not to nitpick, but what another poster here calls "Essentially the wikiHow founders bought Web-1.0 also-ran eHow for cheap,", the article specifies as $100,000

not to nitpick, but what another poster here calls "Essentially the wikiHow founders bought Web-1.0 also-ran eHow for cheap,", the article specifies as $100,000. Right, quite cheap, if you have that kind of money kicking around you can live a story that ends up with you bootstrapping to 30MM visitors. Sounds like this guy's story is very different from the kids who really need the $16k they first sell 7% of their company for. I guess I'm more interested in 'bootstrapping' that happens with a laptop and skype, not already having 100k. The article doesn't specify whether he got large material support from family background. But from the story of the point he was at in his education when he went off to do rock-climbing with a large 'off-budget' travel fund, all after working briefly as a 23-year-old mgt consultant, it's not hard to piece together. If someone has links to similar stories that are more in line with not having these things, while bootstrapping/not seeking outside investment, would love links.