Category: Bootstrap
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Your company is not “venture scale”, and why you shouldn’t raise VC funding
When most founders think about launching a startup, raising venture capital is the first hurdle they believe is necessary for building a successful company, rather than a “lifestyle” business. Media headlines, startup success stories, and influencer chatter often make it feel like fundraising is the key progress indicator of successful tech companies until those go…
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The Guide To Bootstrap Funding
Money is tight in the early stages when bootstrapping, before there’s any significant revenue in the company. Once you reach around $1M in ARR, you start to experience what I call the “SaaS escape velocity” – most normal business expenses are now a much smaller % of your revenue, and you start to feel more…
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My Product Ideation Framework For B2B SaaS
A common question I get from aspiring founders, is how to find and then validate product ideas for new B2B SaaS products. Over many such calls, I started to flesh out a mental model for how I would approach coming up with a new product idea for B2B SaaS, and I use this framework when…
