A CEO’s guide to building a (profitable) bootstrapped Startup | Anisa Mirza | PlatziConf

Anisa Mirza is CEO/Cofounder at Giveffect, the #1 Nonprofit Software. At PlatziConf Bogotá 2019 she shared her method to build and grow a successful company without relying only on fund-raising.

If you overcome the fear of getting punched in the face every time someone says no to your product or service, then you will be able to do non-stop sales until you are profitable, growing and without investor control.

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[visalinikumaraswamy]

An exceptional and phenomenal presentation on bootstrapping! Mandatory for every startup founder on the planet..!

[chrisharrisglobal]

Doing y combinator is not bootstrapping and is outside funding I don’t understand the whole premise of this entire lecture

[enkindel]

These are mostly Product Management knowledge but it comes back to her first and most important point which is to assemble a well-rounded team. If you are just a team of developers, get a very competent Product Manager. Don't bother with loud and always-on-Red-Bull junior POs/PMs. Not every 21 year-old Zuckerberg-wannabe out there is worth your time and effort. Anisa is obviously an exception, a rarity rather than a common occurrence.

[ollie]

Do you know what’s 10-1000x more expensive than hiring an employee? A co-founder. If you can push through it alone, you have a huge amount of additional leverage a year or two down the line. It comes down to a personal choice.

[ecommerceuk]

Very rational and smart. The subject matter aligns with the title.

[Nedwin]

She's amazing and smart. Thanks for sharing it!!

[MA-channel]

Wow! This seems good! The best educational material on bootstrap startups after Rob Walling book "Start small Stay small" and after same his interview to Loius Grenier in 2018 and another one off his podcast, out on 2015 called "Steady step approach to bootstrap". But this one in addition has form of great entertaining video!

[MrWAZZUPJoey]

I love how there was silence after the first joke :D

[langcom]

The best ending I could have expected for. What I was needing to take the next step. Thanks.}

[hameddadgour]

Great presentation. Thank you for sharing!

[swish]

Looking to build an electronic lab book for scientist, i really needed to hear that. Awesome talk, awesome personality. Will maybe even sign up for you product for a non profit working in Nepal.

[drB]

But if u went to YCombinator, is it still bootstrapping?

[brandonemmanuel]

Bro, I didn’t know there was a Platzi Conf.

[eskiesirius]

Thanks for this! Too bad you didn't explained why Freemium is your enemy..

[fatemeazizi]

From the very beginning, business owners face the challenge of financing their business. At this point, there are two options. Start-up financing strategy and so-called Bootstrapping or investment. Each of these options has its advantages and disadvantages. But which one is right for you? Bootstrapping or Fundraising?
By asking these questions and trying to get the right answers, Ratiba Group helps correct business performance. In this way, the skills and experience of the experts will help the managers and entrepreneurs of the collection to make better choices for the company’s capital financing strategy. As we said, choosing the method of financing is ultimately a decision that the entrepreneur and the founder of the company must make. However, this choice is made according to the conditions and goals of the company, which requires data analysis, evaluation and expert opinion.

[JohnRocaCantadora]

Es el 'mind-setting' del protagonista del 'Squid Game'; inventar cualquier clase de 'avivada' para evitar admitir que el mundo puede prescindir completamente de lo que le intentas vender.

[ramsescoraspe]

(bootstrapped != YC Combinator)!!! wtf??

[AstorSkywalker]

Never start a presentation with "I'm gonna apologize in advance..."

[mikejos]

I felt she was yelling at the crowd..imagine someone speaking in Spanish in full volume in Newyork

[thinnspeaker]

Is it me or this girl is very attractive