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Re:Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today by thwarted on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:20PM (#42808205)
> 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

Is there a word missing in this? How did they join after acquisition and have a meaningful financial windfall? And being an early employee?

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Re:Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today by klik99 on Thursday January 23, 2025 @06:39PM (#42809184)
It's very ambiguously phrased in multiple ways because I don't edit my HN posts, but it is technically correct, just vague! He was one of the first employees at King, and I met him a year after King was acquired. The "they" in "after they were acquired" is ambiguous which I think led to your confusion.
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Re:Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today by hapidjus on Thursday January 23, 2025 @04:50PM (#42808436)
They met a year after.
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