Come for the Ride!

Although most startup entrepreneurs are dedicated, motivated, and hard working – sometimes things just don’t get done.  It’s not your fault really… You are already wearing more hats than most people are willing to and when you have to do 5 or 6 jobs as one person, it can easily get distracting.

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Bootstrapping a startup is certainly not all fun and games and unlike a day job, you can’t clock out and you don’t get benefits.  We are coming up on our year one of operations as a team.  What started as an idea over a year ago has now blossomed into a tangible service with over 1.8 million cars serving almost 80,000 users a month.  We basically have 50% of AutoTrader’s inventory right now and looking to grow like Dubai skyscrapers.  What a difference a year makes.

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If there’s anything watching the news has taught me, it’s that excessive spending and uncontrolled growth will ultimately lead to a big crash.  Sure, when the times are good and your customers are paying for your R&D, growth or fancy company retreats, more = better.  However, during the tough times when most people are double clipping their cash to make sure it stays in their pocket, have excess fat on your operations could cost ya in the long run and chances are the government will not bail YOU out.

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