{
  "id": 17895461,
  "title": "Before the tragic Learjet crash, Adam Robinson had a message for startup founders: You don't need VCs to get rich",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/before-the-tragic-learjet-crash-adam-robinson-had-a-message-for",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-03T01:55:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/adam-robinson-florida-learjet-crash-tech-community-2026-11"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Adam Robinson, a 45-year-old tech entrepreneur, passed away in a tragic Learjet crash near Greenacres and Palm Beach, Florida, along with his wife, two young children, their nanny, and two friends. Robinson was an evangelist for bootstrapping, arguing that startups should grow without outside capital. He had recently relocated from Aspen, Colorado, and had a successful career in finance before pivoting into tech startups. The 9 occupants of the Learjet, including the two pilots, died when the plane went down during a flight from Austin to the Bahamas. Robinson's companies, Retention.com, RB2B, and MoltSets, had a combined annual revenue of $35 million and generated products for identifying website visitors and accessing contact information. He was known for his content creation strategy and his no-nonsense approach to bootstrapping companies.",
  "summary": "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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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}