Not every entrepreneur has access to big funding, celebrity connections, or viral traction—and that’s not a disadvantage. This session is a celebration of bootstrapped brilliance: building a business with creativity, grit, and a limited budget.
We’ll explore how constraints force clarity, spark innovation, and build resilience. Learn from founders who turned side hustles into full-time ventures, built profitable companies from a garage, and grew through cash flow instead of capital injections.
Topics include lean product testing, creative customer acquisition, prioritizing profit over vanity metrics, and how to make smart choices when money is tight. You’ll also hear honest reflections on the emotional highs and lows of bootstrapping—and why many founders wouldn’t do it any other way.
This is a talk for makers, doers, and underdogs who know that starting small doesn’t mean thinking small.