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		menloparkbum on Aug 16, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is it hard to startup a company outside of Sil... Winamp. $0 outside investment, was making $1M/y off of advertising at time of acquisition, $100M exit.

corentin on Aug 16, 2007 [–]

You can include most software companies that started as shareware vendors: id Software, Apogee, etc.

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