bootstrapped founders
also referred to as: bootstrapped founder
3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 26, 2021 by Rob Walling · said 3 times in 3 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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Jan 26, 2021 neutral
Walling: Bootstrappers can work 90-hour weeks while some VC-backed founders work eight
“You can be a bootstrap founder and run yourself into the ground and work 90 hour weeks. I've seen folks raise 20, thirty million dollars of venture capital and work eight hour days. It happens, like, and be happy with their business.”
Jul 27, 2021 negative
Bootstrapped founders often wait until they are overwhelmed to hire
“I think very often the particularly bootstrap founders end up hiring too late. Like it ends up in a situation where they're like, oh, I'm overwhelmed. And then only when they're super overwhelmed, do they realize that they have no choice but to hire somebody. …”
Mar 14, 2023 negative
Rob Walling: Banking is one of the worst industries for bootstrapped founders
“The only thing that I would add is if you don't already have connections in the banking industry, I personally would stay away from it in terms of building software for it, because they are going to take months or years to adopt new things. And it's going to b…”