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Daniel Thong: Bootstrapping vs. VC, Unsexy Businesses & Philosophy Contrariness

Daniel Thong: Bootstrapping vs. VC, Unsexy Businesses & Philosophy Contrariness - E175

Daniel Thong on the bootstrapping versus VC trade-off, the case for unsexy businesses, and the contrarian philosophy that holds it together.

"Instead of maximizing your expected payoff, meaning you kind of do the probabilities and you say, "You know, I lose this and then I stand to gain this". At least the way I am, I realize that I prefer to do things where I don't regret that. I always look back and say, I wish I know what path A would have been. And I think that's, to me, that's what regret minimization is.- Daniel Thong" - Daniel Thong

In this episode, Jeremy Au speaks on the bootstrapping versus VC trade-off, the case for unsexy businesses, and the contrarian philosophy that holds it together.

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Keywords: Bootstrapping vs VC, Unsexy Businesses, Philosophy Contrariness, Singapore, Founder Story, VC

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