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Re:Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a d... by tptacek on Monday March 16, 2009 @09:32PM (#519176)
How much do you think Summize went for? 500k? $1MM at the outside? Is that really the best counterexample we've got?
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Re:Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a d... by wallflower on Monday March 16, 2009 @11:45PM (#519347)
I remember Summize was rumored to have gone for $15m in cash and Twitter stock.
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Re:Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a d... by tptacek on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @08:31AM (#519779)
The entire round of funding Twitter took just prior to buying Summize was $15MM.
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