Rapporative is such a fundamental part of how I get work done that I often forget that it isn't just part of GMail.<p>While I am really excited that these guys had an exit -- founders who make really great products deserve to get paid -- I hope that this doesn't mean that Rapporative will eventually be shut down or merged with LinkedIn in some horrible way that removes it from my inbox. I'm not sure if I can keep people straight without it.
Congratulations to Rahul, Martin, Sam and all the others.
As expressed by others I hope Rapportive continues independently in terms of account creation.<p>I really liked when Conrad from the support them explained an issue I had regarding merged accounts by providing the following graph, I did mention that I was a CS Major (hope the spacing lines up):<p><pre><code> email1@gmail.com (user, merged) <--.
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`-> email2@anotherdomain.tld (user, merged) \
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`-> email3@domainexample.tld (user, merged)
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`-> email4@finaldomain.tld (user)
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|`-> alias1@finaldomain.tld
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|`-> alias2@finaldomain.tld
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`-> alias3@finaldomain.tld</code></pre>
Previous discussion: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3563828" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3563828</a><p><i>edit</i>: Admittedly, the tense of the headline was different.
This is probably the sweet spot exit that most entrepreneurs dream of ...<p>$1 million raised, 2 years of work and $15 million cash exit. The founders have obviously done very well in this exit.<p>Great story. Great product. Well done!
I find myself talking about Rapportive a lot as one of the better executed examples of the contextual delivery of relevant content. Glad these pioneers got rewarded for their work.
Congrats, this is a great tool which has often surprised me with the results it comes up with.<p>I'm very envious of your success. Looking forward to running into you guys one day, like you said, its a small world.