“4 weeks ago, prior to listening to Oliver Cookson’s podcast ‘Episode: My advice if you’re looking to take investment’, I had my pitch deck ready to start targeting investors (Oliver was one of the targets!).
From the advice and subsequent listening to the back catalogue of podcasts, my pitch deck has been abandoned and a bootstrapped product launched to market.
Oliver talks about the speed you can move when bootstrapped, which I have found so true. On reflection, raising funds would have slowed down the project considerably, would have burnt cash and potentially the investment contract could have handcuffed me from pivoting. My product has evolved something quite unrecognisable from the original pitch deck by building bootstrapped based on real market feedback and Oliver’s top advice.”
Jonathan Gallanders via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/27/20