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Lanyrd acquired by Eventbrite
- loceng 13y agoMakes perfect sense. Congrats.
- jedc 13y agoCongratulations, guys! This seems like a really natural fit. The slidedeck was a thoughtful touch to explain it, too. :)
- djt 13y agoI wonder how much they paid?
- johns 13y agoCongrats Simon and team! Great outcome for one of my favorite services. Can't wait to have you in SF.
- jedc 13y agoIs Lanyrd leaving London? I didn't see that mentioned anywhere...
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- paulsilver 13y agoIn the Eventbrite notice - http://blog.eventbrite.com/eventbrite-acquires-eventioz-and-lanyrd/ http://blog.eventbrite.com/eventbrite-acquires-eventioz-and-... - it says the Lanyrd team will be moving over to San Francisco to join the main Eventbrite engineers. It'll be a shame to lose them to the States again.
- ig1 13y agoCongrats
- iancarroll 13y agoAm I the only one that read that as Lavabit?
- niccolop 13y agoCongrats Simon and Natalie!
- cbeach 13y agoCongratulations Simon and Nat - sorry to lose you from London but SF will be a fantastic move. All the best.
- andybak 13y agoYou already pinched them from Brighton. Now you know how it feels ;-)
- mavroprovato 13y agoSide project on their honeymoon??? That must be the geekiest thing that I have ever heard.
- joshdance 13y agoGeeks shall inherit the earth.
- simonw 13y agoTo clarify: we did have a solid three months of honeymoon before we started the company! Here's a longer version of the story: http://lanyrd.com/blog/2012/lanyrd-the-early-days/ http://lanyrd.com/blog/2012/lanyrd-the-early-days/
- fourstar 13y agoI remember reaching out to them a couple years ago asking about their stack, and I got a really nice/informative response back (actually they linked me to a page on their site that listed all the info). These two deserve it!
- reachedtoofar 13y agoA lot of Americans say 'reaching out' when they mean 'talk', it sounds ludicrous to me- as if it were the bloody Creation of Adam ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo_-_Creation_of_Adam.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo_-_Creation_of... ). So naff.
- premasagar 13y agoSimon and Natalie, and all the team, congratulations on your continued rise of success. Yours has always felt like one of the most human and utterly useful services out there; long may it be so. Enjoy the new phase.
- nhangen 13y agoCongrats to the team, both on the acquisition and being acquired by a great company.
- timruffles 13y agoCongrats! What a shame that you're off to the states :(
- emhart 13y agoCongratulations as all have said, and also some excitement, as this seems like a well-matched pair of services. I am very optimistic for the outcome of this acquisition/collaboration. Best of luck to all involved!
- sylvinus 13y agoWarm congrats!
- r4vik 13y agoGreat news for Lanyrd and Eventbrite, hope they can use the Lanyrd team to fix their horrendous platform! So much potential.
- dmitri1981 13y agoCongratulations! You will be much missed in London.
- 31reasons 13y agoWhy founders sell it so early ? If you want to sell it so early why start in the first place ?
- noelwelsh 13y agoThere are at least 31 reasons why a founder might sell. Money is a popular one.
- 31reasons 13y agoGood point!
- georgespencer 13y ago> If you want to sell it so early why start in the first place? Uh, what? Are you genuinely suggesting that if your intention is to sell a business quickly, you shouldn't start one to begin with? I.e. "if you want to sell a business, don't start a business." Utter nonsense.
- 31reasons 13y agoyou missed "so early". They could have sold it for twice the price if they grew little bit more and become bigger competitor. Like all decisions, no selling a company is also an investment decision. Do you want to invest in founders who sell within 3 years or someone who grow the company much bigger in 10 or 15 years ? Mark Zuckerberg was offered $1 billion dollar by yahoo when no one even heard of facebook and he declined the offer. If you want to call it "Utter nonsense" its your choice.
- toyg 13y agoYeah, and how much were the Foursquare guys offered at one point? And the various groupon sites? Lots of people end up kicking themselves for not flipping a company when the going was good. Lanyrd has had a good run, all considered.
- lamby 13y agoCongrats simonw :)
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- gregdek 13y agocongrats simon et al.
- gregdek 13y agocongrats simon et al.
- amirmc 13y agoThis is exactly the kind of acquisition that can help drive even more adoption of a service since it's obvious to users how the two companies complement each other. This is also one of the very few acquisitions where I've read "[acquirer's] vision sits well with ours..." and not had to scratch my head and figure out why. Congrats on a great pairing and sorry that we're losing Simon and Nat to the US.
- onassar 13y agoI'm working on a business in a similar space, and what got me excited by this news was the natural overlap. It doesn't come off as a talent grab. Rather, there are natural parallels between the two services, and it seems like they're going to explore how they can (yup, I'm gonna say it), synergize, their two respective domains. Podium (http://hellopodium.com http://hellopodium.com) is the service we're working on. Excited about this space :)
- manpreetrules 13y agocongrats
- Swannie 13y agoA successful YCombinator exit. Congrats guys. Will miss you from London. When's the party? ;-)
- vadivlkumar 13y agoA great gift for your next anniversary
- taitems 13y agoMaybe we'll finally get an API!
- sixQuarks 13y agoMy guess is this is a ~$10 million acquisition. Not too shabby for a 3 year old startup.