JustCall took $25,000 in debt from Stripe
Gaurav Sharma · JustCall Hits $2.5m ARR, 60% Profits, Bootstrapped Helping 1600 Teams Use Cloud Phone Systems · Jul 18, 2020 · at 13:32
JustCall founder Gaurav Sharma explains to Nathan Latka why his bootstrapped company is experimenting with revenue-based debt rather than raising equity.
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“We got, like, some debt, I mean, just raised some debt from Stripe, like, that 25,000 dollars, you know, just to play around with, like, how it works. Then we're also talking to Clearbank to get some 50, 60 K to, you know, pay to some of the agencies that we are hiring.”
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