Bluford: Bootstrapped QuickLegal to $600K before raising $750K
Derek Bluford · Why You Should Turn Down a $14m Acquisition Offer with Derek Bluford of QuickLegal · Jan 20, 2016 · at 6:04
QuickLegal founder Derek Bluford describes his early funding history before joining 500 Startups.
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“I bootstrapped the company initially to Up to about 600,000, and then I raised about 750,000.”
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