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by axod 5919 days ago
Who made the first move?
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What phase of the moon was it when you guys agreed on the terms? And was Jupiter visible?
Contrary to the sentiment of the other replies, I feel this is an interesting question. For those nearing the parapet of potential acquisition it would be interesting to know how affirmative one's actions should be.
Facebook, via email.
How many days did it take from initial email to final acquisition?
Don't know but to me it seems unlikely. The links is when they just launched. I am assuming Facebook could have known them only after they launched.
They launched 49 days ago?
I'm curious as to how that would matter too much.
It matters for the s ake of increasing the information available about the market for startups. Granted, startups span a huge space, but there's a real dearth of pricing information overall.

http://finance.wharton.upenn.edu/~allenf/download/Vita/roleo...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=efficient%20market

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=role%20of%20informa...

None of this matters, the only relevant question is whether it's interesting.