear David's advice on bootstrapping your venture and his inputs on the principles of a "lean startup." David is currently the CEO of Acrelic Group, a management consulting firm that helps businesses ranging from startups to Global 500 Tech companies. He offers his perspectives and advice as an experienced founder, board member, advisor, and C-Suite executive.

Time Stamps:

1. 0:42' - About David Rosen

2. 6:05' - Define Bootstrapping & "Lean" Startups

3. 16:05' - Getting Ahead With Limited Resources

4. 26:30' - Bootstrapping to Growth, Stay Efficient

5. 31:30' - Wrapping Up, Macro Insights & Advice

Join us for a conversation about funding your venture with Rich Palmer, Managing Director at Launchpad Venture Group

Time stamps:

2:28' - Types of funding available

9:10' - Why you should look for funding

14:10' - How to approach investors

23:00' - How investors assess founders

33:30' - How much should you raise

Join us for a conversation about launching your first MVP and everything that went into developing CompSciLib!

Time stamps:

10:00' - Fail as quickly as possible

14:20' - Find the easy problems first

27:00' - The first build process

33:00' - Prepare customers for launch

39:00' - Collect feedback & iterate quickly

Join us for a discussion with Kendra Bostick about building a venture to address a problem you are already passionate about!

Timestamps:

02:00' - Solving a problem for yourself

14:10' - Becoming a domain expert

20:06' - Industry expert to entrepreneur

24:00' - Leaning on resources

26:30' - Look at problems like experiments

Join us for a discussion with Maria Vasco about how to grow your brick-and-mortar business on your own. Maria Vasco (UMass Boston) is the Founder & CEO of Uvida Shop, Boston's first zero-waste store.

Timestamps:

09:00' - Getting Started

14:05' - Opening a storefront

19:50 - When to open your first store

24:20' - Transitioning from online

30:40' - Building leanly and hiring employees

Oftentimes, founders are burdened by how to appropriately manage their finances. Join us for conversation with Dan Starr about how he has been able to support himself while running his startup. Dan is the co-founder and CEO of Locale, a location based dating app that is designed to facilitate more in-person interactions.

Time stamps:

08:37' - Preparing for the future after graduation

11:27' - Utilizing part-time jobs

15:45' - Breaking down living expenses

18:06' - Resources that save you money

26:22' - Having control over your spending

Finding a co-founder is one of the most challenging steps for early entrepreneurs. Join us with Boston University Alumni, Kevin Tang, for a discussion about how he was able to build the technical team needed to support his venture and successfully raise over $400k from investors during his Junior year of college.

Time Stamps:

03:40' - When to hire a co-founder

06:00' - Deciding what skillset to look for

10:14' - Locating and contacting co-founders

18:13' - How to approach initial meetings

23:24' - How to integrate you co-founders