Correa: Lemongraft's team and partner software developers are all working for free
Zach Correa · Meet The HIBT Fellows: Mark Atlan & Zach Correa · May 18, 2021 · at 20:44
Zach Correa, founder of Lemongraft, explains how his early-stage startup is bootstrapping its software development without external funding.
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“Everyone's working for free. Yeah, that's exactly right. We did partner with a development team. They are also working for free, but they are, as a partner, they're developing the software.”
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