VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

The social media giants are racing to introduce their own social audio experiences. Founded in 2013 and originally from Seoul, Korea, Spoon claims to have over 20 million downloads and raised a total of $60M, most recently $40M series B in Dec 2019. 31 employees according to Linkedin, but seems to be bootstrapped. Bootstrapped.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

Cash flow is a matter of life or death when bootstrapped and pre-funding. Let’s say you provide creative services to paid media specialists. For example, in 2019, Buffer partnered with social media agency The Social Chain to produce a “ State of Social ” report. Start by identifying who these brands are.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

JuiceBox Hero team members Ada Ryland, Laurie Felker Jones, Andrea Troncoso, Youssef Chaker & Laurie’s son Dean, an inspiration for the venture (not pictured: Breck Baig, Caroline Garry) After two wonderful years, JuiceBox Hero is discontinuing service as of June 28, 2019. Bootstrapping is AMAZING! So what happened? Some things.

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