Why Intuit Mailchimp never raised money? The art of #bootstrapping tactyqal.com/blog/why-mailc… by Partha Chakraborty

Memorizer is a movie and book tracking app that also helps you find inspiration tcrn.ch/49bVNAR via @techcrunch Romain Dillet Kima Ventures #socialapp

These #movies do the best job of accurately capturing #AI’s power and nuance, according to 10 AI experts fortune.com/2023/12/29/bes… #movielist

7 prominent VCs investing in social startups explain where they're placing their bets amid a tough market for consumer apps businessinsider.com/vc-investors-f… via @businessinsider #VC #startup #socialmedia

I grew my business with no outside #funding. #Bootstrappers have an advantage over VC-backed startups—especially now fortune.com/2024/06/21/sta… via Aytekin #startup #bootstrapping

Some audiobook recommendations: The Story of Civilization by Durant Iliad (Penguin Edition) The Road to Serfdom by Hayek American Caesar by Manchester Masters of Doom by Kushner The Wages of Destruction by Tooze The Storm of Steel by Junger The Guns of August by Tuchman The

Legendary venture capitalist Mike Maples has revealed the one thing world-changing #startups have in common. Use it to spot the next winners in the age of exponential tech fortune.com/2024/07/19/leg… by Vivek Wadhwa Mike Maples, Jr #startup #VentureCapital

11 #VC firms #investing in the #creatoreconomy's next phase, as startups like ShopMy and WorkWeek raise millions businessinsider.com/top-vc-firms-f… via @businessinsider

'He doesn't need #VC in his life': How Midjourney's founder built an #AI winner while rejecting #VentureCapital capital by Kate Clark #bootstrapping theinformation.com/articles/he-do…

30 #books that Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates recommend you read businessinsider.com/25-books-jeff-… via @sarahm_jackson #booklist #AI

Swarmbotics founders grew ‘obsessed with #robot swarms’ and now plan to bring them to the battlefield techcrunch.com/2024/08/19/swa… via Aria Alamalhodaei Swarmbotics AI #startup #robotics

17 creator-economy #startups that raised millions this year in areas ranging from #AI to newsletters businessinsider.com/creator-econom… via @businessinsider #creatoreconomy #venturecapital #influencers #vc

.@Slow Ventures is raising $275 million across two new funds: Filings fortune.com/2024/12/18/ven… by Leo Schwartz #VentureCapital #earlystage

How Amazon used Oreos and dog toys to develop an army of #robots to grab what you buy businessinsider.com/amazon-warehou… via @businessinsider #eCommerce #automation #robotics #hackathon

Mike Maples and Jim Breyer on spotting breakthrough #founders fortune.com/2025/03/10/mik… by Allie Garfinkle Mike Maples, Jr Jim Breyer #startup

.@GeckoRobotics CEO: How I bucked the trend of Silicon Valley’s monopoly on frontier tech fortune.com/2025/02/20/gec… by jake loosararian #hardware #startup #robotics #bootstrapping

Roomba creator iRobot was once courted by Amazon for a vacuum revolution. Now, it might go out of business fortune.com/2025/03/13/roo… by Irina Ivanova #hardware #robotics #onetrickpony

.@Rex_Woodbury’s Daybreak Ventures unveils $33 million first fund fortune.com/2025/03/14/rex… by Allie Garfinkle @Daybreak_Fund #earlystage

.Google just fired the first shot of the next battle in the #AI war businessinsider.com/google-openai-… via Alistair Barr

Term Sheet Next: Steven Lee, an SV Angel alum, launches Seven Stars with $40 million VC fund for seed and pre-seed #AI #startups fortune.com/2025/06/11/ter… Steven Lee Seven Stars #seedfunding