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This blew way out of proportion. Misleading people was never the intent. We just wanted to share our story and give a little more "human" touch to our about-u
by daolf 5y ago
This blew way out of proportion.
Misleading people was never the intent.
We just wanted to share our story and give a little more "human" touch to our about-us page by sharing the journey.
Title was amended.
Have a good week-end HN!
- reitzensteinm 5y agoFor what it's worth, I think people are nit picking rather than crying foul. It's a great story, thanks for sharing it!
- AlchemistCamp 5y agoI hadn't commented on this thread previously, but I did flag it due to the title. It just wasn't honest. Selling a double digit % of the company to investors and then calling it bootstrapped while promoting it here is hard to defend.
- tessierashpool 5y agoseems more like a little bit of both.
- rexreed 5y agoI might speak for some of those critical by saying that you got my attention with the "bootstrap" hook but immediately lost it when I saw the funding. At that point I had a hard time believing and following the rest. This might seem like a small nit, but it comes to the honesty and intent of the piece. Good job getting our attention tho. And pay attention to the details.