Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today

Post by vectoral » Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 6:47 AM UTC

shostack wrote: post #207

richardfeynman wrote: post #153

@paras - I worked at Optimizely in the early days and led online marketing there from 2012 - 2016. I remember seeing your team copy our SEM strategy, so I added Hindu gods (shiva, vishnu, et al) to the UTM query params in our ads for your guys to dissect / get a laugh from. Congrats on the exit. really nice to see.

As a fellow marketer I've totally done similar stuff to send messages to whomever is digging through their utms. More usefully though, you can learn a shocking amount about a company from their utms and event data.

Post by kylegalbraith » Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 6:48 AM UTC

Post by abhimanyue1998 » Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 7:01 AM UTC

Post by abhimanyue1998 » Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 7:03 AM UTC

murukesh_s wrote: post #263

paraschopra wrote: post #194

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Dan, thank you! I has been fun competing with you. I remember the golden days :) I've been following your journey post Optimizely! Hope your new ventures turn out to be equally fun and fulfilling.

I think it was a time when bootstrapping was a thing.. I feel its scary for new startups to bootstrap since the last decade with huge fundings, especially with funding in billions becoming a normal with the ongoing AI craze. https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/largest-ai-startup-funding-de...

Post by jsfunfun » Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 7:08 AM UTC