4 ms·
These offers were a joke. Try adding one zero. Pretty sure VC would give a billion with little strings attached to any company that's threatening Facebook. Eve
by user5994461 8y ago
These offers were a joke. Try adding one zero. Pretty sure VC would give a billion with little strings attached to any company that's threatening Facebook.
Every seller has a price. WhatsApp went for $16B.
- rapsey 8y agoThey were not a joke. They were at an earlier stage of growth and all those prices were fair for what it was at the time.
- user5994461 8y agoDon't be surprised when a company in early stages of growth (tens of millions of users with great potential for more) prefers to continue than take an early exit. The Microsoft deal looks incredibly one sided: https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-ballmer-microsoft-tried-to-buy-facebook-for-24-billion-2016-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-ballmer-microsoft-trie... Anyway, prices are up. There is more cash available now than there was 10 years ago, not to mention than being acquired by Google/Facebook/Microsoft is a better brand name than Viacom. With funding rounds in over a hundred millions, the founders might not even get a good cut out of a (single) billion dollar sale.