Our vision is the democratization of entrepreneurship by empowering any entrepreneur to transform their idea into initial revenues for close to $0.

Our mission is to circumvent the cultural, geographic, knowledge and financial barriers to entrepreneurship by providing a lean startup roadmap and the resources required for an entrepreneur to bootstrap a startup from idea to initial revenues.

1. Entrepreneurs: Innovate and execute then work hard to drive success.

2. Startups: Create and respect intellectual property.

3. Contractors: Do the right thing and do the thing right.

In general, you should ensure the startup only has the right to control or direct the result of your work and not what you will do and how you will do it. The authorities will consider the following to determine your level of control and supervision:

• Whether you invest in your own facilities and operations
• Whether you can make a profit and loss that is distinct from the startup
• The degree of independent initiative, judgment, or foresight that you exercise
• Whether you have a business or organization that is independent of the startup
• The length of your engagement with the startup
• The extent to which your services are integral to the startup’s business

1. You should have an occupation or business that is distinct from the startup
2. You should not conduct regular business activities for the startup
3. You should use your own equipment and tools and work from your own facility.
4. You should pay for the equipment and tools required to perform you work
5. The services that you provide should be based on a specialized skill that you have.
6. You should be a specialist who works without supervision by the Startup.
7. Your managerial skill should determine whether you make a profit or loss.
8. You should not perform services for the Startup for an extended period of time.
9. Your working relationship with the startup should not be permanent.
10. You should be compensated by the job and not by time.
11. You and the startup must agree that you are not creating an employer-employee relationship.

The information above is for general information purposes and is provided to permit you to learn more about our service. This information is not legal advice, you should not act on it as such, it may not be current and it is subject to change without notice.

An entrepreneur submits a startup to Crowd Bootstrap. If that startup attracts sufficient interest from the crowd of contractors then Crowd Bootstrap invests $100,000 of the contractors\' sweat equity for a 10% stake in the startup. Crowd Bootstrap helps match entrepreneurs and contractors. Contractors help entrepreneurs complete startup deliverables. This is formalized by the contractor submitting a deliverable-based timesheet for approval. After the entrepreneur approves the timesheet, the contractor receives share options in the corresponding Crowd Bootstrap fund. The contractor\'s stake is therefore diversified across all of the startup\'s in that fund\'s portfolio. Crowd Bootstrap does not charge the entrepreneurs or contractors for this service.