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New founders: bootstrap

The next generation of companies will be built on top of bootstrapping, not lavish vanity rounds

4 min readJun 14, 2022

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New founders: bootstrap

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Antonio Bustamante

Is my startup successful because investors like it, or do investors like it because it’s successful?

No.

5 min readFeb 1, 2021

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Is my startup successful because investors like it, or do investors like it because it’s successful?

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Antonio Bustamante

Things that inspired me in 2020

It’s like my life stopped in March and is just on hold. I could argue 2020 has been uninspiring, but that’s not really true.

10 min readJan 4, 2021

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Things that inspired me in 2020

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The founder of Rome, hidden inside a metaphor

Every now and then, I’ll obsess about something and I’ll try to learn absolutely everything I can about a minuscule part of our history or…

8 min readOct 15, 2020

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The founder of Rome, hidden inside a metaphor

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Things that inspired me in 2018

As I do every year now, these are the things that inspired me in 2018. 2018 was a weird, weird year. A great but weird year. For the first…

5 min readDec 27, 2018

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Things that inspired me in 2018

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Face to face conversations in the Slack era

You and your coworkers have mouths and faces. Use them from time to time.

3 min readAug 18, 2018

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Face to face conversations in the Slack era

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A post-mortem on commercial developer tools, their market, and software as a medium

I left the developer tools space last year and this is my brief post-mortem, an analysis and some of the conclusions I gathered after…

5 min readAug 14, 2018

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Things that inspired me in 2017

Here’s a short but real summary of what inspired me in 2017. Some of it inspired code, some of it inspired design, and a little bit…

6 min readDec 28, 2017

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Things that inspired me in 2017

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Antonio Bustamante

Advice on how to become a UX Designer

The first thing is wanting it. Is that why you’re here? You’ve used an app, you’ve hopped on the bus, you’ve checked out at an online…

8 min readJan 26, 2016

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Advice on how to become a UX Designer

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I’m a foreigner. Should I join a startup in the U.S.?

Short answer: yes. Now let’s see the things you need to look at when considering a startup, and what are the benefits and disadvantages.

6 min readJul 2, 2015

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Antonio Bustamante

Antonio Bustamante

Cofounder of Silo, prev. built Kite. I design and code products that change supply chains and incentive structures. 🎯: social media, fintech, and supply chain

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