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Bootstrapping to VC Funding: When is the right time to take the leap?
March 31, 2025·30 min·3 clips
Kylie Troy-West urges women entrepreneurs to back themselves, take risks, and ride the current wave of appetite for female founders to succeed.
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A practical look at the point where bootstrap momentum gives way to funded growth.
The discussion keeps its focus on the practical side of bootstrapping into VC-backed growth: hiring, ambition, culture, and the point where self-funding stops being enough.
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You want the clearest signal for when bootstrapping stops being enough.
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