[Zababa]

$120k is an big amount of money, especially for people that don't have FAANG salaries. That could be an appartment where I live. A small one, but an appartment. It's also 3 years of earnings for me, or it would be if I didn't spend anything.

> If one further gatekeeps the label with "but the founders need to invest this personally or it doesn't count..." that restricts the label to a very small segment of privileged individuals.

People for which $120k is money that people around them can just invest are a very small segment of priviliged individuals.

Another point: tinyseed also offers mentorship. From the FAQ:

> I don’t need the money, is TinySeed worth it just for the mentorship?

> Short answer: yes.

This message is not to knock on the people behind ScrapingBee. Bootstrapped or not, they have built a very profitable business, that's impressive and deserves praise. I just think calling it "bootstrapped" is not correct.