Despite not having a technical co-founder, I was able to raise our seed round because I had passion, a market, and proof of concept.

Despite initial struggles, we showed some growth, prompting an investor to suggest we raise a Series A round, which I eagerly prepared for.

We raised money for the first time after five years of existence, once we had a clear picture of our market and customer traction.

I had no choice but to bootstrap my company for the first year. I focused on optimizing for a fast and efficient fundraising process because I was warned that a long fundraising process could kill a company.

We raised our initial funding through a friends-and-family round, ensuring that only those who understood our vision could invest.

I raised 1.6 million and obsessively built the company for three years, achieving 8.4X growth in one year, which led to a position where I didn't need the money when I went to raise again.

When we decided to join Y Combinator, we were already profitable and saw it as an opportunity to scale our team and improve our fundraising efforts.

Having a co-founder who can focus on fundraising while the other co-founders manage operations can help maintain company momentum during the fundraising process.

At HireArt, I faced a moment of potential failure when we hadn't raised any funding while others had, but my co-founders encouraged me to keep pitching until we found an investor who believed in our mission.