Bootstrapping V. Venture Capital. This is an ongoing discussion in the SaaS startup community for the last decade . The question is less about the how, and more often about the why and when. MicroConf has always advocated for self-funding and customer centered entrepreneurship, while venture capital can be a chase for profit.
We're chatting this week with Hana Mohan, founder of MagicBell.io (https://magicbell.io) about her experience bootstrapping her last company (SupportBee) to $45K MRR and deciding to accept YC funding in 2021 after her exit.
Hana is the co-founder & CEO of MagicBell. She is a proud transgender woman who is passionate about empowering women & other minorities. She lives in Barcelona with her two cats.
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http://microconfonair.comA new segment of MicroConf On Air, we're going to host founders who have joined the MicroConf Connect community to share their stories, their successes and failures, and more. Shownotes: Today, we are featuring Anthony Eden, Founder of DNSimple.Anthony Eden is the founder of DNSimple, a 25-year software developer, and a seasoned international speaker. In addition to bootstrapping DNSimple, Anthony has been an early-stage member of numerous small businesses and startups since the late 90s. Anthony has a large portfolio of open source projects that he either created or contributed to, using multiple languages including Java, Python, Ruby, Clojure, Go, Erlang and Elixir. Anthony has spoken at conferences in both the US and Europe on topics such as software development techniques, best practices for systems design, and how to build a sustainable business. When he's not working you can find him surfing, snowboarding, playing board games, and traveling. Anthony currently lives near Melbourne, Florida.https://microconf.comMicroConf Connect ➡️ http://microconfconnect.comTwitter ➡️ https://twitter.com/MicroConfE-mail ➡️ [email protected] 2020 Headline PartnersStripehttps://stripe.comTwitter ➡️ https://twitter.com/StripeBasecamphttps://basecamp.comTwitter ➡️ https://twitter.com/Basecamp ...
The Updated Survival Guide for Bootstrapping SaaS A few years ago, Omar Zenhom shared the story of how it went from being broke with fewer than 300 people on his email list to having 14,000 paying customers and 1 million attendees for WebinarNinja in 5 years. We recently caught up with him to hear what he's been up to with WebinarNinja since then. In this podcast, you'll hear about the following: Setting goals and managing growth projections (6:11) How WebinarNinja fared in the spring of summer of 2020 (6:57) The specific adjustments he made to the company structure when the pandemic first started back in 2020 (13:40) How his team structure has evolved since 2019 (26:55) Where he sees the webinar landscape heading in ...
https://microconf.com MicroConf 2013 Starting a business is hard enough. The last thing you need to do is set up a foundation that works against you. A better approach is to take stock of your natural advantages, disadvantages, goals and needs, and "back in" to what that has to mean about your business model, pricing, market, product, approach, advertising, etc... Check Out Jason’s MicroConf Speakers Page for More Talks ➡️ https://microconf.com/speakers/jason-... ...
