Bootstrapping an Ultra Low Latency Trading Firm, Part 3
Published in 2011, this chronicle by @veyron details the mechanics of building a profitable, self-funded business without venture backing.
Core Principles for Independent Builders:
Charging customers from day one acts as the ultimate filter for building software that solves genuine, high-urgency problems.
Keeping fixed overhead low and leveraging lean infrastructure allows founders to stay alive until market tailwinds kick in.
Small, repetitive improvements in customer retention and conversion rates yield massive returns over multi-year horizons.
Community Debate Themes:
The community focused on B2B customer acquisition channels, cold email vs SEO distribution, and balancing full-time employment with side-project development.
CATEGORY Bootstrapping & MRR →
HISTORICAL ERA Web 2.0 Genesis (2007–2013)
COMMUNITY SCORE ★ 91 points
TOTAL DISCUSSIONS 16 comments
The author seems to imply he reimplemented hash tables.
I was under the impression there was a fairly good number of high quality implementations of hashes tables in the wild and that it was a thoroughly studied subject.
"Not invented here" syndrome?
Feels like a jumble of data. You should organize this somehow. The list of "high level" items seems pretty reasonable, but you left out historical data and backtesting.
Is interactive brokers actually fast enough? Or do you really need colocation? (for these types of strategy)
Have always been curious about the details. Thanks for these posts