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Myth: You always need capital to grow fast 🚫 Fact: You can grow fast with good customers ✅ We keep hearing that you need good capital to grow fast but at EPYC we’ve bootstrapped our company and grown it to a 20+ member team. I believe the approach is relatively straightforward: ✅ Under Commit, Over Deliver ✅ Provide great value to receive great value in return. Since we’ve started EPYC our fundamentals have been sorted and stable. No matter what the circumstances around us were. Here are some facts about us: → Started in January 2020 → COVID-19 hit in March 2020 → Prateek joined as CTO → Grew our team from 4 to 20 members in 3 years → Bootstrapped SaaS community development startup → Introduced 10K + people in the world of No-Code/Low-code → Completed and shipped 70+ projects → SaaS company didn’t grow as expected (invested 150K USD, ARR: 100K USD) → Founder Conflict and one founder moved on → Worked with Largest world’s largest VC firm and Web3 Company If I say that this is all that we’ve done in 3 years, it’ll be an understatement. I can’t cover everything that we’ve been through but I can try to convey as much as I can. Starting a business and making it grow is hard. But if you: ✅ Are flexible to work ✅ Keep providing value ✅ Give 110% to your projects ✅ Underpromise and overdeliver ✅ Find a niche in which you can operate You will end up growing eventually. Yes, even without capital. Let me know if you have any questions! I’d love to answer them in the comments below. 😄

🏡 "The Three Little Pigs: A Tale of Software Development 🐷🏗️" Just read The Three Piggies to my son, and couldn't help but think - that story got it all wrong! 📚😄 The pig who survived wasn't just lucky; he was a master at over-engineering his homes! 🚀 Starting with straw, progressing to wood, and finally building with bricks - that's the path to success! 🧱💡 He should have froze to death, or got wet, or not able to store any goods for such a long time, that he would have perished! Similarly, to bring it to Product Development, starting with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). It's like the pig starting with straw, a simple yet functional solution, gives you protection quickly. Learn, iterate, then upgrade to wood - adding more features, and refining the product - now it's also stable, and probably protects you better. And when you've got a solid foundation, build with bricks - your fully-featured, robust solution! So, embrace your inner pig and build your startup story with strategic progression. Remember, it's not about being lucky; it's about being smart and resilient. 🐷💻 What's your take on the Three Piggies in the startup world? Share your thoughts! 🤔🚀 #StartupJourney #MVP #ThreePiggiesTale

Is my co-founder giving off a weird vibe? Should I consider cutting ties?   #CoFounderDilemma #StartupEquity #RedFlags #TechStartup Hey everyone! 👋 So, I recently connected with a co-founder for a cool app idea through the YC co-founder match, and things seemed promising at first. However, I'm starting to get an off vibe from him and I'm not sure what to do. Here's the situation in a nutshell: - Co-founder wants to talk about equity later, after I've built and deploye... Source: https://lnkd.in/gsjzAeKM #mymetric360

In 2022, I completely fumbled the transition of the business I was acquiring, and I nearly lost all my existing customers. However, they surprised me with their kindness. I let them know the service would be down for a bit, and here are a few of their responses: One power-user said, "I appreciate all you’re doing! The new updates sound perfect for us. I will let the team know it might take a little while longer—good luck with everything!" One user said simply, "I totally understand the situation and will definitely continue using the app. I look forward to hearing from you when the issue is resolved." This was my first experience buying an existing business. Like in my two failed startups before, when issues arise, it can be lonely and stressful. Receiving a bit of grace and support from customers who would be totally justified in jumping ship goes a long way. A lot has happened since then, including relaunching the app and growing the business 4x—if you're interested in learning more about that, be sure to follow along!

Having an idea is one thing. Turning it into a reality is quite another and needs motivation, money, and more than a bit of magic…! Luckily for us, dayze teamed up with two developer wizards, Andy Macdonald 🚀 and Alistair Hey co-founders of The StackWizards. As parents, we know the problem we want to solve inside out. Unlike other people and developers we spoke to, The StackWizards listened and created something to solve that pain point, not just an off-the-shelf solution. They guided us through every step of the process and underlined the importance of testing and continual iteration vs. gold-plating. What could have been a stressful process was a collaborative and enjoyable one, and the joy we all felt when the app went live was one we'll never forget! Today, we have a tech solution 100% created for parents and a developer team as invested and passionate as we are about shaking up Parent Tech. This is just the beginning, but at least we had the best possible start to our journey, thanks to Andy and Alistair. #parenttech #femalefounders #mentalload #familytech #techstartup

Is my co-founder giving off a weird vibe? Should I consider cutting ties?   #CoFounderDilemma #StartupEquity #RedFlags #TechStartup Hey everyone! 👋 So, I recently connected with a co-founder for a cool app idea through the YC co-founder match, and things seemed promising at first. However, I'm starting to get an off vibe from him and I'm not sure what to do. Here's the situation in a nutshell: - Co-founder wants to talk about equity later, after I've built and deploye... Source: https://lnkd.in/gkpekN_R #mymetric360

Ever wondered how founders go from idea to application? Follow along with this series the LKL team has just started on what to expect 🚀

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Is my co-founder giving off a weird vibe? Should I consider cutting ties?   #CoFounderDilemma #StartupEquity #RedFlags #TechStartup Hey everyone! 👋 So, I recently connected with a co-founder for a cool app idea through the YC co-founder match, and things seemed promising at first. However, I'm starting to get an off vibe from him and I'm not sure what to do. Here's the situation in a nutshell: - Co-founder wants to talk about equity later, after I've built and deploye... Source: https://lnkd.in/gZztZq2y #mymetric360

The 24' Start-Up Founders Playbook for Building an MVP: - Build a strong business case - Raise a friends and family round - Sell the idea on paper to your ICP's and get LOI's - Build a community (discord works great) 👆 Take the above and... - Get accepted into a tech venture studio - Get your product built and invested in at the same time - Get the MVP in front of your community - Get your ICPs to use the MVP 👆 Use this traction and ... - Generate real customer and community feedback - Raise a seed round (should be a lot easier with traction) - Build your roadmap further - Continue scaling your product and offerings Several more topics could be squeezed above, what would you add? -------------------------------------- ***At Hyper Lychee Labs we run a Tech Venture Studio, where we build and invest in founders building great products. If you know any founders who could benefit from this, please tag them here :)