Dingman Bootstrapped
63 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 50 ratingsThe Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business produces Bootstrapped, a podcast featuring founders, investors and serial entrepreneurs. While the podcast covers many aspects of startup life, the heart of the show focuses on funding from both the founder and investor perspectives, thus the name Bootstrapped. The podcast is hosted by Elana Fine, Managing Director of the Dingman Center, and Joe Bailey, Associate Research Professor at the Smith School. Each episode starts with trend stories from the hosts, moves onto an interview with a special guest then closes with a segment titled, "Kickstarter or Not?" Tune in to hear insights into startup life and venture creation.
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Ed Barrientos: How to Monetize Your Startup
October 07, 2016 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBIn this episode of Bootstrapped, Ed Barrientos, CEO of Brazen, a cloud-based HR tech start-up, talks about the market for talent. In its initial onset, Brazen aimed to create the LinkedIn for Millennials. Focused on improving product market fit, Ed's team shifted gears and created a communication platform for texting-centric Millennial job candidates to get past the 'apply online' brick wall recruiters often have trouble pulling top talent through. Today, Brazen is used by Deloitte, Nasa, Am...
Ali von Paris: Put Your Social Media Skills to Work
September 14, 2016 04:34 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBIn this episode of Bootstrapped, hear about the crafty beginnings of beloved University of Maryland apparel company Route One Apparel. Founder Ali Von Paris used her vast UMD network and her social media savvy to create an online following for her start-up. Witty, regionally-driven products like the 'Get Loh' t-shirt and Terp-themed tailgate tents were an instant hit throughout the UMD community. Now four years old, Route One Apparel has 40 employees and offers over 1,500 products.
Tien Wong Talks about Real Estate Finance and His Journey from Founder to Angel Investor
September 13, 2016 03:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBCold calling was one of Tien Wong's least favorite aspects of his career in real estate finance. Learn how he turned that challenge into CyberRep, Inc. which is valued at $1.7 billion and is now one of the largest call centers in the world operating under XEROX. Tien, a self-proclaimed introvert, is also the founder and host of CONNECTpreneur, a community of 5,000+ CEOs, entrepreneurs and angels. On this episode of Bootstrapped, hear how Tien went from being an entrepreneur convincing his ow...
Coffee Talk with the JavaZen Co-founders: Building a Lifestyle Brand
August 26, 2016 19:21 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBBootstrapped turns to coffee talk during this episode as the co-founders of JavaZen take the mic. JavaZen is a one-of-a-kind hybrid that combines the energy of coffee with the health and flavor benefits of tea, in one amazing beverage that's the best of both worlds. Hear how Eric, Ryan and their third co-founder Aaron Wallach, came up with the idea of a coffee and tea blend and what fuels their success. Get the inside scoop on how they tested the market, selected sales channels and how they ...
Follow Her Lead: Amy Millman as a Pioneer for Women in Business
August 12, 2016 22:26 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBThis episode is about something we don’t have enough of in entrepreneurship: Women. The special guest is Amy Millman, President of Springboard Enterprises, a highly vetted expert network of innovators, investors and influencers who are dedicated to building high-growth technology oriented companies led by women. Amy has been tackling issues faced by women in business for more than 20 years. While she started her career as a lobbyist at Philip Morris, it was during the Clinton Administration ...
Evan Lutz: Taking a Startup from the Dorm Room to Shark Tank
July 30, 2016 20:49 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBEvan Lutz launched his social enterprise, Hungry Harvest, from his dorm room at the University of Maryland. Hungry Harvest believes no produce should be thrown away, which is why they carefully source, hand-package, and deliver these fresh, although not so pretty, items to their customer's doorsteps at a discounted rate. Hungry Harvest was featured on Shark Tank in 2015. In this episode, hear about the rigorous and not-so glamorous Shark Tank experience; how the appearance affected the busin...
Jason Shrensky: Serial Entrepreneur and Angel Investor Talks Exits and Investing
July 18, 2016 05:07 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBAfter practicing law for a brief time, attorney Jason Shrensky decided to quit his job and build a software company. It was 2000 and the dot.com bubble hadn't burst yet, so why not? Hear how the imminent burst affected him and his startup. Jason also talks about the process of exiting your company and the reality of starting over as an entrepreneur. You will also hear Jason's his tips on raising money and investing, he's made 12 investments in DC tech. Listen on as he talks about his newest ...
Dan Cowens & Paige Holden: Startup Snags Success with Hotels.com for Boaters
July 06, 2016 04:00 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBAfter an eight-year career in the military and 20-plus years of experience in hospitality management, Dan Cowens entered the Smith School of Business’ Executive MBA program. He completed the program with an MBA degree and a new startup. The company, Oasis Marinas, provides high-quality marina management services in Annapolis and around the world. When pitching the idea in his entrepreneurship class, Dan was joined by fellow classmates including Paige Holden, who is now the VP of Marketing & ...
Danielle and Culin Tate: Can Entrepreneurship Be Elegant?
June 21, 2016 04:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThis episode of Dingman Bootstrapped features a serial entrepreneur power couple: Danielle and Culin Tate. The frustrating process of changing her name after their marriage inspired Danielle to start MissNowMrs.com, a TurboTax style website that streamlines the name change process. Five years ago, Culin exited his own electronics manufacturing company to help Danielle grow MissNowMrs.com to over 300,000 customers across two countries. This year, Danielle published her first book, Elegant Ent...
Liz Sara: Startup Marketing: Beta. Pilots. Customers.
June 08, 2016 15:27 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBLiz Sara has 20 years of experience in the Washington D.C.-area high tech community as an entrepreneur, business leader, angel investor and philanthropist. In 2001, she founded Best Marketing, LLC to provide early stage software companies with strategic marketing, PR and business development services. In this episode of Bootstrapped, Liz talks about marketing from the perspective of securing customers. She also talks about how to build partnerships with pilot customers and how they can help ...
Kanchan Singh: Crowdfunding a Cat Café
April 29, 2016 21:07 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBCafés full of cats are uncommon in the United States but are a trend in other countries around the world. This is the quirky story of how a young entrepreneur quit her consulting job to change that and open one of the first five “cat cafés” in the States. Kanchan Singh (UMD ‘12), one of Joe’s former QUEST students joined our show to tell us about how she raised over $35,000 on Kickstarter to fund Washington, DC’s first cat café, Crumbs & Whiskers in Georgetown. Play along as Elana, Joe, O...
Sam Medile: Parking and Technology Collide
April 28, 2016 16:00 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBThis Bootstrapped episode features Angel Investor Sam Medile. Sam is a University of Maryland scholarship football athlete who graduated in 1980. He is a serial entrepreneur in the parking world. Sam's first valet parking company became the nation’s premier provider of hotel parking services with over $200 million per year in sales and 9,000 employees in over 40 plus cities. As an investor, Sam works with startups as well as fully developed companies on their growth, direction and recapita...
Mark Walsh: Government Funding for Startups: A Best Kept Secret
April 27, 2016 16:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBIn this Boostrapped episode, Oscar Santana, Talk Show Host at the Mike O'Meara Show and current Smith School of Business EMBA student, talks about how he pitched the idea of doing a startup podcast to his professors Elana Fine and Joe Bailey and how it came to fruition. The special guest is Mark Walsh, serial startup operator and veteran of AOL, who is now leading investments and innovation at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). He will talk about what the federal government can...