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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by downandout on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @09:27PM (#7268405)
They were just valued at $19 billion. Kind of not a startup.
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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by jonknee on Wednesday February 19, 2014 @10:26PM (#7268643)
No, they were acquired for $19B. That's exactly a startup. They had a small amount of VC and the revenue to match, but sold for a king's ransom--the storybook version of a startup.
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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by downandout on Thursday February 20, 2014 @12:46AM (#7269115)
Value = the amount that someone will pay for something. $19B in this case.
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Re:Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus ... by TheAlchemist on Thursday February 20, 2014 @05:24AM (#7270023)
That's not value, that's called 'price'
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