Yeah, this is not a good blog post. I feel like the author did some basic Google'ing for content without doing much due diligence or checking dates. Also, I've

Yeah, this is not a good blog post. I feel like the author did some basic Google'ing for content without doing much due diligence or checking dates. Also, I've seen Carbonmade come up in lists before [1], but I wouldn't ever list them in any current list of bootstrapped companies. Their homepage hasn't changed much in 3 years [2], their traffic appears to be headed south [3], and frankly I don't know any professional creative who uses their service for their portfolio (anecdotal I know, but I work in the industry). No offense to anyone at Carbonmade, but I think you can find much better examples of bootstrapped companies in the photo/creative world (SmugMug for example). [1] http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2011/09/01/ten-highly-successful-bootstrapped-startups/ http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2011/09/01/ten-highly-successfu... [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20110129083114/http://carbonmade.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110129083114/http://carbonmade... [3] http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/carbonmade.com http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/carbonmade.com