Is it better to bootstrap longer or seek funding early to scale marketing faster? I'd love to hear your reasoning for whichever you choose because I'm super conflicted.

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Totally depends on your growth goals. Bootstrapping would give you a lot more control, but funding accelerates traction if your market is time-sensitive.

yeah pretty much this.

i might add that boot strapping gives you flexibility to target smaller markets. a VC funded company needs to plan for a 10x.

i will say that most VC funded companies I see still have an amount invested by the founders. investors wanna see skin in the game (at least in my market). why give you money if you haven’t even put your own in?

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