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Step outside the echo chamber and you'll find tons of bootstrapped and non-vc backed companies.
by mbesto 10y ago
Step outside the echo chamber and you'll find tons of bootstrapped and non-vc backed companies.
- throwaway2016a 10y agoThey might even find perfectly fundable companies that were forced to bootstrap through no choice of their own because this culture in this article is not actual startup culture, it is Silicon Valley culture.
- CN7R 10y agoMy question is, do companies sometime receive backing from VCs to open doors, and not necessarily because they need funding?
- spitfire 10y agoYes, very often. Just like people go to Harvard or Yale for the name and the network - not the education. See Y Combinator now. Which people go to for the name and the network - not the money.