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We are excited to be releasing the first edition of Bootstrappers' Book Club, a resource with the best reads for startup founders and entrepreneurs 📚

Read below to see one of the top recommendations from our community ⬇
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“Nobody ever learnt anything while they were talking. Listening may well be the most underrated quality of all” – Janine Allis

I’m at ⁦TechCrunch⁩ Disrupt and this was on the interior door of the bathroom stall. Is it creepy or clever guerrilla marketing? I’m still undecided.

“Cynics and doubters do not change the world, those who maintain a sense of wonder, also maintain an unshakeable faith in what is possible” – Jonathan Gray

“Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.” - Ryan Freitas

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“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.” Voltaire

'Too many start-up CEOs think success is measured by how much money they raise when it should be measured by how much they delight their customers and generate profits.' Sombit Mishra QMedic

“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs

Learn how too much money drives growth at all costs, and the dire consequences of the circle of growth and thirst for more capital, especially in today's challenging environment.

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Join CEO Melissa Widner & investment director Jamie Moy in NY on 3/31/2023 at the #VentureDebt Conference —a unique opportunity for networking and discussing #nondilutive loan strategies for VC-backed and emerging growth companies.

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“You can accomplish anything in life, provided you don’t mind who gets the credit.” Harry S. Truman

“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.” – Tim O’Reilly

It is day 2 of SaaStr Annual! Are you here too?

Connect with Melissa Widner, Tanner Kovacevich, or Anne Gilbert to learn how to make your non-dilutive funding dreams come true!

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Love this clever marketing tactic ⁦SaaStr⁩ from ⁦Warmly,⁩

One of the joys of bootstrapping - 100% focus on product and customers - instead of scrutinizing every 'how to pitch a VC' article and chasing every venture capital lead.
Will be a time and a place - but all about focus right now.

“If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.” – Jeff Bezos
SO TRUE!

I never bought that WeWork was more than a property management company, & I’m skeptical “community” is a new category in multi-family.

But if consenting adults want to throw $350M at that, I propose we all simply take a deep breath & invest in some SaaS while they’re distracted.

“Who you are surrounded by often determines who you become.” - Vicky Saunders (Founder, SheEO)
 So true!