If you haven't already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. Art.com Co-founder Josh Chodniewicz bootstrapped for 10 years before raising a $30 million first round of funding. Read on to learn more about his journey. Sramana Mitra: Let's start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raise, and in what kind of background? Josh Chodniewicz: I was born in New Jersey. I am the oldest of seven kids. My parents had seven kids in nine years. Sramana Mitra: Sounds exhausting! Josh Chodniewicz: Yes. Having three kids of my own, I have a new appreciation for that. I now understand why they weren't at every one of my soccer games. I was the son of an entrepreneur. My father was an entrepreneur. He paid his bills building houses and spent a large amount of his time pastoring a church. My mom was his partner in life. She was a receptionist. She did accounting work. They are