💲 Bootstrap your growth or raise to scale?
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At some point, almost every founder faces the same question.
Keep growing with your own revenue...
or raise capital and move faster.
Bootstrapping gives you:
• full control
• sustainable growth
• freedom to build on your terms
Funding can give you:
• speed
• bigger opportunities
• the ability to build a stronger team sooner
Neither path is easy.
Neither guarantees success.
What path are you choosing, and why?
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Glisio
I’d choose funding. Having the right investors behind you can help you move faster, build a stronger team, and take advantage of opportunities you might not be able to pursue on your own. Of course, funding isn’t a guarantee of success, but when it’s used well, I think it can make a big difference.
RunEvr
@ecekc Having the right investors can definitely accelerate things when there's a good fit.
Are you building something right now?
Glisio
@adana Yes, we’re currently building glisio. It’s a fast, streamlined desktop screen recording application, currently available for macOS. Our main goal is to make high-quality screen capturing as smooth and effortless as possible.
You can check it out here: https://glisio.com/
How about you? Are you working on anything exciting right now?
RunEvr
@ecekc Wow! I really liked what I saw on your website. I'll definitely give it a try - high-quality screen recording is something that's needed. Are you going to launch it here on PH?
We've recently launched one of our products, RunEvr. Right now we're focused on improving it, gathering user feedback, and continuously moving it forward.
Bootstrapping, mostly because I tried paid acquisition early and the ROI just wasn't there yet, not enough signal on what actually converts to justify spending on top of it. Went organic instead, forums like this one, communities where actual users hang out. Slower, but at least every user came from something that demonstrably worked, not a budget that happened to be available.
RunEvr
@raffay_sajjad At the early stage, organic growth gives you much more than users - feedback, conversations, and a better understanding of who actually needs your product.
Paid acquisition makes much more sense once you already know what converts.
What are you building, and what the stage are you now?