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> starting a profitable business with nothing but a 5 bucks VPS

That is literally what they did with their first company...

This is no different to launching multiple products under the same company.




So if Google launches a new product tomorrow would you say it was bootstrapped?


The question is moot because Google is so far away from the inception of the company.

These guys ran their first company for 1 1/2 years, then went full-time and seemingly focused most of their energy on this new product.

This is basically a pivot or new product. There are lot's of ways to frame this approach which are analogous to 'properly' bootstrapping.


Well clearly not since they are a publicly traded company and have received millions in venture capital.




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