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by ketzo 1054 days ago
Yeah, seriously -- everyone in this thread seems to be talking about this like a story of failure, and I... don't really get that?

There aren't a lot of hard numbers in the post, but it sounds like Checkout X grossed in the high 7-figure to low 8-figure range, in ~four years, while paying (not very many) Eastern European salaries. The founder alone probably came away with a few million dollars!