@sabrina_ramonov: Hit follow and tell me: Would you bootstrap or raise? VC expectations sound unreal. At a TechCrunch investor panel, I heard investors say going from $0 to $10M in annual recurring revenue no longer excites them. They were talking about companies racing toward $100M quickly. As a bootstrap founder, I see $10M ARR as an enormous business. A profitable company is possible without following a venture capital growth plan. I also heard investors discuss large companies still trying to maintain product-market fit. A big revenue number doesn't mean the work is finished. Do startups need venture capital? What does $10M ARR mean for a founder? Is bootstrapping to millions possible? #startups #bootstrapping #venturecapital #founders #saas

Robin & Sharan Build a Hotel :

Why do I need a VC after going from 0 to $100M

User10098776 :

If I’m reaching $10M ARR at any point I don’t care about the VC’s. They’re making themselves irrelevant.

Cat in the Hat :

Investors are telling me they won’t get out of bed for under 50 million. So if you need 1 million or ten million to start up your company, they’re not interested.

Elena | Super Angel Investor :

But that’s also a selected amount of investors that’s not all VC

Bazooka Wound :

Banana crunch

Annie Holmes :

That’s my goal. To build and own. I have no desire to exit.

sdk002 :

Jokes on them, at that revenue no one would go to VCs 🤣

George Patience242 :

that's dillusional 🤔...😐...😂😂😂

lizthrash :

everyone i hear doesnt want VCs anymore

Morgan 💻 :

Insane

gg_paco :

As someone who's made it. You'll be surprised how little $1m is after you make it

Andy Pura Vida :

Exponential growth is the new expectation from VCs. Up and to the right at supersonic speed 🚀

Kim Boher :

The hardest time for distribution

Ashley | Startup Baddie :

Yes this is why myself and my cohost launched a series called Founder Confessions! Our most recent episode is covering a founder who just quit her corporate job in May and her and her co founder are going to do $5.5 by the end of the year!

frz. :

True

Ben :

We did $1b/ARR at the last company I worked for after joining in their startup days. Aiming for anything less for what I'm building would be too low - the goal is to dwarf it 🤘

Brian 🇺🇸 :

Yea, 10M is comfortable.

Rattling Bones287 :

still can't really see a path to 10 mil from startup without distribution

Alessandro Alexuk Ar :

And then they complain about the valuation

Rob Richardson :

Yes, they’re out of touch.

Sftechbro :

Marcin AI :

Damn

Rina :

Bootstrap all the way

Business Exit by Design :

anthropic announced its operating at an $80billion loss, all the major AI companies are operating at massive losses. the best thing is to bootstrap then you don't get caught up in the massive web of debt all these companies operate at

wilymakes :

I wont to make money with ai