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I would still settle for taking a company public. Also it was much less than a billion, but there was stock issued as well.
by nashequilibrium 13y ago
I would still settle for taking a company public. Also it was much less than a billion, but there was stock issued as well.
- spiek 13y agoAnd, IIRC, it was worth a whole heck of a lot less (like $300 mil less) because of the Facebook IPO disaster.
- gfodor 13y agoThe gift of hindsight. Either way they made a mint.
- gfodor 13y agoThe deal wasn't a billion dollars or take a company public. The deal was a billion dollars, keep building the product, or say no and prepare to compete head-on with Facebook in an all-out war. I don't think any sane person would have taken the latter.