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Why be a cockroach when you can be a bootstrapper?
by
Chris
https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/article/unicorns-are-pass-cockroaches-are-the-new-favourites-of-venture-capitalists/articleshow/95734214.cms
Cockroach: A startup that has either squirrelled away enough VC money to withstand a downturn or has just enough revenue to survive a downturn and take additional funding. Previously focused on valuation (and sometimes turnover), now pivoting to cashflow and profitability.
Bootstrapper: Focused on value delivery and profitability from day one (well, if it's even a money making venture in the first place, I appreciate some of us are building this just for the love of it).
Nice summary! Better than just links.
A cockroach is a squirrel or has income. cool.
If we can come up with an animal name for "has income", for example, ant, (because ants work) then we can have a cooler way to English:
A cockroach is a squirrel or an ant.