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The Flickr acquisition didn’t make anyone close to a billionaire, the whole deal was for $25 million.
by chowchowchow 2y ago
The Flickr acquisition didn’t make anyone close to a billionaire, the whole deal was for $25 million.
- jazzyjackson 2y agoMaybe one of Yahoo's few W's Well, I still don't know if it's profitable for them but at least it has its niche of paying users
- emddudley 2y agoYahoo (Verizon) did eventually sell Flickr to SmugMug in 2018 for an undisclosed sum.
- wslh 2y agoI just added more context about Stewart as an entrepreneur. It is also important to highlight that Flickr was acquired in 2005 and the acquisition numbers were a fraction of what you see nowadays. Finally, 2005 was just a few years after Internet startups started again after the dot com crash. Google Maps was launched this year and a little bit before Gmail.
- reassess_blind 2y agoBetter than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick.