Indie founder making $1M/month with zero VC gets his first press call in 10 years
tibo_maker · x · 2026-11-03
Indie founder tibo contrasts his press coverage: raising €500k+ in 2015-18 got him tons of coverage (both companies went bankrupt, €250k in debt), while now making $1M/month with no VC he gets zero PR. His take: funding rounds come with announcements and PR agencies, profitability is not an event — so founders who raise look like winners while profitable founders stay invisible. He never emailed a journalist by choice, yet the reporter said he was her most interesting story in a while.
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