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[[Category: Bootstrap Stages]]
 
[[Category: Bootstrap Stages]]
*'''Principle''': Scale the model
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*[[Growth Subgroup]]
*'''Birth''': Organization’s Journey
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*[http://www.bumperactive.com/herosjourney5.jsp Growth Bumper Sticker]
*'''Customer''': Pragmatists
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*'''Product''': v3
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The venture now understands how it serves its customers' needs and sets about building and processes the systems to do so. In other words, its business model has emerged. Attention is now turned toward exposing, formalizing and scaling the model across the organization. Functions such as HR, Marketing, IT, etc. and their inter-relationships become of primary concern. Often, this is a very appropriate time to consider outside investments as capital can help to scale the business. 
*'''Inner''': Humility
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*'''Bootstrapper''': Relater leads, help employees [[AWAKEN]]
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===Principle===
*'''Action''': [[BUILD]]
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Scale the model
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===Birth===
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Organization’s Journey
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===Customer===
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Pragmatists
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===Product===
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v3
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===Inner===
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Humility
  
The venture now understands how it serves its customers' needs and sets about building and processes the systems to do so. Functions such as HR, Marketing, IT become of primary concern.
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===Bootstrapper===
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Relater leads, help employees [[AWAKEN]]
  
Often, this is a very appropriate time to consider outside investments as capital can help to scale the business. 
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===Action===
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[[BUILD]]
  
 
===Resources===
 
===Resources===
*[[Growth Subgroup]]
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*[http://www.abdmag.com/bijoy_on_growth.htm Investor Funding, (much) later than you think], by Bijoy Goswami. Article in [http://www.abdmag.com Austin Business District Magazine]
*[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/wiki/index.php/Book_Club_%28Austin%29#Growth Growth Books]
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*[http://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Chasm-Geoffrey-Moore/dp/0060517123/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211230535&sr=1-1 Crossing the Chasm] by Geoffrey Moore
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*[http://www.amazon.com/E-Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About/dp/0887307280/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211230467&sr=1-1 The E Myth] by Michael Gerber
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*[http://www.amazon.com/Sam-Walton-Made-America/dp/0553562835/ref=cm_lmf_tit_36_rdi1i10/104-1653032-2156713 Sam Walton: Made In America] by Sam Walton
  
 
===Stages===
 
===Stages===
  
*Previous Stage: [[Valley of Death]]
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*Previous: [[Valley of Death]]
*Next Stage: [[Rebootstrap]]
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*Next: [[Rebootstrap]]
 
*[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/map Bootstrap Map]
 
*[http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/map Bootstrap Map]

Latest revision as of 14:55, 12 June 2008

The venture now understands how it serves its customers' needs and sets about building and processes the systems to do so. In other words, its business model has emerged. Attention is now turned toward exposing, formalizing and scaling the model across the organization. Functions such as HR, Marketing, IT, etc. and their inter-relationships become of primary concern. Often, this is a very appropriate time to consider outside investments as capital can help to scale the business.

Principle

Scale the model

Birth

Organization’s Journey

Customer

Pragmatists

Product

v3

Inner

Humility

Bootstrapper

Relater leads, help employees AWAKEN

Action

BUILD

Resources

Stages