How we bootstrapped a $1M ARR email client

Re:How we bootstrapped a $1M ARR email client by ZephyrBlu on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @06:13PM (#26718015)

How is this not bootstrapping? Their other business was 'properly' bootstrapped and then they used the profit from that to start this one.

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Re:How we bootstrapped a $1M ARR email client by purerandomness on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @06:47PM (#26718344)

Then bootstrapping lost all its meaning.

I don't care where the investment came from, a VC, your dad, or someone being their own VC. If we start calling that bootstrapping, we need a new name for 'starting a profitable business with nothing but a 5 bucks VPS'.

It is not '1. Become a VC, 2. Invest in your own company.'

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Re:How we bootstrapped a $1M ARR email client by ZephyrBlu on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:18PM (#26718566)

> starting a profitable business with nothing but a 5 bucks VPS

That is literally what they did with their first company...

This is no different to launching multiple products under the same company.

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Re:How we bootstrapped a $1M ARR email client by paxys on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:23PM (#26718601)

So if Google launches a new product tomorrow would you say it was bootstrapped?

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Re:How we bootstrapped a $1M ARR email client by ZephyrBlu on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:36PM (#26718702)

The question is moot because Google is so far away from the inception of the company.

These guys ran their first company for 1 1/2 years, then went full-time and seemingly focused most of their energy on this new product.

This is basically a pivot or new product. There are lot's of ways to frame this approach which are analogous to 'properly' bootstrapping.

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Re:How we bootstrapped a $1M ARR email client by oatmale on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @07:35PM (#26718692)

Well clearly not since they are a publicly traded company and have received millions in venture capital.

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