Well, as somebody who tried building a bootstrapped and self funded Node.js PaaS competing against Heroku, Dotcloud, and Marak back in 2010[1][2] (the good ole'

Well, as somebody who tried building a bootstrapped and self funded Node.js PaaS competing against Heroku, Dotcloud, and Marak back in 2010[1][2] (the good ole'days) I am certainly sympathetic to the struggle competing against well funded companies. Ultimately though, I prefer lifestyle businesses these days. Funded companies tend to slow down, carry ridiculous baggage, politics, and usually result in less money in the founders pockets. Being self-funded and thus moving fast and agile is an advantage. [1] - https://www.google.com/amp/s/venturebeat.com/2011/08/10/nodesocket/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/venturebeat.com/2011/08/10/node... [2] - https://www.google.com/amp/s/readwrite.com/2011/12/01/first-look-at-nodesocket-nodej/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/readwrite.com/2011/12/01/first-...