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by nedwin·8y ago·view on hn ↗
> Funny how everyone talks like Mashable lost to Techcrunch. Look up how much TC got acquired for, it's actually less than what Mashable got acquired for.

Mashable raised $46m and sold for ~$50m. It was a fire sale. TechCrunch sold for ~$30m with the founder owning the majority of the stock.

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You're thinking from the founder's perspective.

I was talking from the company valuation point of view.

More importantly, the whole point of my comment has nothing to do with who made how much. It's that everyone lost.

Techcrunch didn't lose. Michael Arrington, made a good amount of money from the sale at the time, unlike Mashable now.
> You're thinking from the founder's perspective.

> I was talking from the company valuation point of view

Man, kids nowadays, they don't even read before commenting. And it was only three lines. Was that so hard to read 3 lines right above?

I agree with you but HN is better off without these kinds of comments. Better to have people downvote and move on or just leave a short corrective note.