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Bootstrapping. Bootstrapping: What Is It?. General Methodology Define set of yielding products, these will generally be coupon-bearing bonds Derive discount factors for all terms, these are the internal rates of return of the bonds 'Bootstrap' the zero-coupon curve step-by-step. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BOOTSTRAPPING
Bootstrapping: What Is It?General Methodology1. Define set of yielding products,
these will generally be coupon-bearing bonds
2. Derive discount factors for all terms, these are the internal rates of return of the bonds
3. 'Bootstrap' the zero-coupon curve step-by-step
Bootstrapping: What Is It? Bootstrap: To leverage yourself to
success from a small beginning
Benefits: High Level
Money Time Control
Benefits: The Nitty Gritty Cheap! Trial and error Agility and speed of implementation Maintain control of business Higher valuation if CF-positive
Hazards
Even if it’s free, it’s not free Reliant on others/web connectivity Switching costs Counterparty risk (go under,
acquisition) Outstrip features
Tool Categories
Financial Collaboration/Presentation Communication/Email Project Management Design Markets & Merchandising CRM Web Analytics Feedback Open Source
Saasu Pulse Zoho Invoice LiteAccounting Billing Boss
Financial
Online business software
Professional invoicing, bank statements, inventory and payroll
Freemium model
LucidChart Google Docs Campfire scriblink OpenOffice PrimoPDF Dropbox Prezi
Collaboration/Presentation
MailChimp GoToMeeting FreeConferenceCall Google Voice Yammer Gmail Skype
Communication/Email
Email marketing provider
Multiple pricing plans from pay-as-you-go to subscription-based
5pm Teamwork PM ProjectOffice
Project Management
99 Designs Logoworks Logomaker CrowdSpring Inkscape GIMP Invent-A-Part eMachineShop CafePress Pad2Pad
Design
Crowdsource graphic design
Community of 100,000 designers around the world
You create the project with price and designers compete for your business
shopify Etsy Amazon eBay Google Checkout PayPal
Markets & Merchandising
Free CRM Salesforce Insidesales Zoho
CRM
Automate, track and manage your CRM efforts
Freemium model
Piwik Google Yahoo! Crazy Egg Firestats
Web Analytics
Open Source web analytics
Own your web analytics data
Provides real-time analytics and a community of more than 50,0000 users
SurveyMonkey Qualtrics SurveyGizmo Zoomerang SurveyPirate
Feedback
Key Takeaway
Nothing is free! Understand costs and benefits Be strategic Opportunity costs
Appendix: Financial
Saasu (saasu.com): Free, $$invoicing, bank feeds, statements, inventory, payroll, POS and light CRM
Pulse (pulseapp.com): Free, $manage cash flow online to evaluate income and expenses
Zoho Invoice (zoho.com/invoice): Free, $create, send and manage your invoices online
LiteAccounting (liteaccounting.com): Free, $online application for invoicing and receiving payments
Billing Boss (billingboss.com): Freecreate, send and track invoices online
Appendix: Collaboration/Presentation LucidChart (lucidchart.com): Free, $
collaborative online diagramming, wireframing, prototyping application
Google Docs (docs.google.com): Freeonline documents, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.
Campfire (campfirenow.com): $share text, files and code in real time; save transcripts of work
Scriblink (scriblink.com): Freeonline, real-time whiteboard that users can share
OpenOffice (openoffice.org): Freeopen-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.
Appendix: Collaboration/Presentation (cont’d) PrimoPDF (primopdf.com): Free, $
doc-to-PDF and PDF-to-doc conversion; one-click, drag-and-drop PDF creation
Dropbox (dropbox.com): Free, $syncs your files online and across your computers
Prezi (prezi.com): Free, $Create presentations live and on the web
Appendix: Communication/Email MailChimp (mailchimp.com): Free, $
design, distribute & track results of customized email newsletters GoToMeeting (gotomeeting.com): Free, $$$
online meetings, training & webinars Free Conference Call (
freeconferencecall.com): Freefree conference calls 24/7 without making a reservation
Google Voice (google.com/voice): Freeone number for all your phones, online voicemail & cheap calling
Yammer (yammer.com): Free, $$connect with your coworkers on a private social network for your company
Appendix: Communication/Email (cont’d) Gmail (gmail.com): Free, $
free Gmail and low-cost Gmail for business with 25 GB of storage per user
Skype (skype.com): Free, $Skype-to-Skype video and audio calls; inexpensive calls to landlines
Appendix: Project Management 5pm (5pmweb.com): $
web based project management tool Teamwork PM (teamworkpm.net): $
online teamwork & project management application ProjectOffice (projectoffice.net): Free,
$online project management tool to manage tasks, time, issues, wikis, etc.
Appendix: Design
99 Designs (99designs.com): $$$crowdsourced graphic design; host a “design contest” and pick the winner
Logoworks (logoworks.com): $$$$Multiple designers work on your project, giving you more variety of choices
Logomaker (logomaker.com): $$$design your own logo with custom-built design tool
CrowdSpring (crowdSPRING.com): $$$name your price and choose from dozens custom designs
Inkscape (inkscape.org): Freeopen source vector graphics editor
Appendix: Design (cont’d)
GIMP (gimp.org): FreeGNU image manipulation program
Invent-A-Part (inventapart.com): $$$$rapid prototyping to turn your design into a 3D object
eMachineShop (emachineshop.com): $$$$use free CAD software to design custom parts to be machined
CafePress (cafepress.com): $custom t-shirts, hats, bags, stickers, buttons, mugs, etc.
Pad2Pad (pad2pad.com): $$$$custom printed circuit board design and manufacture
Appendix: Markets & Merchandising Shopify (shopify.com): $$
everything you need to open your online store Etsy (etsy.com): Free
connects buyers and sellers in more than 150 countries Amazon (amazon.com): Free, $$
the world’s largest etailer eBay (ebay.com): Free
the largest online marketplace with 94 million active users Google Checkout (checkout.google.com
): Freeeasy to use ecommerce solution
Appendix: Markets & Merchandising (cont’d) PayPal (paypal.com): Free, $$
online payment service catering to 190 markets and 24 currencies
Appendix: CRM
Free CRM (freecrm.com) : Freeautomate, track and manage your customers
Salesforce (salesforce.com): $$the best known saas crm solution
InsideSales.com (insidesales.com): ???1 on demand software for lead management and sales organizations
Zoho (zoho.com/crm): Free, $salesforce automation that integrates with all aspects of your business
1They made it very difficult to get their pricing information, indicating to us that they may be priced high
Appendix: Web Analytics
Piwik (piwik.org): Freeopen source, real time web analytics alternative to Google Analytics
Google (google.com/analytics): Freeinsights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness
Yahoo! (web.analytics.yahoo.com): Freeanalytics combined with demographics and category interests of visitors
Crazy Egg (crazyegg.com): $track web traffic with heatmaps, confetti, overlays, etc.
Firestats (firestats.cc): Free, $$web statistics system
Appendix: Feedback
SurveyMonkey (surveymonkey.com): Free, $provider of web-based survey solutions
Qualtrics (qualtrics.com): Free for BYU, $$$$enterprise feedback management and survey software solutions
SurveyGizmo (surveygizmo.com): Free, $online survey software tool
Zoomerang (zoomerang.com): Free, $online survey software
SurveyPirate (surveypirate.com): Freefree survey software