Author here. The typo about Rob's name is a bit embarrassing. I've asked the editor to correct it. You are correct, IH was started in 2016, I could have sworn

Author here. The typo about Rob's name is a bit embarrassing. I've asked the editor to correct it. You are correct, IH was started in 2016, I could have sworn it was started earlier. It's hard for me to put an exact date on this, but I entered university in 2010 and I remembered reading about startups almost from my first or second year. Paul Grahams essays, Zero to One, The Family (french thing), Rocket Internet, VC etc. This whole thing kind of fascinated me, but reading about it felt like watching a soccer game. I was just a spectator of a world I though I could never be a part of. Probably a mix of lack of confidence and unwillingness to takes risks. But then I discovered this whole bootstrapping thing, IH, Rob's books, Kalzumeus essays and for the first time, I was reading about thing I could see myself doing. Even though you didn't ask, I hope it clears things up :) PS: My english being a bit clunky, this article was editorialized quite a bit PSS: Thanks for the kind words