Did investors come to you after launching your product on product hunt? Who were they? Funds or angels?
Share how you ranked and how many inquiries you received from investors.
Investors do come in even before the launch of product, it is defined on how we position the product! We are a startup and have VC's lined up for pre-seed funding.
Remember you are the best judge as to know when to take in the investment.
Itās quite intriguing that investors were actively seeking out founders who have bootstrapped their companies. It appears that we may witness some interesting developments between investors and bootstrap startups, likely because investors perceive an opportunity to inject greater ambition.
Investors continue playing a crucial role in the post-Product-Market Fit (PMF) phase of a startupās journey.
My advice to founders is to shift their focus from securing a substantial initial funding round to establishing a profitable enterprise with a streamlined team, aiming to achieve $1M in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) within the next 3 to 5 years. By concentrating on this goal and sidelining the pursuit of fundraising, founders will find that investors begin to proactively approach them with genuine offers. Many of these offers might be turned down as founders discover the satisfaction of steering their own ship.
@dsarkar I would agree that running your own ship is preferable, but there are times that the size and scale of the idea you have can't be done without additional capital.
There probably are a lot of people who mistakenly think they need to raise money to run a company, but also plenty of people who wish they wouldn't have to jump through the hoops of meeting investors and raising money.
no investor or their research analysts wanna waste their time on such platforms, in worst case they would consider visit "acquire.com" not product hunt where product launches everyday in bulk like an Instagram post
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