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Re:Ask HN: Do bootstrapped billion-dollar companies exist? by aaronbrethorst on Thursday July 24, 2014 @06:54PM (#8082822)
GitHub's valuation 2 years ago was $750mm. I'd be shocked if they hadn't cracked the $1bb marker yet.

http://allthingsd.com/20120709/github-valued-at-750m-with-fi...

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Re:Ask HN: Do bootstrapped billion-dollar companies exist? by argonaut on Friday July 25, 2014 @04:16AM (#8084205)
GitHub raised $100M from Andreessen.
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Re:Ask HN: Do bootstrapped billion-dollar companies exist? by doobiaus on Friday July 25, 2014 @08:41AM (#8084847)
Github was bootstrapped for 4 years before taking funding. Eventually everyone does when they need to grow rapidly.
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