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You're reading that backwards. He's encouraging people to build something rather than attempt to build something for the sole purpose of selling it.
by sofuture 16y ago
You're reading that backwards. He's encouraging people to build something rather than attempt to build something for the sole purpose of selling it.
- jmtame 16y agosometimes "building something" requires capital...
- hasenj 16y agoYou need to read 37signals blog, they have a series of blog posts called “Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud”, in their own words: it's a series which profiles companies that have $1MM+ in revenues, didn’t take VC, and are profitable. The latest in that series was about github: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2486-bootstrapped-profitable-proud-github http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2486-bootstrapped-profitable-... [1]: http://bit.ly/ccc5C7 http://bit.ly/ccc5C7
- jmtame 16y agoi said "sometimes." i have no idea what you're trying to build, and neither does the author of this blog. for every company that has made it bootstrapped, there's another example of one that made it without going bootstrapped. raising money is what it is. some people need it, others don't. it doesn't make angels "evil" because they don't align with your goal of building a lifestyle business. it's not like they're forcing you to take their money, or holding a gun to your head if you don't repay the money they risked on you.