Gibby: The Bot Platform opted for bootstrapping over venture capital in 2019
Tom Gibby · Bot Building SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR With Just $300k Raised · Oct 12, 2021 · at 6:21
Tom Gibby, co-founder of The Bot Platform, discusses the company's decision to bootstrap rather than raise outside venture capital.
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“We toyed with the idea of raising about a year, well, let's say about two and a half years ago, maybe. And we actually decided that it might be much more valuable for us to spend that time that we would invest into raising to just invest into growing the business and trying to generate sales.”
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