Free Guide: Introducing the Bootstrapper's Guide to Outside Funding

A Guide to the 5 Most Popular Outside Funding Options for Bootstrappers ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
TL; DR: We just published the Bootstrapper's Guide to Outside Funding, in partnership with the folks at Angel Investing School, WeFunder, TinySeed and Pipe

Want to read up on our guide to outside funding?  Click here to check it out. 

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According to the 2022 State of Independent SaaS Report, 30% of bootstrapped SaaS founders said they are actively considering raising outside funding.  

That got us thinking about what types of funding bootstrappers were looking to raise and if there was a way to raise funds that allow founders to continue building their business and not building pitch decks. 

Our survey pointed to 5 different types of funding that founders seemed most interested in: 
  • Friends + Family and Angel Rounds
  • Startup Accelerators
  • Regulated Crowdfunding
  • Recurring Revenue Financing
  • Venture Capital
We've taken everything we know about building a bootstrapped business, how to think of your capital stack as a tool for growth, and how cash infusions from each funding method can impact your business's long-term goals and put together this free guide, along with videos to explain each stage, to give you everything you need to know as you start considering outside funding options. 

If you're in the 30% of founders thinking about raising a round, this guide takes you step-by-step through each funding option and when it might be most appropriate. 

If you are a diehard bootstrapper who never plans to take on outside funding, this guide can give you insights into what your competitors might be seeing as they consider raising a round. 

Click here to get the free guide.

At MicroConf, we've always championed the idea that you could build a healthy, sustainable business without outside capital - and that is still true to this day.  

This guide is meant to give you the background on some founder-friending funding options (and one not-so-founder-friendly option), but it is by no means instructive for how you should think about funding.  

If you want to keep bootstrapping - do it!  We'll be here to help you along the way. 
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