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why do so many sites/projects end up like that?

• senorprogrammer 14y ago
  Money. Lots and lots of money.
  • donnfelker 14y ago
    10M looks like a lot initially. Break it down after vesting and investment and its actually not much at all. Its a "nice bonus" for the founders and early employees, at best.
• herval 14y ago
  I'd say because they ultimately never generate enough revenue to pay rent? Failure is the final destination of pretty much everything that is ever built - it's a good thing some at least have the luck to be "acqui-hired" in the end... (the fact that many start projects with that objective in mind doesn't help to improve these numbers either)
• hayksaakian 14y ago
  Buyout vs failure. Last I heard they had no revenue model, so...
• djloche 14y ago
  I have to imagine it is a combination of both the attractiveness of a big payday and being able to move on to something new.