bootstrapped founders
2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 8, 2023 by Dan Siroker · across every show →
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Nov 8, 2023 positive
Siroker: Bootstrapped founders succeed because they must talk directly to users
“Again, a good reason why bootstrap founders probably are successful is they're not surrounded by these people. You know, you end up just, you're forced to talk to users because you probably haven't hired that customer support person, and you hear the pain from…”
Jan 19, 2024
Lieberman: Pouring fuel on the fire is unnatural for bootstrapped founders
“Once you have a business that's working, once you have product market fit, once you have a foundation and it is time to get really ambitious and pour fuel on the fire, it is a very unnatural motion for a bootstrap founder to do that.”