Josh Kim self-invested $5,000 of personal savings to build The Cubby
Josh Kim · Startup Acquisition Stories with Josh Kim, Founder of The Cubby · Aug 15, 2023 · at 16:28
Josh Kim, founder of The Cubby, discusses financing the initial development of his collegiate marketplace after validating demand on Google Sheets.
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“And so I think I self-invested like five grand At the time, and that was almost all the money I had, but I truly believed in it.”
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