Comment on What went wrong at TechstarsparentComments−TaylorAlexander2yI didn’t say no route to get investor money back - but some things require a large capital investment to get started. Are you suggesting everything worth doing can be bootstrapped?−quickthrower22yThe fusion example is extreme. That sort of thing needs government funding.But say you want to make a new gadget, yeah you would find it hard to bootstrap unless you are already a multimillion dollar company.−spacecadet2yEven gadgets can be bootstrapped, I have several toys I could productize tomorrow that cost me very little to prototype.−TaylorAlexander2ySure I’m bootstrapping a small toy now. But to suggest that every single business idea worth building right now can be bootstrapped - I don’t see it.−pyb2yWhy not ? Boostrapping + Kickstarter for instance is a well trodden path at this point.−quickthrower22yI didn’t consider kickstarter. Good point.
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I didn’t say no route to get investor money back - but some things require a large capital investment to get started. Are you suggesting everything worth doing can be bootstrapped?
The fusion example is extreme. That sort of thing needs government funding.
But say you want to make a new gadget, yeah you would find it hard to bootstrap unless you are already a multimillion dollar company.
Even gadgets can be bootstrapped, I have several toys I could productize tomorrow that cost me very little to prototype.
Sure I’m bootstrapping a small toy now. But to suggest that every single business idea worth building right now can be bootstrapped - I don’t see it.
Why not ? Boostrapping + Kickstarter for instance is a well trodden path at this point.
I didn’t consider kickstarter. Good point.