It's been almost exactly a decade since Salesforce acquired Heroku. https://blog.heroku.com/the_next_level Good time to share a few reflections, especially in light of the Slack acquisition.pic.twitter.com/mz0gJelt5Q
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4/ Also—and this might seem hard to remember looking back—Y Combinator was financially unproven. They had built a huge about of prestige the the Valley, but IIRC at the time they were still in the red. (
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Yes, we were in the red till you got acquired. 6 years. (Thank you.)
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Yes, I'll never forget driving to FedEx (to send signed paperwork!) thinking, "Wow, YC is now in the black." Thanks Heroku! I miss you guys:)
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I was personally in the red too until this deal. It bought me a (small but awesome) house! Thank you!
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