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Interesting to read that Discord has received higher offers than previously reported, as high as $18 billion, yet Jason refuses to sell and hopes to go public.

Interesting to read that Discord has received higher offers than previously reported, as high as $18 billion, yet Jason refuses to sell and hopes to go public. Good for him to sticking to his guns, I don’t think I could say no to $18 billion!

jtsiskin 5y ago
Slack was acquired for $27.7 billion. It will be interesting to see where Discord can exit.
ouid 5y ago
I mean, as soon as the platform IPOs, I'm going to move to something else. It is the way.
bagels 5y ago
It's a chat app. I cannot imagine not selling for an offer like that. Your opportunities for what to do next would be unbounded.
- twhb 5y ago
  Not if you’d sell them too :)
- Barrin92 5y ago
  opportunities aren't really a function of money in particular in the software world. You need a good project, good people and whatnot, but you don't need 18 billion dollars for your next company. In fact if anything I'd honestly say it might be a negative to be that wealthy. A lot of ideas are the products of inventiveness in the face of constraints and a sense of urgency. There is a lot of super-wealthy 30 year olds that have emerged out of the big IPOs and a lot of them have basically retired.
  - bagels 5y ago
    I don't expect every billionaire to do things of this nature, but I counter with Bill Gates and Elon Musk. Myself? Definitely retirement. And race cars.
  - fsloth 5y ago
    Retiring is not bad. Some complex and deep ideas cannot be brought to fruit in urgency but need years of mulling over.
  - Broken_Hippo 5y ago
    "In fact if anything I'd honestly say it might be a negative to be that wealthy" Honestly, that sounds like propaganda telling poor people to be happier with their lot in life. Who says they'd put 18 billion towards their next company anyway?
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scumcity 5y ago
From his perspective: he is set regardless. Much better to ride out the amazing windfall of his own creation than vesting in peace at some mediocre ladder-driven megacorp.
vimy 5y ago
If they find a way to make discord a central part of the (VR) metaverse it will be worth a lot more. I could see them launching a competitor to Facebook’s Horizon. It makes a lot of sense. Context: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-29/mark-zuckerberg-explains-metaverse-vision-to-facebook-fb-investors-analysts https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-29/mark-zuck... https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/announcing-a-1-billion-funding-round-to-support-epics-long-term-vision-for-the-metaverse https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/announcing-a-1-bil...

jtsiskin 5y ago

Slack was acquired for $27.7 billion. It will be interesting to see where Discord can exit.

ouid 5y ago

I mean, as soon as the platform IPOs, I'm going to move to something else. It is the way.

bagels 5y ago

It's a chat app. I cannot imagine not selling for an offer like that. Your opportunities for what to do next would be unbounded.

twhb 5y ago
Not if you’d sell them too :)
Barrin92 5y ago
opportunities aren't really a function of money in particular in the software world. You need a good project, good people and whatnot, but you don't need 18 billion dollars for your next company. In fact if anything I'd honestly say it might be a negative to be that wealthy. A lot of ideas are the products of inventiveness in the face of constraints and a sense of urgency. There is a lot of super-wealthy 30 year olds that have emerged out of the big IPOs and a lot of them have basically retired.
- bagels 5y ago
  I don't expect every billionaire to do things of this nature, but I counter with Bill Gates and Elon Musk. Myself? Definitely retirement. And race cars.
- fsloth 5y ago
  Retiring is not bad. Some complex and deep ideas cannot be brought to fruit in urgency but need years of mulling over.
- Broken_Hippo 5y ago
  "In fact if anything I'd honestly say it might be a negative to be that wealthy" Honestly, that sounds like propaganda telling poor people to be happier with their lot in life. Who says they'd put 18 billion towards their next company anyway?
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scumcity 5y ago

From his perspective: he is set regardless. Much better to ride out the amazing windfall of his own creation than vesting in peace at some mediocre ladder-driven megacorp.

vimy 5y ago

If they find a way to make discord a central part of the (VR) metaverse it will be worth a lot more. I could see them launching a competitor to Facebook’s Horizon. It makes a lot of sense. Context: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-29/mark-zuckerberg-explains-metaverse-vision-to-facebook-fb-investors-analysts https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-29/mark-zuck... https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/announcing-a-1-billion-funding-round-to-support-epics-long-term-vision-for-the-metaverse https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/announcing-a-1-bil...