Should Your Startup Bootstrap or Raise Venture Capital?
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Within the world of startups, you'll find lots of discourse online about the experiences of founders bootstrapping their startup versus the founders who have raised venture capital to fund their company. Is one better than the other? Truth is, it may not be so black and white. Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the virtues and struggles of both paths. Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/DandM-jobs Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:31 - Lopsided Issue 00:51 - Most Businesses 01:19 - It's Not Shark Tank 01:49 - VC is the Outlier 03:31 - Fake Argument 04:04 - A Bad Plan 04:26 - Many Paths 05:14 - Trillionaires 06:25 - Bootstrap Winners 07:46 - Stirring the Pot 08:37 - Why Seek VC? 10:06 - It's Not Personal 11:00 - What About ____ ? 12:36 - A Simple Game 13:40 - Outro
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