Years ago, Basecamp themselves listed some similar companies here: https://basecamp.com/bootstrapped https://basecamp.com/bootstrapped Many or all were intervi

Years ago, Basecamp themselves listed some similar companies here: https://basecamp.com/bootstrapped https://basecamp.com/bootstrapped Many or all were interviewed: https://www.google.com/search?q=Bootstrapped+Profitable+Proud&sitesearch=37signals.com%2Fsvn https://www.google.com/search?q=Bootstrapped+Profitable+Prou... The list is outdated and not all of the companies traded slower growth for higher quality and/or higher odds of success, but many did. They might be a decent place to start.