How We Just Raised $6M At An $80M Valuation From 100+ Investors Using A Link (Without Pitching)
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How We Just Raised $6M At An $80M Valuation From 100+ Investors Using A Link (Without Pitching)
$20M/year & 100% bootstrapped
In 2019, they were called "IDIOTS" as they were building a product that already existed.
In 2023, their business is better than most VC-backed startups.
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Venture capital is relatively new in the history of financing new businesses, but it has an outsized impact. Venture-backed startups have created trillions of dollars in shareholder value and comprise a large proportion of the stock market. About 10 percent of billion-dollar startups were bootstrapped or self-financed.…
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