Kind of surprised myself by how much I enjoyed this. It's refreshing to see Guy writing in his old style (the way he wrote for his personal blog around 2006). Great storytelling to demonstrate the point: that bootstrapping's the word for serious entrepreneurs.
The best piece of advice comes in the form of VC money for expansion, not creation... it's easy to look at VC as the key to all your grandiose plans, but that's almost never the way things play out. Better to take some or no money, grind away, and only take the funding exactly when (or just before) it's absolutely essential for your survival.
The best piece of advice comes in the form of VC money for expansion, not creation... it's easy to look at VC as the key to all your grandiose plans, but that's almost never the way things play out. Better to take some or no money, grind away, and only take the funding exactly when (or just before) it's absolutely essential for your survival.