Is bootstrapping dead? With all the buzz around venture capital and startup unicorns, you might think bootstrapping is old-fashioned or outdated.

But here's the truth. Bootstrapping or self-funding your company isn't just alive. It's the best way to build a business that's profitable, sustainable, and truly yours.

Today, we're going to explore why bootstrapping forces you to create a real business, not one that's propped up by artificial growth or someone else's money.

We'll also unpack why ownership is everything when it comes to building your wealth.

Welcome back to the $100.combea show.

I'm your host, Omar Zinn Home, where I give you practical business lessons

three days a week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday to help you start, grow, and scale your business.

In today's episode, we're answering a big question. Is bootstrapping dead? Spoiler alert,

it's not. Bootstrapping isn't just a funding choice. It's a philosophy. It's about building a business

that's self-reliant, profitable,

and resilient. We're going to break down why bootstrapping might just be the smartest move you'll

ever make. I'm speaking out of experience. Full transparency, I've been building businesses for the last

20 years and every single one I built was bootstrapped. And in that process, I was able to build

two seven-figure businesses.

One is this one, the $100 RBA, but the other was a software company as well called Webinar Ninja

that got acquired recently by a big company called ProProfts. That acquisition was life-changing

for me, and I want to give back and be able to share with you every time I record an episode

what I learned in the last 20 years building my own

businesses bootstrapped. If you're not familiar with bootstrapping, bootstrapping basically

means you're not using any outside funding. You're building a business that uses its own profits

to grow. The beauty of bootstrapping is that it forces you to create a real business. And that

drives home point number one.

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