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by replicatorblog 2988 days ago
Not a proper tech talk, but hearing Ben Chestnut talk about the early days and growth of MailChimp stuck with me.

https://vimeo.com/34081566

Bootstrapped to over half a billion dollars in revenue. Worth many multiples of that. Built it Atlanta, not a startup city. B2B, but with a more creative ethos than most VC-backed startups in SF. Just an extraordinary story, well worth the hour it takes to watch.