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Dell/Microsoft (http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneursstartupsmagazine/2002/october/55776.html http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneursst
by replicatorblog 17y ago
Dell/Microsoft
(http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneursstartupsmagazine/2002/october/55776.html http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneursstartupsma...)
- replicatorblog 17y agoI tend to agree. No one objects to the idea of bootstrapping, but 37 Signals seems to treat it like a moral failing if you don't. I'd be thrilled to learn that you can regularly scale companies to IPO, 9 digit acquisition, or prolonged/growth profitability without VC. I just can't think of too many.
- billclerico 17y agodoes anyone know about microsoft's early funding? was it VC at all?
- bkbleikamp 17y agoBill Gates had a trust fund because he had rich parents and grandparents. I don't know if he used any of it to fund the company, but he didn't need VC to buy groceries.