Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

Bootstrapping vs VC, debt vs equity, profitability vs hyper-growth, sustainability vs substantial exits, the list goes on. While bootstrapping founders can take a much more calm approach to running a business, it can also be accompanied by slower growth and a long, slow ramp to reach where you want to be.

Finance 111

Finance Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods 111

Brian Balfour

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

I recently spoke with Andy as part of a 1 hour interview covering: How he brought a web-first product to mobile Activity notifications, rich push, and other techniques for driving mobile growth and retention Andy’s “Mobile Growth Stack” for 2017 You can watch the full interview here, and check out the truncated text version below.

Mobile 62

Mobile Retention Benchmarks Underperforming Technical Team 62

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 25, 2018

That’s what this talk (now essay) is about: people. In both cases, when you hit traction, the decisions about what you add and where are the most important ones you’ll make. The problem you see here is one of “inter-dependence” vs “independence”. Patrick Collison wrote a great piece about this in the High Growth Handbook.

Scaling 152

Scaling Startup Headcount Engineering 152