bootstrapping

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 19, 2023 by Patrick Campbell · across every show →

Everything said about bootstrapping, oldest first

Feb 19, 2023 neutral
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Campbell: Bootstrapping is for lifestyle businesses, while funding targets $1B revenue
“The basic idea is bootstrapping is for lifestyle businesses that want to cash flow. Funding is for companies trying to create a billion dollars in annual revenue.”
Patrick Campbell Feb 19, 2023 ▶ 12:22 10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
Dec 17, 2023 positive
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Fried: Bootstrapping forces founders to learn how to make money
“The value in bootstrapping is that it teaches entrepreneurs. It not even teaches, it forces them to have to figure out how to make money. And the more time under the curve they have making money and practicing making money, the better at it they're going to ge…”
Jason Fried Dec 17, 2023 ▶ 1:17:45 Jason Fried challenges your thinking on fundraising, goals, growth, and more
Jul 6, 2025 negative
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Shlomo: Solo bootstrapping is ill-suited for B2B enterprise companies
“If you're building, like, a B to B company, especially if you're, like, doing a B to enterprise company, like, you'll need to hire a salesperson or a sales team, like, you need to, like, spend your money on marketing. It's going to be very hard to try to sell …”
Maor Shlomo Jul 6, 2025 ▶ 15:34 Solo founder, $80M exit, 6 months: The Base44 bootstrapped startup success story | Maor Shlomo
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