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We uncover a breathtaking example of bootstrapping: can a two-person team - no investors, no wider team - build a real enterprise business? What happens when you turn down every VC cold call?
Carl and Emily are joined by Daniel van Binsbergen - co-founder of Draftpilot, an AI-powered contract review tool built for law firms - to find out how far a lean founding team can go in the age of AI.
They dig into why Daniel turned down every VC meeting in year one, how his bootstrapped business now out-earns his previous Series A-backed company, and how to out-market competitors with $50 million budgets.
Back in the studio, Emily reveals what happened the week both her main advertising platforms went dark at once - and what she learned about organic traffic from being forced off them. And Carl shares his post-summer Founder Diary: the ultimate e-ink tech nerd project.
And also... we put Daniel through "How Tight Are You?" - a series of bootstrapper dilemmas from laptop upgrades to flights via Iceland. And Founder Fails: former guest Mark McDermott admits how he said ‘no’ to buying shares in a tech company that proved to be a costly mistake…
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