Sharing real feedback from top VCs that I've received over the past 2 years of bootstrapping Saasify.
<aside> ⚠️ Don't worry, this is NOT a sales pitch for my startup. Actually, it's kind of the opposite.
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For many aspiring founders, the prospect of pitching VCs is both exciting and also completely foreign.
How do they think?
At what point should I be reaching out?
How many investors should I be speaking with?
What should I be on the lookout for?
...
And while bootstrapping my startup over the past two years, I've had the unique privilege of meeting with dozens of top-tier VCs.
And I ended up getting rejected from all of them.
And my company ended up getting rejected from all of them.
<aside> 👆 This is a really important distinction to keep in mind. YOU are not getting rejected — it's some combination of your company / market / business plan and the VC's own interests / timing / strategy.
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So as a true believer in open source and building in public, I decided to shed some light on this archaic process by sharing some real feedback that I received from real VCs on my very real startup.
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<aside> <img src="https://docs.saasify.sh/_media/logo512w.png" alt="https://docs.saasify.sh/_media/logo512w.png" width="40px" /> This is the startup we'll be talking about. If you want, you can check it out here.
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Problem: It's really difficult for developers to monetize their side projects
