Before the tragic Learjet crash, Adam Robinson had a message for startup founders: You don't need VCs to get rich
Source: Business Insider ·
Tech founder Adam Robinson, 45, died in a Learjet crash in Florida on Sunday. Robinson's bootstrapping philosophy inspired many entrepreneurs.
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Adam Robinson, right, poses with his wife Helen Sharp and the couple's two young children.Courtesy of the Robinson familyAdam Robinson, who died in the Florida Learjet crash on Sunday, was a serial entrepreneur.Robinson's career in finance ended with a spiritual upheaval and a pivot into tech startups.An evangelist for bootstrapping, he leaves mourners in Aspen, Austin, and across the internet.Before this weekend's tragedy, Adam Robinson was carving out a picture-perfect life and a contrarian lane in tech entrepreneurship.The 45-year-old tech founder died in a private plane crash on Sunday near Greenacres and Palm Beach, Florida, along with his wife, their two young children, their nanny, and two friends. They were flying from Austin to the Bahamas when the plane went down. All nine occupants of the Learjet died, including the two pilots."It's an unspeakable tragedy," Brett Hurt, a friend and mentor of Robinson's from Austin, told Business Insider on Monday.Robinson was an "amazing…
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