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Re:I Don't Want to Be a Founder by kipply on Monday July 20, 2020 @12:43AM (#23894710)
Yah my feelings about running a startup are completely different for bootstrapped/hacked up companies (I think that's the term?)
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Re:I Don't Want to Be a Founder by jaxn on Monday July 20, 2020 @01:13AM (#23894837)
The downsides are still there it takes the same level of commitment, dedication, and obsessive effort to bootstrap.

It has taken me 5 years to bootstrap a niche b2b saas to $1m ARR. It is both awesome and terrible.

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Re:I Don't Want to Be a Founder by imprettycool on Monday July 20, 2020 @01:29AM (#23894904)
It doesn't have to be stressful or full-commitment. I'm cool with $50k ARR.
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Re:I Don't Want to Be a Founder by tonyedgecombe on Monday July 20, 2020 @04:01AM (#23895697)
I'm not even sure revenue is that good of a signal of the work put in. Didn't the Basecamp guys start off on just 10 hours a week inbetween their day job.
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Re:I Don't Want to Be a Founder by dasil003 on Monday July 20, 2020 @09:52AM (#23897816)
By day job do you mean running 37signals the new media design firm at the dawn of the web?

I wouldn’t really isolate the “day job” part here, it was sort of the quintessential dogfood SaaS.

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Re:I Don't Want to Be a Founder by Axsuul on Monday July 20, 2020 @01:54AM (#23895023)
That's an amazing achievement to have reached that milestone!
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