Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped to YC and a $10M Series A
If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. UpKeep Founder CEO Ryan Chan took a hobby project that he bootstrapped with a paycheck and managed to get into Y Combinator. From there, he raised a $10 million Series A from a top-tier Silicon Valley firm, Emergence Capital. Excellent execution as of this podcast interview from 2019. Sramana Mitra: Let's start from the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background? Ryan Chan: I was born in Kentucky. My family moved the...