Two Founders, Honest Talk | Bootstrap vs VC Funding

We discussed why it's so important to correctly assess the technical complexity of a product. Especially for bootstrapped companies. There’s always going to be more edge cases than you’d think initially but your MVP should be simple and not buggy. One of our earlier products didn’t even reach the MVP phase because we underestimated this phenomenon. And we did the same mistake with Welder. Now we have to face this problem again. Too many bugs, drawbacks, and unexpected edge cases. Too little development manpower to fix all of these in a reasonable timeframe. Your customers won’t always follow the green path and your product should not fall apart and disappoint them because of that.

4 Mai 202117min

One post on IndieHackers made us think about when is the right time to take a break from building your business. We discussed our own experience with taking a break after 4 years of building a business. It gave us time to recharge and think about what we learned. It refilled our creativity and energy so we could get back into building.

4 Mai 202116min

Are you struggling with staying focused as a developer? There is a huge challenge for developers to stay focused and maintain productivity in the hectic environment of an early-stage tech company. We discussed how developers can plan their work and in-team communication to be shielded from the constant opportunities and needs of the super small team that is trying to kick-start their company.

4 Mai 202114min

We had a great discussion about overworking when you're still young and only just starting doing what you really enjoy and love.

4 Mai 202112min

Retrospective on why we decided to not take VC funding and what lessons we learned by talking to many investors.

4 Mai 202116min

It's a big one! Who should be on your team? Doesn't matter if you are just having an idea or you are already a scaling startup. You should think in terms of product teams and how to optimize them.

4 Mai 202118min

Chat about our own struggle - building a product that really solves someone's problem. It's not an easy task to come up with (and build) that product if you are not an expert in any field. But it's possible. And there are several ways of doing this.

4 Mai 202113min

Yeah, the question in the video is what front-end framework to use... but the correct question is, should you use FE framework and when? Then you choose the one that suits your project. But as always, start simple, get your product out there ASAP!

4 Mai 202111min