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They were both working on the same thing, and they each needed the kind of people the other one lacked. I believe it was an equal merger though I don't know fo
by pg 16y ago
They were both working on the same thing, and they each needed the kind of people the other one lacked. I believe it was an equal merger though I don't know for sure. It was my idea, but I didn't force it on them.
I believe there were two other similar cases: Reddit and Ninite. Plus Clustrix merged with another co that wasn't funded by us.
- Harj 16y agoWe weren't actually working on the same thing. We both believed eBay was vulnerable and ready for someone to come and displace them. We were focusing on improving the seller experience and Patrick was focused on improving the buyer experience. The two ideas were very complimentary and fitted together perfectly. PG didn't force anything on us, he suggested we meet since our ideas complimented each other. We met up in London and got on tremendously well, it was surprising just how similar our opinions about eBay were so we decided to merge and work together. Everything was completely equal - Patrick, Kul and I all had equal equity and co-founder status.