TinySeed is a year-long remote accelerator for early-stage SaaS founders who do not want traditional venture capital. It provides funding and mentorship and has invested in nearly 60 companies in North and South America across four batches.
The article discusses challenges faced by founding teams and solo founders. It states that 60% of new ventures fail because of team issues and that solo founder teams generate more revenue than founding team pairs.
Rob Walling has bootstrapped multiple startups to exit, most recently Drip. Rob Walling runs MicroConf, co-hosts Startups for the Rest of Us, and has advised, mentored, and invested in startups for more than a decade.
TinySeed began when Rob Walling and Einar Vollset observed that capital-efficient startups in the MicroConf community had only two options: bootstrap or raise venture capital. They believed there should be another way.