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How a Bootstrapped Startup Grew to a $12 Billion Exit This is Mailchimp, a 2001 startup by Ben, Mark, and Dan, which was started as a side hustle to support small businesses with email marketing. It was a basic paid tool that let you send emails to

Startup Survival Story - 2 Mailchimp: The Power of Pivoting _________________________________ Mailchimp began as a side project offering email marketing services to small businesses. For years, the founders, Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius, struggled

Wow so Deepseek is a side project ☠️

When you see the growth of Perplexity : • January 2024 -> $520 Million • April 2024 -> $1 Billion • June 2024 -> $3 Billion • December 2024 -> $9 Billion • This growth is carried out by searching with the help of

Intuit, a $175 billion company, you know nothing about! So, Intuit was founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx in California, USA. Cook got the idea for the company after seeing his wife struggle with managing household finances. He realized t

Is it better to bootstrap or seek VC funding for your startup? The endless debate: Bootstrap vs. VC funding. - Bootstrapping builds resilience and deep customer focus. You prioritize solving real problems over chasing valuations. - VC funding can

Oyo, the hospitality startup, is pursuing a pre-IPO round at a $2.3 billion valuation, 80% below its 2019 peak of $10 billion. Fundraising: Targeting $80-90 million from HNIs, family offices, and smaller investors. Minimum investment reduced from $

Binance crypto exchange reported a $24 billion inflow from its 250 million global user base in 2024.

🚀 Goldman Sachs Insights: CRED's Remarkable Growth Trajectory Key Highlights: • Annualized Total Payment Value (TPV): $100 billion • Personal Loan Book: $2.3 billion • Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR): $340 million • Consumer Average Revenue Per Use

Founders who quickly secure VC commitments often approach fundraising as a dynamic 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 task to build momentum quickly. I have experienced first-hand how important it is to prepare before raising capital and how difficult it is to do so indep