A lot of bootlicking in the comments.
Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
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Re: Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
#162My employer picked vwo over my own custom in house ab testing tool [0]. I was so pissed! Congrats, yours was the better tool. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23471050
There's no higher praise than "I built my own; yours was better"!
Re: Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
#163Sorry guys, this is sad news for the world. You just made the divide between ultra rich and ultra poor larger. And please, don't start complaining on how hard it was.
You do the same when you accept your salary every month. Start by giving that up.
Re: Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
#164Nothing to add except more congratulations to you.
That’s a huge exit and you deserve to be incredibly proud of it.
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#165Congratulations; really impressive.
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#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Take a look at my cousin: he's broke, don't do shit.
There is a luxury class at both ends of the economic spectrum, as Veblen observed.
The trick is to attain leisure while also having the resources to live safely and comfortably.
Re: Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
#167Congrats! Thats wonderful.
Re: Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
#168Congratulations. I'm curious... what do people do after something like this? Vacation?
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.
Agreed. It should happen to more & more people.
Re: Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
#169Earlier 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,…
Talk to some retired people. The loss of identity can hit you right in the ego. You might think retirement sounds great, but I’ve known several people who thought that, and then un-retired. Other people seem to do just fine; I’m not sure if it’s temperament or something else. And then again, there are some people who just fade away…
Re: Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
#170Hey, cool! Former VWO customer here (it was my previous company). You guys made a good product and had a good revenue team selling it as well. Thrilled that you had a great exit!