David Heath had $18,000 in credit card debt at Bombas's launch
David Heath · Bombas: David Heath and Randy Goldberg · Sep 19, 2022 · at 39:12
Bombas co-founder David Heath discusses bootstrapping the startup before its crowdfunding campaign.
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“I think by the time we launched on Indiegogo, I had about, I don't know, 12 to 18,000 dollars of credit card debt.”
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