How to build a bootstrapped startup without funding
how to build a bootstrapped startup without funding:
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pick a problem you personally have. if you don't use your own product daily, quit now
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skip the pitch deck. open your code editor. ship something ugly in a weekend
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charge money from day 1. free users give you nothing but support tickets
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use boring tech. PHP, SQLite, vanilla JS. frameworks are a trap that mass waste your time
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host on cheap VPS ($5-20/mo). not AWS. you don't need kubernetes for 1,000 users
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do customer support yourself. it's the fastest product feedback loop that exists
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automate everything you do more than twice. cron jobs > employees.
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grow on Twitter/X by building in public. your journey IS the marketing
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keep your burn rate near zero so you never need to raise. ramen profitable > series A
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say no to investors, cofounders, and "advisors" who want equity for intros
i've been doing this for 10+ years now. no employees, no funding, no board meetings
the entire VC game is designed to make you think you need permission to start
you don't
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