Entrepreneurial legend and founder of CollegeHumor, Vimeo, and TeePublic, Josh Abramson, joins Adam Robinson on this episode of Unfuck My Startup. Josh shares his journey from building and selling CollegeHumor to IAC, to buying back Busted Tees and launching TeePublic. In this episode, you’ll hear Josh and Adam discuss the pros and cons of bootstrapping versus raising venture capital. Josh gets candid about the experience of selling a business and the importance of finding purpose in y...
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Entrepreneurial legend and founder of CollegeHumor, Vimeo, and TeePublic, Josh Abramson, joins Adam Robinson on this episode of Unfuck My Startup. Josh shares his journey from building and selling CollegeHumor to IAC, to buying back Busted Tees and launching TeePublic. In this episode, you’ll hear Josh and Adam discuss the pros and cons of bootstrapping versus raising venture capital. Josh gets candid about the experience of selling a business and the importance of finding purpose in y...
Is "solving big, obvious problems" a recipe for failure?
Unf*ck My Startup
59 minutes
2 months ago
Is "solving big, obvious problems" a recipe for failure?
Is "solving big, obvious problems" a recipe for failure? Peep Laja, founder of Wynter, joins us on Unf*ck My Startup to challenge classic business advice. We discuss why a small, profitable, bootstrapped company can be a bigger win for a founder than a VC-backed unicorn. In this deep dive, we explore: The VC Trap: Why a billion-dollar exit is an illusion and how VC-backed companies with "big, obvious" problems rarely succeed unless they have a massive war chest. The "David" Playbook: How...
Unf*ck My Startup
Entrepreneurial legend and founder of CollegeHumor, Vimeo, and TeePublic, Josh Abramson, joins Adam Robinson on this episode of Unfuck My Startup. Josh shares his journey from building and selling CollegeHumor to IAC, to buying back Busted Tees and launching TeePublic. In this episode, you’ll hear Josh and Adam discuss the pros and cons of bootstrapping versus raising venture capital. Josh gets candid about the experience of selling a business and the importance of finding purpose in y...
