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• Says the Google employee. : c0bra
• I agree with that "idiot" : ConfusedUs
• Quite the forehead. http://cache-02.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/7/2010/01/500x_4248741500_b703996e39-t... : danws6
• maybe he wants to be the head of his own company, not a google subsidiary. And omg, he's got an awesome w... : filthysock
• u mad? : proclone1
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  Damn... : bolneze
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    Fuck these guys Im with you virus - shoulda taken the money and ran : bolneze
    • He already has money. : Hiro
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  Why? The article doesn't have enough substance to judge. : dahanese
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    Well, I saw it reported in other reputable sources days ago, now it's in valleywag and getting reposted b... : askedrelic
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      Yeah - the Groupon thing I'm not really sure about. I guess there is too much about that deal that doesn... : virus
      • Google trying to buy Groupon is Google trying to buy anything that is popular, especially for the adverti... : askedrelic
  • maybe if they mention it's from google a couple more times... : wetard
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  You know what's cool? 100 billion : Serpico74
  • ^^^^^ : cookblaze
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  Hm, strange responses so far shacknews. I guess I should explain myself. First of all, there's no way... : virus
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    I AM SO ANGRY AT YOUR INTERNET COMMENT : askedrelic
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      hahahaha (proclone1) : virus
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        re: your 3rd point (why not take $100 mill, work at google, and then retire) You may have rose tinted ... : askedrelic
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          Android. Now your point is moot. Android is something that has not changed because of corporate culture... : virus
          • Dodgeball founder Dennis Crowley and Lars Rasmussen might dispute that! It may not be specific over corpo... : askedrelic
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            I still think his point is valid. Some people out there don't want that life and don't want google. Must ... : dahanese
            • Yeah right on. You always have *something* negative to say in my threads, it's cool. : virus
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    Maybe it's not about the money to him, but the challenge of taking on a giant. : danws6
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      Hence I believe him to be an idiot. =\ : virus
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        That's probably why you are still at google instead of off trying to create your own startups.

        Feb 04, 2011 8:48pm PST
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        That's probably why you are still at google instead of off trying to create your own startups. : danws6
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          Or a million other reasons / things. I guess we'll never know really, but $100M is a lot of fucking mone... : virus
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            Yes, I am sure he is and idiot after helping start facebook and now another successful website that obvio... : pancake humper
            • pancake humper you rrr so dumb, you can't even see it : askedrelic
            • Phhht he practically stumbled into all that stuff. : Cubictoast
            • He didn't help start facebook... He was in charge of facebook connect and platform. : cltcprd
          • so you're calling him an idiot based on his bio. : proclone1
          • dont lean too hard : spaceless
        • srsly you work at google? YOU FAILURE : bolneze
        • ding ding ding : the city
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        I think he's an idiot too. But I also thought facebook was redundant at the time, twitter was useless and... : emcea
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          In the long run, I hope he does well. I can't stand facebook and I think that anything that brings compe... : virus
          • Would you rather have him tak the 100mill or make you a better social network? : Cubictoast
        • Heck I still think Facebook and Twitter are useless :/ : nukewinter
  • how much is a couple hundred thousand users worth in ad revenue? : filthysock
  • Were you familiar with the terms? It could have been all for stock that took a decade to vest and require... : d3tached
  • Obviously he isn't just in for the cash and does not want his baby to be part of "big G". Its his busines... : Lukiopimp
• I seriously want to slap that cockeyed fucking twat. 100 million?! I mean, even if you don't need the mon... : dumb.
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  Meh, who are we to judge? : watcherxp
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    Well, I'm willing to judge this article as "trashy." : JarEme
    • yeah, with you on that one : watcherxp
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  The problem with turning down offers like that, is that it's really dangerous to your business. If a comp... : haiku
  • Agreed. Article is speculative, making it sound like the author's perception of things is obviously corre... : Dr_Cube
• Probably wasn't totally his decision. I'll withhold my judgement until I know everything that went into h... : mr.sleepy
• you ever wonder that back in the day when companies werent swooped up and gutted like that it made for a ... : spiderfill
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  Is it possible the guy wants to retain control of his business rather than sell it off? He may not need o... : SigENeaT
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    I can't imagine creating any business that I wouldn't be willing to sell for an enormous amount of money.... : ArB
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      Are you one of those people who hate on art? I am not trying to compare a business to art (especially soc... : SigENeaT
      • There comes a point where DUDE HOLY SHIT $100,000,000!!! For that kind of money you could live the life o... : Floppygrandma
• one of our exec assistants just went to that startup. hope it does well : hamachi
• google seems like a cool place to work but apparently it requires a huge ego : kill9
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  Actually I think he's awesome. Never heard of Path before, would definitely use it if I had an iPhone. : kabex
  • The biggest limitation with it right now is that it is iphone only. I would definitely use it as the idea... : d3tached
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  sounds like he already made all the money he needs. The Google offer probably came with a set of handcuff... : steelsamurai
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    An employee will never understand that concept. : kabex
    • Sure you can. You just have to have an open mind and be willing to learn. : dahanese
• I would too http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm : dognose
• Lol I know him :) : cltcprd
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  Interesting. Shawn Fanning of Napster fame is part of Path. http://www.path.com/about : ShekkyBoy
  • yea well so is michael jackson! : Patch-e
  • Michael Jackson too! lol : ThomW
• google is desperate for social networking stuff as they get their ass kicked by Facebook. : gyokuro
• I got no problem with a dude who has already made all the money he needs, and has since set up the enviro... : NexusOne
• Who knows what the contract requirements were, virus. I can imagine a number of stipulations being comple... : stuka
• You know, I can understand a guy that just wants to run his little business and not play in the major lea... : melt_core
• The groupon one was funnier : 60days
• Some people don't need the money. : furiouschuck
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  According to a 1993 biography of Gates, Perot said Gates wanted an asking price of $40 million to $60 mil... : handofthrawn
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    That is a terrible comparison. In 1993, MS was worth way more than that and was on the edge of releasing ... : shirif
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      It's the biography that's 1993. When was the proposed deal? : guigr
      • Seems to be the late 70s "As the '70s were drawing to a close, there was one company Perot had his eye... : handofthrawn
    • The biography was 1993, not the time of the offer. I realize MS was worth more than that considering whe... : handofthrawn
  • Wow, Perot is an interesting guy. Made a start up with $1,000 in 1962, eventually sold his stake to GM f... : lightsam
• David Morin? More like Moran! : reZaun
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  maybe he loves his creation and doesn't want to part with it. would you sell one of your children to goog... : dotpain
  • I'd have 3 kids then sell all 3 for that much money! >:o : Jimbo Ro
• Get a brain Morin! : SolveChrist
• He should of took the hundred milion and stock and kept himself on the board. What a dumbass. That site s... : bozer
• The guy probably has a decent amount of money anyways and faith in his ability to make a reasonable livin... : edgewise
• Wait, he's a successful guy even by his own solo standards and they're basically trash talking him in thi... : Godhatesfatpeople
• I've learned not to judge founders when they turn down crazy good offers. Yeah, the money makes it easy t... : Dr_Cube