How to Survive Being Founder Broke

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by btrautsc • 13 years ago

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twog• 13 years ago

This is great advice.

One point I like to make to early founders is eating cheap doesnt mean eating poorly. Learn to make a few meals & just stock up. Chili, pasta, egg salad, etc. are all healthy choices that reheat well & can be made in large quantities for the week.

haney• 13 years ago

I lived for months on food from a croc pot, I ate better, lost weight and saved buckets of cash not eating out. Chili is a god sent for poor cofounders.

chiph• 13 years ago

Some of the Hamburger Helper skillet meals can be pretty good, if spiced up some.

segmondy• 13 years ago

Basically it boils down to being frugal. Any startup must learn to be frugal and resourceful. Period. My laptop is a thinkpad t41, made in 2003. I get more done with it than most people do with their laptops, and I bought it 3 years ago for $100. I choose not to upgrade because I don't need to. If you are doing something resource intensive like multi media editing or developing video games I can understand having the latest toys. Writing software? An older hardware is good. So what compiler time might be a bit slow. Gives you more time to think. For those who are not frugal, checkout r/Frugal on reddit.

How to Survive Being Founder Broke

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