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Hundreds, thousands even. They don't show up on HN, they aren't doing anything glamorous or cutting edge. Just small to mid-size businesses building and sellin
by itgoon 8y ago
Hundreds, thousands even.
They don't show up on HN, they aren't doing anything glamorous or cutting edge. Just small to mid-size businesses building and selling products that people use.
If you haven't found any, it's because you haven't looked in the right places.
- nanokilo 8y agoThat’s true, but do you have any examples that you can share with us? I’d be curious to read more about these companies and how they got to where they are.
- asdff 8y agoLook at any business in your town that you haven't read a headline for, and it is probably a private company where the CEO/founder/boss just keeps the ship upright and the staff paid. One of my friends growing up had a family business like this, it was a company that, from what I gleamed, just melted different grades of steel and rolled it back up according to customer specifications. His grandpa started it, and his dad runs the day to day. It has a staff of maybe 50 people in the whole factory so everyone knows each others family pretty well.