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I personally have paid for software in the past, but I don't do it much anymore because: A) Self-funding a startup has required me to become quite frugal B) G
by meditate 8y ago
I personally have paid for software in the past, but I don't do it much anymore because:
A) Self-funding a startup has required me to become quite frugal
B) Giving money to competitors is almost always a mistake
Unfortunately that's the way things go. I would like to be able to afford more, but so would everyone else.
- moystard 8y agoGreat tools can save you an immense amount of time = money, so it should not be as black & white, even with startups in their early days.
- meditate 8y agoI have also been at startups that wasted large amounts of time and capital trying to work with the wrong tools. The risk isn't worth it especially when a lot of other startups in the same ecosystem (competitors for the same VC dollars) will happily sell you an unfinished product and then shut down a year later and stop supporting it.