How The Founder Of Duck Duck Go Previously Bootstrapped A $10 Mil Company – with Gabriel Weinberg

Gabriel Weinberg, Duck Duck Go, Bootstrapping, Marketing, Scaling, Sell Your Business

Before he built a reputation in the hacker community for being the solo-founder behind the unfunded search engine Duck Duck Go, Gabriel Weinberg bootstrapped NamesDatabase, an online directory which he sold for $10 million.

In this interview you’ll hear how he did it — and you’ll learn how he made it insanely viral. You’ll also hear how he’s growing a following for Duck Duck Go.

Gabriel Weinberg

Duck Duck Go

Gabriel Weinberg is the solo-founder of the search engine Duck Duck Go. Previously, he co-founded co-founded NamesDatabase, which was acquired in 2006.

 

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