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In this short clip, Daniel Dines reflects on financial hardship, building UiPath without outside funding for years, raising capital and the importance he places on personal change.
- 1A long bootstrapDines says UiPath was built with its own resources for about a decade.
- 2Funding and freedomHe describes outside capital as enabling a larger ambition.
- 3Continued learningHe encourages founders to keep changing and learning.
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- Dines says early hardship shaped his outlook.
- He bootstrapped UiPath for about a decade.
- He saw the first funding as an opportunity to expand.
- He values continued personal change.
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Hardship and building
UiPath co-founder Daniel Dines recalls living on about $30 a month and sometimes going without food. He says that experience left a lasting mark.
UiPath co-founder Daniel Dines recalls living on about $30 a month and sometimes going without food. He says that experience left a lasting mark.
Dines says he bootstrapped UiPath for about a decade. The team believed its work was valuable before understanding the full scale of the problem it addressed.
Funding and change
He describes raising the first outside funding as freedom to pursue a larger ambition. Having survived difficult circumstances, he says, made the downside less frightening.
He describes raising the first outside funding as freedom to pursue a larger ambition. Having survived difficult circumstances, he says, made the downside less frightening.
Dines argues that founders should continue to change and learn. His six-month test is a personal reflection, not a universal measure of progress.
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