Ep 126: TraceSpace
Raising $1.5M pre-MVP, validating market fit, selling to engineers, leaving exec roles to start a company & how much founders should pay themselves
Mikus Krams, JΔnis VΔvere and KΔrlis Broders are the co-founders of TraceSpace - a tool that helps developers build complex products 10x faster. The guys managed to raise a substantial 1.5mUSD pre-seed round on the back of a great idea and solid credentials from building Lokalise.
In this episode we talk about:
Raising VC money at pre-seed stage
How much early stage founders should pay themselves
Validating market demand for your product
Differences between startup founder and startup employee/manager
Selling software to software engineers
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