Tell Me More About Freshbooks from Bootstrapped to 100m by Rethinking VC

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ISBN: 978-1119191834

FreshBooks: From Bootstrapped To $100M By Rethinking VC

FreshBooks initially bootstrapped for 10 years due to anti-VC sentiment, but later raised $100M after Mike McDerment learned more about venture capital.

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