Bootstrapped or funded?
Senthilnathan RM
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Hey PH community,
Are you bootstrapped or funded? If you are bootstrapped now, would you raise funds sooner or later and why?
On a general note, what do you like the most? Bootstrapped or funded?
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Kayode Odeleye
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We’re bootstrapped. Raised a friends and family round so can’t pay myself as founder. It’s tough but it has its benefits
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@theterminalguy yes Simon
The perceived wisdom is that faster is always better. This is a misconception. Bigger is not always better
Bootstrapping means slower but more thoughtful growth so startups and businesses tend to be more successful
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@theterminalguy major benefit is the ability to grow in a structured, thoughtful manner
Bootstrapped first (Product market fit), funded later (scaling).
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@nickanisimov Agree with you. I'm taking a similar approach as well.
My first startup was bootstrapped, but this one is funded.
A product like toddle.dev would be very difficult to bootstrap.
Fully bootstrapped at this point as we want to maintain control on the product and strategy.
However I can see funding round taking place down the line to accelerate things in the future.
Having said that, both has their uses
Serand
Bootstrapped is awesome
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Bootstrapped and I tell you, it ain't easy.
Ideally I'd love not to raise funds but at this point, it is inevitable. Hopefully we don't get to do it
Bababot
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Pythia World
Fully bootstrapped, but we plan to raise funds. Raising funds for us is just an acceleration of the process, not its foundation.
CoClue
This is a difficult question. I always get lost looking at my financial situation.
Fully bootstrapped! But raised money from non-equity diluting grants before. Both bootstrapped and raising investor funds have their advantages and disadvantages.
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@charis_algomo In my experience this is excellent strategy. Raise non dilutive funding p, achieve traction then consider options down the line
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@charis_algomo will you be able to share how do you go about finding non-equity diluting grants?
@charis_algomo , non-equity diluting grants? That's interesting. Would love to hear more about it.
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Bootstrapped. Want to build the first user base like that. Then maybe secure funding to help scale and improve.
Maruti.io
So far I am bootstrapped! I plan on raising funds. Although, I’m hoping I won’t ever need the funding!