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0 pointstempestn2y ago0 comments

I wouldn't mind being advised by someone who created a business and sold it to Amazon for a billion dollars, lack of profitability notwithstanding.

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scarface_742y ago

So they found the “greater fool”?

Mark Cuban also sold broadcast .com to Yahoo for 5.7 billion

andirk2y ago

That broadcast.com to Yahoo and Tom selling Myspace to Murdoch are 2 of my favorite flop acquisitions. Honorable mention: Digg selling its soul to their own sales team.

However, Geocities to Yahoo is one of my least fave.

BobaFloutist2y ago

Tumblr to Yahoo for 1.1 billion in the hopes it becomes "The new PDF" was pretty good too.

ID14523192y ago

I'd never heard of broadcast.com before, it is the inspiration for ROI (Radio on the Internet) and Russ Hanneman?

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tempestnOP2y ago

I guess one could also argue in these cases that the founder started a very promising company, and the buyer failed to realize its potential.

fieldcny2y ago

You must be in marketing

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