Seedstrapping
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 2 episodes
Founder's Journal 
A Product Market Fit Show
3 statements about Seedstrapping, every show
Walker: Seed-Strapping Is Great for Businesses but Bad for Venture Returns
“It's not that seed strapping is a bad way to build a business. It's actually a fantastic way to build a business. It's a bad way to get venture returns. And that is the fundamental mismatch between the investor expectations and the founder expectations that I …”
Hustle Fund partners advocate for seedstrapping software startups
“You have Eric Bond and Elizabeth Yin from Hustle Fund who are bullish on seed strapping. Eric said founders raise a little at the beginning, they get started, and then bootstrap the rest of the way to get big results. That was followed by Elizabeth saying seed…”
Raising 12 to 18 months of cash creates healthy founder constraints
“I think that limiting yourself to one round and let's call it 12 to 18 months of cash to figure out your product and get to product market fit and then be default alive is a very healthy constraint that most entrepreneurs would benefit from.”