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kamilszybalski
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Anyone know what the biggest exit for a bootstrapped company is?
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binarymax
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Mojang maybe?
cryowaffle
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Winner here
GBond
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Very hard to say because businesses have been bootstrapped for decades before the term even existed.
kamilszybalski
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I think it may be indeed.. apparently sold for between $750-$1 billion.
rhc2104
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Indeed did raise money:
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/indeed
boonez123
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I think AdultFriendFinder was a big one, back in mid 2000's. Funny enough owned by a Christian dude.
qq66
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Cargill
randomdata
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Cargill is still owned by the family.
blackguardx
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HP?
tedunangst
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HP IPO was about $400 million in today's dollars.
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