Best of Bootstrapping: EdTech Unicorn Bootstrapped First from Canada

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  In 2020, D2L Founder CEO John Baker shared this terrific story of bootstrapped entrepreneurship in EdTech. Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? John Baker: I’m based

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Catching Up On Readings: AI Impact at GDC 2024

This feature from The Guardian examines the impact of AI on the gaming industry and the Gaming Developers Conference held in San Francisco last week. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Best of Bootstrapping: What Should Tech Startups Do to Raise Seed Capital in 2024?

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. In general, Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later is still the best strategy. You need to be ready to raise money. If you decide to raise money, I strongly suggest you read the Seed Capital series of interviews on our blog ASAP. We’ve profiled investor after investor

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped with Services from Sweden

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  European entrepreneurs often bootstrap using services successfully. The chasing of investors from the get go is less prevalent on the other side of the Atlantic, although this obsession from Silicon Valley has traveled to all corners of the world now. Dapresy Founder Tobi Andersson and

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New Pricing for Tech Startups Course and Coupons

This month we are introducing a new course Pricing for Tech Startups by Sramana Mitra [Coupon Code: TRY1MBY1MMAR2024PRI]. There’s a common misconception that offering everything for free and then figuring out monetization later is a viable strategy. However, we firmly believe in assigning value to your products and services from the outset. Pricing is both

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped a Content Marketing Company First

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Diego Gomes, CEO Co-founder of Rock Content, had built a terrific content marketing company from Brazil when we spoke in 2020. He bootstrapped first, raised money later, and had then acquired a sizable US company to scale. Excellent story! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped a Fast Growth Company with Services

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  Gurman Hundal, Co-founder of MiQ, had bootstrapped a fast growth company using services when we spoke in 2016. Read about his impressive journey. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in

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Catching Up On Readings: US IPOs Q1’24

This feature from Renaissance Capital looks at upcoming IPOs in the week ahead that signals the end of the first quarter of 2024. Q1 is about to end with some of the first large tech IPOs including Reddit and Astera Labs. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.