Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aytekin Tank is the founder and CEO of Jotform. On the whole, the pandemic was not a good time. But amid those dark days of ...

That’s partly tongue-in-cheek but mostly serious, given all the news of markets and investors starting to pay attention to whether companies actually make any money–including in the deified domain of ...

The boom in venture capital fundraising that the technology startup market has enjoyed since the back half of 2020 has been eye-popping. Record sums have been disbursed around the world as more firms ...

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Bootstrapping your business feels safe. You’re relying on your own savings, reinvesting profits, and avoiding debt. I get it—I took pride in pinching pennies when I launched Options MD, my health tech ...

Explore the contrasts between bootstrapping and venture capital funding for startups, detailing how each option affects company control, culture, and growth. Bootstrapping preserves control and ...

Following a funding cooldown in 2022 and 2023, more founders are bootstrapping their startups. Bootstrapping lets founders keep more control over their companies compared to taking VC money.

Not all startups have the luxury of getting investors right off the bat–sometimes it takes bootstrapping a business by funding it out of your own pocket. While this is an honorable way to start a ...

Bootstrapping is an approach where entrepreneurs use their own resources and rely on revenue generated by the business to grow. Bootstrapping is when an entrepreneur starts a company with little ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Bootstrapping is a term used to describe a scenario where an entrepreneur launches a business with minimal capital and no outside funding ...

I am issuing a challenge. The rules are simple: 1. I will set a pair of boots in front of you. 2. You put on the boots. 3. You win by successfully pulling yourself off the ground by only pulling on ...