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Problem with this is that if you want to hire engineers it is near impossible to do with vc money. You could maybe bootstrap if you try hard but still will need
by ozgrakkurt 2y ago
Problem with this is that if you want to hire engineers it is near impossible to do with vc money. You could maybe bootstrap if you try hard but still will need cofounders or vc money to hire engineers to do something fast enough. If you are working full time on bootstrapping some idea, you are still missing out on your salary which is probably high if you are able to do something like this
- throwuxiytayq 2y ago> if you want to hire engineers it is near impossible to do with vc money s/with/without? Extremely controversial opinion, stop reading now to preserve your sanity: If you can’t afford engineers, you probably aren’t ready to hire engineers. If you can’t develop a product without a VC cash drip and a code monkey goon squad to get shit done for you, you probably aren’t ready to run a company.
- techsin101 2y agoseems like a dismissive attitude... engineer can cost 1M a year easily and that eliminates viability of lot of small ideas. It's no different than internet servers costing thousands and then suddenly innovation makes them cost less by many factors and creating a surge in new startups.
- danjl 2y agoExactly.