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How Did Submittable Founders Pay for Their Business in the Early Days

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From the episode: How do you tell your investors you have cancer? - Michael FitzGerald, CEO of Submittable

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Submittable started around 2009 and for two years, before getting into Y Combinator, most of the founders had kept their day jobs while working on Submittable nights and weekend. Even though they already had customers and revenue, it was not yet enough to pay for the team.

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