Raising $1.5M pre-MVP, validating market fit, selling to engineers, leaving exec roles to start a company & how much founders should pay themselves w/ founders of TraceSpace. Ep 126

Mikus Krams, Jānis Vāvere and Kārlis Broders are the co-founders of TraceSpace - a tool that helps developers build complex products 10x faster. The guys managed to raise a substantial 1.5mUSD pre-seed round on the back of a great idea and solid credentials from building Lokalise.<br/><br/>In this episode we talk about:<br/><br/>Raising VC money at pre-seed stageHow much early stage founders should pay themselvesValidating market demand for your productDifferences between startup founder and startup employee/managerSelling software to software engineers<br/>===<br/><br/><br/>Find other episodes on >  https://www.pursuitofscrappiness.co/<br/><br/>Watch select full-length episodes on our YouTube channel > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP6ueaLnjS-CQfrMCm2EoTA<br/><br/>Connect with us on Linkedin > https://www.linkedin.com/company/pursuit-of-scrappiness/<br/><br/>Questions/suggestions? Join our Telegram group > https://t.me/pursuitofscrappiness <br/><br/>