Why GitHub abandoned the bootstrapper’s ship for a $100M Series A

July 9, 2012 2:00 PM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

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After half a decade of preaching about the virtues of bootstrapping, the GitHub founders are finally getting in bed with a major VC firm to the tune of $100 million — that’s $1 million per employee at the still-small startup.…