Heyo! Welcome to the $100 NBA show, no fluff, just the good stuff with our practical business lessons. I'm your host, your coach, your teacher, Omar is at home.

And today we're diving into a topic that's really close to my heart and something I get asked

about a lot.

And it's why I never needed investors for my business.

Many entrepreneurs believe that securing investors is a crucial step to building a successful business,

but I've taken a different path.

Today I'm going to share with you the four reasons why I've chosen to bootstrap my businesses and how this approach has benefited me.

Now I'm not saying that I will never get investor funding, but up to this point, these are the

four reasons why I decided to go the bootstrap route.

Let's get into it.

Let's get down to business.

I absolutely love business.

I love the game of business. The strategy, the challenge, the personal growth that you experience.

And in a lot of ways, the more challenging it is, the more beneficial is for you. Now, I'm not a glutton for pain. I think that to some

extent you should try to make things easy on yourself, especially in the beginning when you're trying to grow and

trying to get some traction and get some wins under your belt.

But having the constriction of money, of finance, it actually helps a lot when it comes to you

and growing your business in a smart way in a practical way and I'll explain in

today's lesson. Let me start with the first reason why I've never taken

investor capital and bootstrapped all my businesses and the first reason is taking on all the responsibility.

For me, it was crucial to prove to myself

that I could create a successful, profitable business on my own.

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