Actually I'm pretty sure PG hates me (jk). As a female, non-tech biz/dev founder, I don't fit the typical YC mold.
Andrey (my cofounder) is the amazing developer behind the entire product, and before we accepted YC money we bootstrapped the company for 6 months. I'd bootstrapped the company as an LLC for a year before that.
As our rate of growth started to accelerate, and we had more opportunities for revenue-generating deals (phenomenal as a 2 person team) we saw YC as the perfect opportunity to expand more quickly.
Could we do Contagion successfully as a bootstrapped firm? Sure. But we were also in a unique position to go after a larger opportunity.
We analyzed the 37signals approach, weighed the risks, benefits, and resources at hand, and decided to go with YC, a TechCrunch launch, and raising a seed round.
As for those ice cream related pounds, Andrey and I would be happy to help you move them off :).
Actually I'm pretty sure PG hates me (jk). As a female, non-tech biz/dev founder, I don't fit the typical YC mold.
Andrey (my cofounder) is the amazing developer behind the entire product, and before we accepted YC money we bootstrapped the company for 6 months. I'd bootstrapped the company as an LLC for a year before that.
As our rate of growth started to accelerate, and we had more opportunities for revenue-generating deals (phenomenal as a 2 person team) we saw YC as the perfect opportunity to expand more quickly.
Could we do Contagion successfully as a bootstrapped firm? Sure. But we were also in a unique position to go after a larger opportunity.
We analyzed the 37signals approach, weighed the risks, benefits, and resources at hand, and decided to go with YC, a TechCrunch launch, and raising a seed round.
As for those ice cream related pounds, Andrey and I would be happy to help you move them off :).