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EpicEng
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Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staf...
Once you take money you have investors. Investors want a return on their money... so now you're a VC backed company.
taneq
on June 8, 2019
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Bootstrapped is orthogonal to taking money though.
EpicEng
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No it's not
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping
fjsolwmv
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What does bootstrapped mean? I thought it meant self-funded
taneq
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I thought it meant "got from concept to ramen profitability" but I could be misusing the term so please let me know if I am. :)
TeMPOraL
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It means "got from concept to ramen profitability
on your own money
" :).
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