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Founders have bootstrapped businesses successfully across a wide range of industries. Whether focused on granola or Git, they’ve got some common traits. They worked on something they knew and loved, often as side hustles in addition to day jobs. They had the grit to weather initial failures and weren’t too proud to get bogged down in the nitty-gritty. And growth on their terms lead to their ability to take non-traditional paths to success.