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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

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Rejecting VC for 20 years? Thatโ€™s gutsy and were they the first ones to bring up the freemium thing? or someone else before then had figured this model out too

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