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by vibhavs 5796 days ago
"If Slide cashes out for $1.5 billion, Levchin 'would regard it as abject failure'," Slide investor David Weiden of Khosla Ventures told BusinessWeek in 2007.

source: http://www.businessinsider.com/if-slide-cashes-out-for-15-bi...

edit: note that PayPal was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion.

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Wow, talk about hype. That kind of quote is like bubble era speculation, just feeding the frenzy. I always wondered why Slide was kept in such high regard when all they made was slideshows and facebook apps. I mean, sure the guy has a reputation, but what were they making that was so noteworthy and game changing?