How Tibo Louis-Lucas Bootstrapped to a $10 Million Exit

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Founding Journey

Michael Houck

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Interviews with world-class startup founders about their unique paths to uncover tactical insights they've learned about how to fundraise, grow, validate, hire, scale, and lead teams while building your startup.

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Interviews with world-class startup founders about their unique paths to uncover tactical insights they've learned about how to fundraise, grow, validate, hire, scale, and lead teams while building your startup.

Get full access to detailed takeaways on each episode, additional case studies, and more at join.foundingjourney.com

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How Tibo Louis-Lucas Bootstrapped to a $10 Million Exit

Founding Journey

1 hour 2 minutes 54 seconds

10 months ago

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.

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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?