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Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today

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Re: Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today

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Post by sparshgupta »

paraschopra wrote: post #265

I also want to thank my co-founder Sparsh for building the company with me. He deserves as much congrats as it's coming my way! (He sometimes lurks here on HN)! Couldn't have built Wingify without him! He'll continue to be associated with the company as the CEO and I feel rested knowing that :)

Thanks

Re: Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today

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Post by rajnathani »

Congratulations Paras! Given that I know you IRL, it's so nice to see your post here!

JFYI for those who have seen similar posts on HN earlier, one of them (2020) from earlier was from Paras when his company got pretty successful already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23466470

Re: Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today

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Post by saagarjha »

dang wrote: post #85
firefoxd wrote: post #31

My 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

Here's that earlier thread - thanks for pointing it out! Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23466470 - June 2020 (128 comments)

It's quite amusing that the same person is the top comment in both threads

Re: Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today

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Post by WA »

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,…

> 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.

You probably underestimate the little voice that will show up at some point, aksing what is the point in doing that thing?

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