Houzz Co-Founder and President Alon Cohen recalls how building a product first, and being able to show investors how much people use it, eased and simplified fundraising. While “bootstrapping” isn’t always seen as the best approach to starting a business, Cohen says it proved to investors that his team could build a viable product with limited resources.

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