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hardtke 4 days ago

It's already almost happened with Plenty of Fish. Mostly a one person company, acquired for over $500M.

burkaman 4 days ago | parent [-]

This seems like an exaggeration. It was a one person company for five years, then started expanding and sold for $575M seven years later. By that time it had ~75 employees.

jacobr1 4 days ago | parent [-]

That provides a good case study. A single person can bootstrap a company, along with outsourcing and a ton of grit. Moving the boundaries on what tasks are automatable, at difference cost points, and different levels of experience required to figure it out probably have all shifted in favor of individuals or small founder groups in recent years.

Maybe you can stay bootstrapped longer with less capital. That seems true.