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		dude250711 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5B to settle lawsuit wi... What is the HN term for this? "Bootstrapping" your start up? Or is it "growth-hacking" it?

gpm 5 months ago | [–]

The latter (I know you're joking, but...)

Bootstrapping in the startup world refers to starting a startup using only personal resources instead of using investors. Anthropic definitely had investors.

chrisvenum 5 months ago | [–]

Bookstrapping

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