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Re:Ask HN: Do bootstrapped billion-dollar companies exist? by brianfitz on Friday July 25, 2014 @08:57AM (#8084916)
That article was intended to be a joke. 37signals (now Basecamp) is private and doesn't publicly announce revenue or profits -- though Jason has acknowledged both are in the millions.
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Re:Ask HN: Do bootstrapped billion-dollar companies exist? by catshirt on Sunday July 27, 2014 @01:15AM (#8092063)
it's satirical but is it a joke? valuation is not a pure function of revenue and profit. unless i am missing something this valuation is as real as Twitter's or Facebook's. that's the joke.
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