Nice post.

It seems that companies who are developing and launching products without investment could do with working together even more so than invested companies.

I find that chatting about my work with other bootstrappers helps affirm the direction I’m taking. It also keeps me honest – Lean Startup isn’t the easiest thing to apply to an idea that you care about, but it’s easier to see where you’re going wrong if you explain your reasoning to somebody else.

Chatting with bootstrappers about what they’re up to is equally useful to me. It gets me thinking about a business that’s at a different stage of development to my own, which keeps me aware of the bigger picture.