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Rocketships and Slingshots

15 juecd 4 9/4/2025, 9:06:10 PM postround.substack.com ↗

Comments (4)

fitzn · 26m ago

It would have been cool to read stories about a few more examples of slingshots, as the author calls them.

akharris · 9m ago

Fair enough. I definitely should have added nvidia to the list.

safety-space · 11m ago

I think that bootstrapped startups are more likely to be slingshots than rockets. Given lower fundings, but more skin in the game for the founder(s)