@dreww

any bootstrapped founders here? 👋🏽 would love to connect and knowledge transfer where possible. little bit about us (/syntax): we’ve been building an evm-specific development shop for the last 2.5 years. here’s some wins/struggles: win: we started with $0. we’ve been profitable 9/10 quarters. struggle: as a founder, i’ve had to defer my salary multiple times. cash flow management is hard. we’ve had clients miss payments or not pay us at all. win: we’ve worked with some very reputable companies such as @storyprotocol, @0xproject, & more. struggle: most companies won’t want to work with you at first. every opportunity won should be used to leverage another opportunity. win: we won our first opportunity using a new cold outreach strategy a few weeks ago. struggle: it took us MONTHS to get this right. a lot of A/B testing and A LOT of rejection. TLDR: - don’t compare yourself to other founders - build on top of wins + learn from the struggles - literally just don’t quit

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