Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today

Post by jorams » Thu, Jan 23, 2025, 8:18 PM UTC

vosper wrote: post #61

prashp wrote: post #60

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Maybe they would find those activities fulfilling? It’s their life, and wealth, after all.

Post by dr_kiszonka » Thu, Jan 23, 2025, 8:20 PM UTC

criddell wrote: post #45

klik99 wrote: post #27

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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…

> I find it’s really interesting how people act when the financial pressure gets suddenly removed. It seems so strange to me to hear stories about people suddenly coming into a bunch of money and not finding contentment or even ending up depressed. If I could afford to retire today, I would do it in a heartbeat and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't run out of things I want to do. When the lotto gets to be above $1 billion,…

Post by mhog_hn » Thu, Jan 23, 2025, 8:22 PM UTC

Post by duxup » Thu, Jan 23, 2025, 8:25 PM UTC

criddell wrote: post #45

klik99 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

> I find it’s really interesting how people act when the financial pressure gets suddenly removed. It seems so strange to me to hear stories about people suddenly coming into a bunch of money and not finding contentment or even ending up depressed. If I could afford to retire today, I would do it in a heartbeat and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't run out of things I want to do. When the lotto gets to be above $1 billion,…

Post by applied_heat » Thu, Jan 23, 2025, 8:26 PM UTC

dr_kiszonka wrote: post #73

criddell wrote: post #45

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> I find it’s really interesting how people act when the financial pressure gets suddenly removed. It seems so strange to me to hear stories about people suddenly coming into a bunch of money and not finding contentment or even ending up depressed. If I could afford to retire today, I would do it in a heartbeat and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't run out of things I want to do. When the lotto gets to be above $1 billion,…

> When the lotto gets to be above $1 billion, I'll usually buy a ticket because it's fun to imagine the life I could have with that money. I buy lotto tickets for the same reason! Their expected value is very low but the maximum value is thought-provoking. For me, $50k would be life-changing. One billion is hard to imagine.