Pokštefl: Bootstrappers suffer from lack of guidance compared to VC founders
Bohumil Pokštefl · 3 things this $2m revenue bootstrapper would do differently · Apr 27, 2022 · at 22:43
Bohumil Pokštefl, CEO of bootstrapped SaaS platform Kontentino, contrasts bootstrapped isolation with the governance and mentorship advantages enjoyed by VC-backed startups.
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“With that being said, there's one disadvantage, I believe, what all bootstrappers have. We're kind of like a lonely wolves, you know, we don't have any experienced board of directors, sometimes we don't have many people we could talk with, and this is like comparing to VC, like, with my friends who are having companies which are VC backed, when they found the right investor, which they click, you know, smart money, we, we've heard it several times, You know, these are the people who can guide you, who can supervise you, who you can have a chat with, and who can challenge you. This is what the bootstrappers are missing in a day-to-day basis.”
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