As any CEO will know, when you’re bootstrapping a company, the playbook looks very different than it does for a ...

Every dollar counts, and you quickly learn to focus on paying customers and measuring ROI before chasing vanity metrics.

Not all startups have the luxury of getting investors right off the bat–sometimes it takes bootstrapping a business by funding it out of your own pocket. While this is an honorable way to start a ...

Sam Jacobs, founder and CEO of Pavilion, was hounded by VC's but always said no until one made him an offer he didn't want to refuse.

Explore the contrasts between bootstrapping and venture capital funding for startups, detailing how each option affects company control, culture, and growth. Bootstrapping preserves control and ...

You can feel the tension every time you open your inbox. One tab has a half-finished pitch deck, a graveyard of bullet points you’re not sure investors will care about. Another tab has your Stripe ...

Bootstrapping your business feels safe. You’re relying on your own savings, reinvesting profits, and avoiding debt. I get it—I took pride in pinching pennies when I launched Options MD, my health tech ...

That’s partly tongue-in-cheek but mostly serious, given all the news of markets and investors starting to pay attention to whether companies actually make any money–including in the deified domain of ...

Living longer is estimated to be a $600 billion business. The longevity industry is projected to hit $8 trillion by 2030. This entrepreneur wants to be a part of that story.

One of the earliest and most critical decisions an entrepreneur must make is whether to self-fund a startup by bootstrapping, or raise outside funding through venture capital. The implications of each ...

The boom in venture capital fundraising that the technology startup market has enjoyed since the back half of 2020 has been eye-popping. Record sums have been disbursed around the world as more firms ...