Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by sneak 2202 days ago
> but, it'll have to be bootstrapped (vc money is just another boss), so the chances for success are extremely low.

IMO having to remain (at least minimally) profitable at every step along the way increases chance of success versus VC-funded models that can lose money for many years, obscuring the fact that one didn’t build a business, but actually built a money pit.

Pursuing ramen profitability is a fun intellectual exercise, and if you don’t live somewhere a 1br is $4000/mo, not very stressful or difficult either. There are tons of things people will pay $5/mo for.