And all this while having a peaceful & low-stress day-to-day.

I get to wake up each day, be grateful for everything, and have the optionality of time to do my life's work at whatever pace I so desire, with an infinite runway ahead of me.

Indescribable feeling 😌 🙏

And finally, and most importantly -

8) We have de-risked the company's very existence by choosing NOT to participate in the binary-outcomes-driven VC playbook where you're either a unicorn & wildly successful, or you die trying & get sold for parts.

And all this while...

5) We save the time & effort needed to keep board members happy enough to be interested in investing in the next round

6) We can choose to be profitable and/or we can choose to re-invest in whatever capacity, back into the business

7) No compensation committees

And finally...

3) We get to solely prioritize what users are telling us & what we think is useful, instead of chasing the next fad to try & look "investible" for the next round

4) We get to focus on selling our core product, instead of selling company stock

5) We save...

Capital that comes from revenue feels way, way different (and better) than capital that comes from investors.

1) The company still belongs to us

2) There's no baggage of investor expectations of how fast we should grow

3) We get to ...

... was absolutely important for us to build, hire, scale and compete.

Except now, we did all of that and more, without raising a single VC dollar, as a 100% bootstrapped, revenue-funded & profitable company, just with revenue from selling our product.

And let me tell you...