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Blind Pools

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The more things change, the more things seem the same…

Back in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, we were bringing to market a pretty revolutionary device.  It would be the size of a large toaster oven, and dispense purified (as in no dissolved solids and no microbes) water for drinking for the home.  This was also before folks filled up canteens full of drinking water to take with them.  Our goal was to satisfy the drinking needs of up to 6 folks in a home.  (We had a larger unit that would let folks fill up great reservoirs and for larger families.)

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A fifth way?

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Over the years, we’ve considered raising money from VC, going public, or simply bootstrapping.  To be honest, the most frequent process we’ve started new companies has been bootstrapping.  In so doing, we maintained total control of the firms.  And, when we finally exceeded our ability to grow the firm (or in more than a few cases, proved our concept and no longer had the desire to run the firm), we’ve sold the entity to others.

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