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Here's some insight: It's hard to find successful startups that are truly 100% bootstrapped. 37 signals entire purpose for doing these posts will be undermined

by staunch 16y ago

Here's some insight: It's hard to find successful startups that are truly 100% bootstrapped. 37 signals entire purpose for doing these posts will be undermined if they can't find a good number of companies that fit their theoretical profile.

alec 16y ago
It seems likely that 37 Signal's primary purpose for doing these posts is to raise brand awareness.
jasonfried 16y ago
It's not hard to find. We've got over a dozen stories lined up so far and we're hearing from more businesses every day. This one shouldn't have been posted as part of this series. We definitely want to keep this series clean and clear with no ambiguity.
- sutro 16y ago
  So you guys wouldn't fit this criteria either, right, having taken money from Bezos?
  - dhh 16y ago
    No investment money was spent funding operations. That's the criteria we're using for this series.