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Re:Death of a startup founder (2016) by patkai on Friday July 27, 2018 @08:53AM (#17625575)
Yes, there are. The Basecamp founders wrote books about it, Rework and Remote. The reason you don't hear more about them is that heroic work is more glamorous to discuss. It is worth following https://twitter.com/dhh
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Re:Death of a startup founder (2016) by BooneJS on Friday July 27, 2018 @10:16AM (#17626110)
Basecamp is derided in the valley as a “boutique” business, one that does not take VC investments to take off like a rocket and become a unicorn.
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Re:Death of a startup founder (2016) by jacquesm on Friday July 27, 2018 @11:11AM (#17626518)
If rarity is what makes a unicorn then they are more of a unicorn than the social media company du jour.
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Re:Death of a startup founder (2016) by jjeaff on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:50PM (#17629265)
Actually, the only rare thing is the amount of media coverage non VC backed companies get. Because most profitable companies are bootstrapped smaller ones.
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