Steve was so worried that he asked me to delay the launch of Hacker News, which otherwise would have happened about then, lest opponents of the deal use that as ammunition to shoot it down.
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The most memorable thing about Conde Nast's acquisition of Reddit in 2006 was how angry their lawyer was about the deal. These kids getting millions of dollars for nothing!
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How shortsighted!
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yeah lawyers will say nothing when they get nothing
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Just for sport, I like telling lawyers I bill by the hour and there's no guarantees.
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Feels a lot like Yahoo & Alibaba
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I hope said lawyer never hears of dogecoin, he'd probably have a heart attack
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They're still a great deal at $6B. Compare that to Facebook's market cap. Many people spend a lot more time on Reddit these days...
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Facebook’s main revenue source is no longer http://facebook.com .
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Lawyers kill deals in most cases. Unless they are great!
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more Angry Lawyers stories please, including podcast.
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^^^ what this guy said.... There's something alluring about pissed off lawyers lol
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