Notion definitely do.
What companies offer noteworthy discounts or startup programs for bootstrappers?
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#12HubSpot startup program is weird.
We saw it advertised as 90% off on a startup platform we're part of, applied, and we were told since we're a bootstrapped business and haven't raised any money, we can only get 30% off.
It left a sour taste in my mouth.
If you're bootstrapping a business counting every penny of your own money, you're at disadvantage, but if you raised $2 million, we're happy to save some of your VC money!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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#13Just be aware that some of these freebies might cost you more in the long run. I remember signing up to mongoHQ/Compose.io when we started, because they had a nice 1800USD credit. Later on while using it, they just said emm you got enough out of it, time to charge you 18USD per GB per month, starting today. It was quite painful to migrate down the line, but you could say we deserved it. We went "gotta catch them all"…
Any one of those you didn't regret or that you were happy you got to use it?
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#14Microsoft have for many years: https://startups.microsoft.com/
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#15AWS has exclusive discounts for those in their startup credits program (AWS activate).
Has anyone been able to get more than $25k without being associated with a VC/Incubator?
We're bootstrapped, all-in on AWS and have our $25k expiring soon.
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#16HubSpot startup program is weird. We saw it advertised as 90% off on a startup platform we're part of, applied, and we were told since we're a bootstrapped business and haven't raised any money, we can only get 30% off. It left a sour taste in my mouth. If you're bootstrapping a business counting every penny of your own money, you're at disadvantage, but if you raised $2 million, we're happy to save some of your VC m…
I suppose it makes sense if you consider that the purpose of these programs is to acquire customers that will potentially scale dramatically in size (and usage of the platform) in upcoming years. Bootstrapped businesses may not look to them like the future cash cows they’re seeking. It’s unfortunate.
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#17HubSpot startup program is weird. We saw it advertised as 90% off on a startup platform we're part of, applied, and we were told since we're a bootstrapped business and haven't raised any money, we can only get 30% off. It left a sour taste in my mouth. If you're bootstrapping a business counting every penny of your own money, you're at disadvantage, but if you raised $2 million, we're happy to save some of your VC m…
Same story with AWS. If you got VC money they give you up to $100k in credits, if you're bootstrapped they give you only around $1k
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#18HubSpot startup program is weird. We saw it advertised as 90% off on a startup platform we're part of, applied, and we were told since we're a bootstrapped business and haven't raised any money, we can only get 30% off. It left a sour taste in my mouth. If you're bootstrapping a business counting every penny of your own money, you're at disadvantage, but if you raised $2 million, we're happy to save some of your VC m…
The whole VC startup/tech bubble needs external money to go into the system.
They aren't very interested in taking VC-funded companies money because it will be like taking something out of your right pocket and putting it into the left one - it doesn't do anything to prevent the bubble from popping.
External money (from outside the bubble) however is very important since it's the only thing that will stave off the eventual cascading failure of the industry as all these unsustainable companies (who mostly just pass their VC money back & forth) start falling like dominoes.
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#19HubSpot startup program is weird. We saw it advertised as 90% off on a startup platform we're part of, applied, and we were told since we're a bootstrapped business and haven't raised any money, we can only get 30% off. It left a sour taste in my mouth. If you're bootstrapping a business counting every penny of your own money, you're at disadvantage, but if you raised $2 million, we're happy to save some of your VC m…
The whole VC startup/tech bubble needs external money to go into the system. They aren't very interested in taking VC-funded companies money because it will be like taking something out of your right pocket and putting it into the left one - it doesn't do anything to prevent the bubble from popping. External money (from outside the bubble) however is very important since it's the only thing that will stave off the ev…
Heh, was kinda thinking the same, it's a circle of money.
"Look at our hockeystick! We got customers equivalent to a million MRR!" "Equivalent? How much are they actually paying?" "...nothing, they're all in our VC batch. But hey, we also get service X for free in return!"
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#20If you created your company via Stripe Atlas, you can get 2K USD credit with OpenAI