I bootstrapped my first company the whole way and sitting here today wouldn't have changed it. It forced us to be smarter and work harder. We also had more tim

I bootstrapped my first company the whole way and sitting here today wouldn't have changed it. It forced us to be smarter and work harder. We also had more time to figure it all out with little pressure. Now the second time around (Stackify) it is nice to be self funded. But its easy to spend money on things that aren't always necessary. Definitely not optimizing the cash as much. As an angel investor I prefer smaller companies who slowly figure it out and get some traction before raising money. So many people raise money to experiment if it will even work.