Eric Rafat

The FoundersPress: to tell the stories that the mainstream overlooks. Here’s how we’re doing things differently: Editorial focus on bootstrapping founders — We highlight growing companies that are building without outside funding. Female founder spotlight — We actively feature women founders and leaders who deserve more recognition. Wide range of founder stories — From bootstrapped…

bootstrapping a startup in Canada went viral — and for good reason. Because here’s the truth: bootstrapping and scaling a startup in Canada is absolute hell. Here’s what most founders deal with: Zero Press Coverage No one’s telling the stories of early-stage builders. That’s exactly what we’re changing with

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The FoundersPress turns two! "A Rare Publication" they call us. It was around 2 years ago we started this little publication as main stream channels were only focusing on "fundraising" or "layoff". We started covering early-stage founders, bootstrappers, a dedicated column to female founders (mostly crickets in main stream), and some big stories in major…

Top 100 Companies to Watch. This year we partnered up with monday dev to bring you this epic list. This year's batch highlights several incredible startups. The cover this year was dedicated to Friendlier, a startup in the sustainability sector, recognized in the main post for its outstanding growth. Here's the complete break down by…

6. Community Gives You Superpower Whatever you’re tackling as a founder, being part of a community gives you superpower because you just can’t build startups in isolation. Community is the place where you can find peace, direction, and clarity in your mission. As you go about navigating your whole journey as a founder, take time…

write a response here, which went viral on number of startup accelerators, but we lack the funding to back it up. These two tweets by Canadian tech founders sum it up well. 2. Better Press This is exactly why we launched

Top Newsletters for Founders. One last important thing about newsletters: You own your audience. You're not at the mercy of platforms or algorithms, as many content creators are. Too often, creators wake up to find themselves banned, and their entire business is gone! 2. Blogging Blogging can feel overwhelming at first, which is why I'm…

John Rush, a well-known indie hacker, summarizes this approach incredibly well: think about building an audience first. This consequently will more likely lead to success! Think of it as building a "camel startup", which is more sustainable, compared to a "unicorn startup" that requires a lot of money to stay afloat! One caveat to note…