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I still remember when Google allegedly offered $200m for this business-less startup. I know I'm playing Monday morning QB, but to reject such offer simply demon
by antr 14y ago
I still remember when Google allegedly offered $200m for this business-less startup. I know I'm playing Monday morning QB, but to reject such offer simply demonstrates lack of economic judgement - both at the management and investor level (and a lucky strike for Google).
We tend to complain plenty about Wall Street's greed but this represents no different behaviour.
- arkitaip 14y agoThe danger of raising so much money - $41+ M - is that you risk being hold hostage by your investors.
- ojbyrne 14y agoThis seems backwards. If you had invested significant sweat equity and then raised $41 million then perhaps so. But in this case it's more like you took your investors hostage and live in constant fear that they will escape.
- TillE 14y agoI think Google (or Facebook) would have done well with their technology and people. Color is a great feature, to paraphrase Steve Jobs. Though maybe not a $200m feature.
- rikf 14y agoYou can develop a-lot of features and hire some (a-lot of) pretty fucking good people for $200m
- waterlesscloud 14y agoThere's something in the idea of ad hoc social networks. Someone will find some gold there eventually.
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- MatthewPhillips 14y agoGoogle also, allegedly, offered GroupOn 6 billion.