#Bootstrapping

Embarrassing confession that I haven't shared publicly until now.A few years ago, I owed $250,000 in student loans.Mega thread on: - Student Loans- America's debt addiction- Learning to code- Bootstrapping
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Two entrepreneurs turned a $10,000 investment into a $600 million company.The best part?They did it from their parents basement in just 5 years.Time for a thread 1) Peter Rahal,
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0/18A few months ago @stephanlivera recommended this essay to understand deflation Conclusion: Deflation is the only acceptable monetary policy for a free societyNOTES BELOW: https://mises.org/library/deflation-and-liberty-1Deflation and Li
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1/Thread on deck structure!This is a deck structure that I share with a lot of entrepreneurs. Remember, goal of the deck is to get to a conversation. VC’s see >1k
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Two years ago (on my actual birthday) I received this rejection letter from a VC failing to raise money for my startup. Here's how I kept bootstrapping and ended up
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Exactly year ago, we joined @TinySeedFund and grew @ScrapingBee from $3k to $20k MRR while learning a ton!Lately I got asked often what was it really like to be
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As an int'l grad student stuck in lockdown for the holidays I'm still very much in work mode. But I had fun going back thru new papers from this year
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(1/29)#Cardano “We are Going for Number One”Cardano will replace Ethereum.Let me preface the fact that while I truly believe in the interoperability of blockchain and that the “there can only
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EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED BUILDING THREE MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESSES OUT OF MY LIVING ROOMSAccepted startup ideas work well for people with funding, but if you're out here bootstrapping from scratch, you
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The Inner Workings of a Beauty Brand. From bootstrapping a service business to $600,000 per year, leveraging that to build a beauty brand from her living room, and getting that
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Almost every founder I talk to wants to join @ycombinator almost by default, not giving a thought to the implications of what that means on their company and cap table.
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This is a mega thread on the $AMPL protocol. What is $AMPL?:If $BTC is a Store of Value, and $ETH is Digital Oil, then $AMPL is a Decentralized Federal Reserve
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Dave Portnoy is in the public eye on the daily.There is one thing for certain about Dave/#ddtg/El Presidente/and whatever name comes next…. his story is so fascinating.Unapologetically himself and never
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Some say, “This is the best idea for the future of humanity EVER!” Others say “This is colonialism that will destroy the Moon and enslave the poor!” IMO, both sides
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As America celebrates its defeat of an authoritarian in the middle of consolidating power, it is critical to stay vigilant.In my @BylineTimes interview with historian @ruthbenghiat she cautions these so-called
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1/ Welcome to a deep dive thread into our latest @SmartContent777 articleI'll explore the God Protocols and how #Chainlink is the last piece of the puzzle to making it a
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