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Scaling DevTools

3 BILLION searches per month without VC funding - Jason Bosco from Typesense

May 9, 2024
Jason Bosco, Founder of Typesense, discusses building a successful company without VC funding. Topics include revenue-funding, starting a business without VC funding, bootstrapping projects, impacts of VC funding, and exploring diverse funding paths for founders in the DevTools space.
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  • Building a profitable company without VC funding leads to long-term sustainability and organic growth.
  • Revenue-funded businesses prioritize customer needs and product improvement over rapid growth and investor interests.

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Building a Business Without VC Capital

Jason Bosco shares his journey of building TypeSense without raising VC funding. Despite criticism of lifestyle businesses, TypeSense is profitable and has 3 billion searches per month. Bosco advocates for revenue-funded, profitable, organic growth over the VC path for sustainable business development.

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