Aren't 'the investors' the guys the built it: Joel Spolsky, Jeff Atowood, and originally a small engineering team? Edit: apparently I should have done just a f

Aren't 'the investors' the guys the built it: Joel Spolsky, Jeff Atowood, and originally a small engineering team? Edit: apparently I should have done just a few more searches before I answered this, it seems that SO did seek venture funding: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2010/02/14.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2010/02/14.html