Funded startups are the real startups. Everything else is a joke.
Havish Gupta
Figuring Out • 1d
I kinda agree.. Biggest bootstrapped start-ups only includes Zerodha, Zoho and Mail chimp. Rest all funded start-ups.
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Havish Gupta
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1) Analysis of top Y combinater funded startups (even international)
2) How X company beated their competition. For eg: Netflix and Blockbuster
3) Top bootstrapped Startups. Like Zoho, Zerodha
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