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"After starting and selling app store Appappeal, Sid turned open-source software GitLab into a fast-growing venture that is on its way to an IPO in 2020. He to
by carlsborg 7y ago
"After starting and selling app store Appappeal, Sid turned open-source software GitLab into a fast-growing venture that is on its way to an IPO in 2020.
He took the proceeds from his previous venture, doubled it in bitcoin, and began bootstrapping GitLab.com.
Sid got the first few hundred signups through an article posted on Hacker News. Then together with his cofounder applied and got into Y Combinator. The race to demo day, where they would present in front of top tier investors, was on.
Compressing their three-month plan into just two weeks, the GitLab team had a highly successful demo day, landing Ashton Kutcher as an investor."
- SenHeng 7y ago> Ashton Kutcher The actor? Did he start becoming involved in the tech scene after working on the Jobs movie?
- techstrategist 7y agoIIRC he’s been angel investing for quite a while.
- dbbk 7y agoHe's been an investor for quite a while, he even did a few episodes of Shark Tank.
- mattferderer 7y agoHis work with his company Thorn is really worth checking out. It's a great mission that he's done a ton for.
- meowface 7y agoHere's him talking at an Airbnb conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6vTaiPl6tA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6vTaiPl6tA (He confronts an Israel protester who comes up on stage at https://youtu.be/z6vTaiPl6tA?t=155. https://youtu.be/z6vTaiPl6tA?t=155.) He seems like a pretty smart investor.
- turk73 7y agoI like GitLab, but it would never have occurred to me that such simplistic technology could be a billion dollar product or lead to an IPO.