Must-Read Contents Related to Bootstrapping in 2023

I made a list of the most engaged posts on Twitter and LinkedIn, plus YouTube videos and any additional materials related to bootstrapping.

Adam Robinson is the CEO of retention.com and in this post, he shared how challenging 2023 was for him including the mistakes he made.

https://lnkd.in/dw4EewYS

According to Jason M. Lemkin bootstrapping takes 3-4 years longer for the IPO.

https://lnkd.in/ddF-mQfy

Greg Isenberg shared 22 reasons to choose bootstrapping over VC funding.

https://lnkd.in/dBzyWX6v

Jenny Fielding shared the story of a digital agency founder who became a bootstrapped company founder later on.

https://lnkd.in/d_uAfW7B

Stefan Smulders 🦸‍♂️ has been bootstrapping for almost 4 years and he shared the struggles he faced.

https://lnkd.in/dts7dWz6

Greg Head shed light related to the "self-funded first option" instead of getting VC money when building a company.

https://lnkd.in/dhxSb-9U

Melissa Kwan shared the biggest misconceptions she always hears about bootstrappers.

https://lnkd.in/dSsnf9iK

Nathan Latka did some math about how much money VC-backed founders and bootstrapped companies' founders can get when they exit the company.

https://lnkd.in/dvjtWqQX

Romeen Sheth shared the lessons that he learned from bootstrapping to $65M.

https://twitter.com/RomeenSheth/status/1612984174998347778

According to yongfook bootstrapping to $10K MRR is not so hard.

https://twitter.com/yongfook/status/1674655293886861313

The journey of Zoho - bootstrapped company - from volodarik.

https://twitter.com/volodarik/status/1613532109510950912

If you could pick one mentor from the bootstrapping/startup space to bounce ideas off, who would that be?

https://twitter.com/arvidkahl/status/1617887532665954304

Lenny’s Newsletter interviewed with Jason Fried, who is the co-founder of the bootstrapped company Basecamp. And this should be a must-watch for every bootstrapper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAnF0tk0di8

Esben Jensen is one of the co-founders of Userflow and in this video, he shared how they reached $4M ARR with 3 people on their team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF8Xjn82kfE

Nathan Barry is the founder of Convertkit and here is the story of how they reached $320 Million revenue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArZ-wCFsMwE

The story of a founder acquiring SaaS companies for his holding.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1a5kwTQBx5s454Rb7Ggdiw

The 7 Success Paths for bootstrappers or practical founders.

https://practicalfounders.com/7-success-paths-to-win-the-startup-end-game/

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