Both Sides of the Table

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. Now she had an extra $50,000 to start building out her team. She focused on her customer.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Joel doesn’t think he could design software for something in which he doesn’t have expertise. Fundraising: Fog Creek was bootstrapped. If developers get the feedback and can integrate it into the product, it will ultimately be successful. WoW and social gaming addiction. Fog Creek now has 35 people.