Kapwing founder Julia Enthoven on learning to trust your gut

When Julia Enthoven first launched Kapwing, she and her co-founder had no plans to work with a board or investors. Their plan was to bootstrap. Build the business exactly the way they wanted to, with a focus on profitability and sustainability from the very beginning.  

But when an investor offered to lead their first round one-year in, they seized the opportunity. Since then, they’ve grown from a no-board, Seed-stage startup to a thriving Series A company successfully navigating the ins and outs of board and investor management.

Like most things in the startup world, getting thrown in the deep end meant a lot of trial and error. But the skills they’ve learned along the way have been invaluable for any founder.