Every dollar counts, and you quickly learn to focus on paying customers and measuring ROI before chasing vanity metrics.

Living longer is estimated to be a $600 billion business. The longevity industry is projected to hit $8 trillion by 2030. This entrepreneur wants to be a part of that story.

The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of top leaders and experts who pay dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership, and more. BY Nacho De Marco In 2009, ...

That’s partly tongue-in-cheek but mostly serious, given all the news of markets and investors starting to pay attention to whether companies actually make any money–including in the deified domain of ...

Explore the contrasts between bootstrapping and venture capital funding for startups, detailing how each option affects company control, culture, and growth. Bootstrapping preserves control and ...

Not all startups have the luxury of getting investors right off the bat–sometimes it takes bootstrapping a business by funding it out of your own pocket. While this is an honorable way to start a ...

Bootstrapping is an approach where entrepreneurs use their own resources and rely on revenue generated by the business to grow. Bootstrapping is when an entrepreneur starts a company with little ...

Bootstrapping your business feels safe. You’re relying on your own savings, reinvesting profits, and avoiding debt. I get it—I took pride in pinching pennies when I launched Options MD, my health tech ...

One of the earliest and most critical decisions an entrepreneur must make is whether to self-fund a startup by bootstrapping, or raise outside funding through venture capital. The implications of each ...

Bootstrapping, or funding your own company, has long been the first route many founders take when they set out on their entrepreneurial journey. But it’s not a decision that they have any say in.

The boom in venture capital fundraising that the technology startup market has enjoyed since the back half of 2020 has been eye-popping. Record sums have been disbursed around the world as more firms ...