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How Tibo Louis-Lucas Bootstrapped to a $10 Million Exit
This is how Tibo Louis-Lucas built a new startup every month... until one took off and turned into a $10 million exit.
📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → https://deck-database.carrd.co
Follow Tibo's journey:
🐦 X → x.com/tibo_maker
🚀 Website → tmaker.io
Follow us:
🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@foundingjourney?sub_confirmation=1
📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com
📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com
💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/michael-houck
In this conversation we chat about:
Founder Mode
- (00:00) — Intro
- (01:24) — Being a venture-backed founder
- (02:41) — Learnings from early business failures
- (24:00) — Identifying scalable business opportunities
- (33:20) — Goal of getting 5 companies to $100k MRR in 3 years
- (41:35) — How to unlock different versions of yourself
- (43:02) — Identifying opportunities while building multiple companies
Growth & Scaling
- (05:14) — The advantage of quickly shipping
- (08:36) — Pros and cons of building in public
- (10:28) — Alternatives to building in public
- (11:24) — The moats that exist today
- (15:31) — Utilizing micro-influencers for growth
- (37:56) — Keeping 2-person companies at scale
- (39:18) — Working alongside a complementary co-founder
Product & Acquisition Strategy
- (12:55) — Platform risk
- (18:32) — How founders can learn to kill products
- (20:35) — Outsourcing to external developers
- (21:57) — Buying small products
- (25:26) — Deciding how much to invest into micro-acquisitions
- (27:47) — Buying & selling assets rather than companies
- (30:42) — Buying a tool to compete with the newsletter giants
- (36:46) — AI’s unique software enablement
- (44:08) — Deciding when and how to sell your company
- (48:10) — How to decide how and whom to sell your company to
Advice & Insights
- (49:04) — Founder Tips for Negotiating Deals
- (49:57) — Bootstrapping vs. raising VC
- (52:08) — The future of SaaS
- (55:58) — Taking a job after being a founder
- (58:21) — Founders don’t know when they need to quit
Rapid Fire
- (59:18) — Who is one investor you’d recommend?
- (59:46) — One thing you'd change about startups?
- (1:00:20) — Advice for first-time founders?
- (1:00:51) — Something you believe that most disagree with?
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By Michael HouckThis is how Tibo Louis-Lucas built a new startup every month... until one took off and turned into a $10 million exit.
📚 1,800 Pitch Decks (Free) → https://deck-database.carrd.co
Follow Tibo's journey:
🐦 X → x.com/tibo_maker
🚀 Website → tmaker.io
Follow us:
🔔 Subscribe → youtube.com/@foundingjourney?sub_confirmation=1
📝 Newsletter → join.foundingjourney.com
📈 Founder Membership → upgrade.foundingjourney.com
💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/michael-houck
In this conversation we chat about:
Founder Mode
- (00:00) — Intro
- (01:24) — Being a venture-backed founder
- (02:41) — Learnings from early business failures
- (24:00) — Identifying scalable business opportunities
- (33:20) — Goal of getting 5 companies to $100k MRR in 3 years
- (41:35) — How to unlock different versions of yourself
- (43:02) — Identifying opportunities while building multiple companies
Growth & Scaling
- (05:14) — The advantage of quickly shipping
- (08:36) — Pros and cons of building in public
- (10:28) — Alternatives to building in public
- (11:24) — The moats that exist today
- (15:31) — Utilizing micro-influencers for growth
- (37:56) — Keeping 2-person companies at scale
- (39:18) — Working alongside a complementary co-founder
Product & Acquisition Strategy
- (12:55) — Platform risk
- (18:32) — How founders can learn to kill products
- (20:35) — Outsourcing to external developers
- (21:57) — Buying small products
- (25:26) — Deciding how much to invest into micro-acquisitions
- (27:47) — Buying & selling assets rather than companies
- (30:42) — Buying a tool to compete with the newsletter giants
- (36:46) — AI’s unique software enablement
- (44:08) — Deciding when and how to sell your company
- (48:10) — How to decide how and whom to sell your company to
Advice & Insights
- (49:04) — Founder Tips for Negotiating Deals
- (49:57) — Bootstrapping vs. raising VC
- (52:08) — The future of SaaS
- (55:58) — Taking a job after being a founder
- (58:21) — Founders don’t know when they need to quit
Rapid Fire
- (59:18) — Who is one investor you’d recommend?
- (59:46) — One thing you'd change about startups?
- (1:00:20) — Advice for first-time founders?
- (1:00:51) — Something you believe that most disagree with?