Hey David from Hackernoon here. The technology industry is very consolidated. It's easier to get a small business started, but when it grows, it's easier for an

Hey David from Hackernoon here. The technology industry is very consolidated. It's easier to get a small business started, but when it grows, it's easier for another technology you depend on to change its terms. In my case, I was content running a bootstapped business that barely made enough to fund two jobs (hacker noon in 2017 & 2018), but my revenue stream was cut off by pivots from my content management system. With an enormous cost of switching, we turned to our readers to fund the movement into our own infrastructure: https://www.startengine.com/hackernoon https://www.startengine.com/hackernoon Now, I have a small team, and win/lose/or-draw, I'm thrilled to have the future of my business not tied to the fate of medium.