His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets.

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Mar 4, 2026 - 20:00
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His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets.
Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it credit for. The global consumer hardware brand was built on less than $500k, no institutional capital, and a philosophy professor’s determination.  Watch as founder and former CEO […]

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