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Wait there's 17 megawatts of solar on this thing? Would love to hear more about how this integrated into the facility. That is an immense PV array.

100%- what an abomination it is moving beyond one machine. Moving to the hosted Enterprise version was a complete nightmare. Finally pulled the plug and went with Xero and a series…

I feel pretty strongly that managerial accounting is a MUST have skill if you're running a business. Part-time book keeping is not very expensive and if you sit down routinely and …

"The stock market doesn’t reward big acquisitions in these categories as they often do with Silicon Valley giants, and they’re expected to justify these purchases, at least partial…

Fellow self-funded biz here, definitely agree with this. Go with a small local/regional bank. Start small and grow with the LOC. Depending on how involved the loan officer group is…

For decades Dr. Bose held an aggressive "not invented here" bias, which they are now finally moving on from. It's great to see Bose becoming active in the startup scene in Boston, …

This is so refreshing to see on HN. People looked at me like I was out of my mind in the ancient days of 2011 when I told people I was working on a hardware startup. I would only t…

Aside from a salesperson, I wonder if Patio11 has considered a dedicated content marketing person to build on that SEO and maintain some level of growth for both businesses? I get …

Pulse: Understanding the Vital Signs of Your Business This is a great book for anyone running a bootstrapped business. It is based on the Corelytics software product, which is a fi…

Have you ever manufactured anything? A shitload of technology, engineering, and creative financing at huge risk is required. I'm not going to debate the semantics of what defines a…

--If you want to scratch your head, I won’t stop you. At a time when capital is easy to come by for buzzy startups and valuations are frothy, some will view this news as another si…

Pretty amazing. Are the founders/management team working towards what might be considered a high rate of growth or an incremental one? In other words, is the staff level, revenue, …

As a HW entrepreneur starting to move into software-enabled devices, his comments about the opposing forces of rapid iterating software teams and slower more conservative release h…

> “We issue cash bonuses at the end of a good period, whether it’s a month, quarter, or year. It actually ends up being a better outcome for most employees." With all the obsession…

This kind of seething diatribe is what's wrong with HN.

>make an exit or die trying. Or grow a sustainable business from something small to something huge that produces a lot of cash along the way while your enterprise value increases a…

--startups do not fall into the category of traditional businesses with strong P&Ls and great balance sheets-- So as a bootstrapper are you still taking this approach past year 3 o…

Sounds like you've had some negative experiences with your bank. I would beware of "specialized finance firms" that have "sprung up overnight". Typically their lines are very limit…

I think one of the distinctions is that for bootstrapping you can start with something (very) small and end with something big over a long period of time. Whereas when you take on …

I run a bootstrapped manufacturing business that sells through a large network of resellers- I'd say I'm squarely in your target market :-) I have looked a lot at this space and th…

I think it also illustrates that going into business with your family can ruin not only your business but your family relationships as well. Obviously Market Basket is an outlier c…

As a bootstrapped startup I was a bit skeptical of their pricetag but once I dedicated a full time person to train and exclusively work on it I've been incredibly impressed. Huge R…

Agreed- it's also driving a lot of new construction housing in the South End- cranes all over downtown it seems

Seems like they're leveraging the buzzword "full stack" to build an email list for a product that doesn't exist.