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> How do you bootstrap a company that requires significant R&D before an MVP can be shipped? First you bootstrap something less ambitious. Then you can use tha
by gizmo 12y ago
> How do you bootstrap a company that requires significant R&D before an MVP can be shipped?
First you bootstrap something less ambitious. Then you can use that money to start more R&D heavy companies.
- strlen 12y agoThat circles back to the same problem, then, doesn't it? One would is now essentially looking for less ambitious, bootstrap-able ideas, as opposed to doing interesting things and seeing what comes out -- whether or not it's bootstrap-able or not. Of course many natural-going ideas are also amenable to being bootstrapped (software development tools/services would probably be a good example), but key here is ideas that naturally arise from your area of expertise.