Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today

Are you planning to write blog post of the journey? It is always joyful to read about process and details about such acquisitions. I remember couple shared in HN and got lots of interest such as waze.

Congratulations!

Good for you ! Are you completely exiting the company, or will you still run the product, if only in part ? Are you leaving a team behind ?

I'm very curious about how to approach such a moment. There are so many horror stories where an acquisition ends up being "bad news" for teams and users alike - I hope this won't be the case here !

Congratulations Paras! Great milestone. Please share more details for your journey and learnings as a blog post.

I met someone who was an early employee at King about a year after they were acquired for 5.9b - it’s a little different since he wasn’t involved with the sale, but he was still processing the insane amount of money he had. A year on he hadn’t moved out of his small apartment, still contracted, still used the same cheap phone, and hadn’t started investing beyond just the normal mutual funds/bonds/etc. it struck me as the smartest move, take your time to come up with a plan and don’t just dive into recklessly spending it.

I also know a founder couple I was close friends with who had a sizeable exit, who moved to Costa Rica where they could spend little and focus on writing, a side interest that ended up leading to their next company.

I find it’s really interesting how people act when the financial pressure gets suddenly removed.

Wow, what an inspiring story? Care to share any stats, such as team size, when you hit your first ARR milestones, or anything else?