One of the more interesting takes on venture development recently is Vancouver’s own Bootup Labs founded by Danny Robinson and Boris Mann. Bootup has an innovative take on how to get ventures nurtured to the stage where they are either more fundable or they can continue to bootstrap with monetization underway. Build the company, prove it can make money and then fund it - the opposite of many early stage approaches. Their recipe calls for the community of investors and entrepreneurs to embrace hard-ass business model scrutiny and refinement from the start, for the celebration of failure and for the winners to pay it forward (and back).

Danny put out an open call to fundfindr and other key players in the venture capital circle recently and the ensuing dialogue makes excellent reading. Even Guy Kawasaki chips in. Danny points out that Techstars and Y Combinator are other efforts at new approaches. Of course, fundfindr and Vencorps are online platforms built to transform venture capital productivity, too. Weigh in. What do you think?

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Having just launched Strutta, a website bringing competitors together from around the globe, I felt this was a perfect opportunity to share Danny Robinson’s thoughts on “going it alone.” Having founded 2 internet companies and raising an impressive $100M in venture capital through 8 rounds of financing, it is no wonder he was tagged as one of TechVibes Digital Media People to Watch in 2008. Danny delves into ideas on maintaining ownership and how the business model is constantly evolving. He touches on how technology has been one of the key factors in revolutionizing a company’s strategic model: it can improve your business and help you retain ownership as long as possible. Check out our ‘uncut’ with CEO Danny Robinson.

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Danny Robinson, serial entrepreneur, sits down with Danita Harty and provides some straight advice on raising capital, building blocks and lessons learned. Watch and learn what business plans are really good for, whether you should worry about the NDA or just get your pitch out to the world.

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Now Founder/CEO of Strutta.com, Danny has raised over $100M in venture capital across his ventures including Strutta, Peerflix and Spinway. Spinway was a pioneer ISP with a member base of 8 million that was later sold to United Online (Netzero).

Today, Danny is a driving force behind the Vancouver tech community and on the Board of Directors or an Advisory Board member of several other ventures. Danny is a well-known for events such as the California based Twiist-up, known as Launch Party in Vancouver, and for his ability to connect local entrepreneurs to the Valley based VC community.

So, if you have formed, re-shaped and developed your idea or business and you are ready to take it to the next level tune in. Tips from a serial entrepreneur are bound to help make that leap an impressive one!