Examples of Bootstrapping Startups

In earlier years, fitness gurus would market their programs for getting in shape on VHS tapes and, later, DVDs. These days, it’s an app business. A... (2018)

Indie Hackers, 2017: "Every story that starts with “How I bootstrapped…”, is a happy story. Nobody ever bootstrapped a product to profitability an... (2017)

Indie Hackers, 2017: "Everyone wants to code, but not everyone knows how. Read how two co-founders built and grew a solution to this problem which... (2017)

Check out the lessons we learned during our bootstrapping journey, and how we turned our startup into a 7-figure business. Nothing is impossible! ... (2017)

Hi - my name is Alanna Banks and I’m the owner of Fridays Off Fabric Shop. Fridays Off is an online fabric store based in Toronto, Canada that supp... (2018)

There’s a widespread belief among founders that venture capital is a precursor to success. It is true that VC is a common denominator of the most s... (2018)

Wondering how to make a Slack bot that makes revenue? Check out this step-by-step tutorial. It's a case study of how we built a profitable business... (2018)

Our Bootstrapped, Profitable and Proud series profiles companies that have over one million dollars in revenues, didn't take VC, and are profitable. (2018)

1Password has been around for 14 years, and the founders grew the company the old-fashioned way — without a dime of venture capital. But when it de... (2019)

How to Start a Startup Published on Oct 14, 2014 Kevin Hale, Founder of Wufoo and Partner at Y Combinator, explains how to build products that ... (2018)

Zoho may be one of the most underrated tech companies. The 23-year-old company, which at this point offers more than 45 products, has never taken o... (2019)

Sarah Hum (@SarahHum) got a job working at a big tech company, in part because she wanted to learn how create a startup of her own. But it didn't t... (2019)

Hi, it’s Takuya. I’m building a Markdown note-taking app called Inkdrop, which is enough profitable now. It has more than 1,300 paid users and keep... (2019)

Ketan Anjaria's (@kidbombay) path to success was paved with hardship. He was flying high in the 90s dot-com boom, until he lost his job in the cras... (2019)

How to Build a Life You Love by Quitting Everything Else with Lynne Tye of Key Values After spending years pursuing a career in science, Lynne T... (2019)

When I was a Stanford undergraduate in 2012, everyone seemed to be building apps. The sexiest tech startups—Snap, Uber, Facebook—were… (2019)

20VC: CB Insights' Anand Sanwal on The Most Dangerous Myth Some Investors Have Promoted, Why Most B2B Content Is Crap and How To Make It Successful... (2018)

Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia finds a way to thrive outside Silicon Valley's cult of big riches. "... Lavingia realizes that other entrepreneur... (2020)

Zapier isn’t a household name outside Silicon Valley, but the world’s top venture capitalists have long been trying to own a piece of the booming e... (2021)