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My eighth year as a bootstrapped founder

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Re: My eighth year as a bootstrapped founder

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Thanks for sharing. Would you mind expanding on a few points? > 2. sell what makes customers feel good buying What did you have in mind? What would make a purchase feel good or bad for a customer? > 3. Never compete, focus on service with a novel niche product. Stupid people by their nature destroy everything around them regardless of long term benefit. I'm not sure how the second sentence connects to the first - cou…

>What did you have in mind? Whether computational efficiency for traditional problems on a bizarre Neuromorphic computing architecture would remain feasible. >What would make a purchase feel good or bad for a customer? An intangible asset heavily associated with brand reputation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_(accounting) The business reasons deal with pricing fluctuations and human behavior. https://www.ted…

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply.

Re: My eighth year as a bootstrapped founder

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Be self-employed and be your own boss! Ooops, now you have multiple bosses (each client).

With the crucial difference that now you have some leeway in firing one/some of your bosses.

Indeed! Also accepting projects/clients you actually want to work with.
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