Justin Jackson justinjackson.ca

The hidden cost of bootstrapping  ↦

Justin Jackson shared some personal insights and lessons learned in this post — and quoted Des Traynor, co-founder of Intercom saying:

A founder is spending 60 months of their best years in their startup (instead of their career). That is a substantial upfront investment; it’s like a seed round, but instead of money, it’s your life.

And the bootstrappers dilemma…

Can I get this to scale, while paying my bills, without burning out? This is why many founders end up raising venture capital.


Discussion

Sign in or Join to comment or subscribe

Player art
  0:00 / 0:00