Unconventional lessons bootstrapping to a $160M exit in less than 4 years

Unconventional lessons bootstrapping to a $160M exit in less than 4 years(ankitgoyal.substack.com)

3 points by ankit77 179 days ago | 3 comments

irisman 179 days ago |

Good points except for the last one about keeping shut. Being tight lipped and paranoid is not how winners operate. Share your success and lessons. Be open.

ankit77 179 days ago | |

Thank you- great feedback! I've found that being quiet about your successes gives you a longer runway to build a moat that makes it more difficult to compete with you

irisman 179 days ago | | |

My belief in startups is that the only IP is execution. Ideas are cheap.

When running a business you are making hundreds of decisions a month (maybe thousands). Unless they know and can make the same ones roughly, they can't replicate your success.

Do you have an example of how not being quiet hurt your/someone else's moat?