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OMGPOP’s Sale to Zynga Is One of Y Combinator’s Biggest Exits To Date

69 pointsby dkoabout 13 years ago

9 comments

sambeauabout 13 years ago
This acquisition demonstrates the wisdom of investing in people rather than products. A good team will be flexible and have the ability to take advantage of small pieces of success and build them into hard-won 'luck'.<p>Being lucky requires the ability to see when you've been handed an advantage and the tenacity to step into and exploit a lucky situation.<p>Many people just let luck pass them by.
schoudhaabout 13 years ago
Wow, great call by YC and patience by the founders.
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stevenjabout 13 years ago
The article forgot about Reddit. Not sure what the terms were though.
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waxyabout 13 years ago
Is it a cash deal though? If not, it might take a few years until their stock vests and until than zynga might not be worth much. So i really hope it's at least 50% cash.
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parfeabout 13 years ago
Any issues dealing with a Zynga and their business practices? Will the founders and later employees of OMGPOP be protected from Zynga's underhandedness (reported aggressive clawbacks)?
estabout 13 years ago
From one of the earlier days<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=52206" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=52206</a>
dlokshinabout 13 years ago
This is taking the word "exit" a bit liberally, but has YC sold any stock in later rounds of financing for companies like Dropbox and Airbnb?
danssigabout 13 years ago
Congratulations to them. The bad news is; now they work for Zynga. I hope none of the founders is a chef.
joejohnsonabout 13 years ago
The name was changed from "iminlikewithyou" to "OMGPOP"? Wow, they really never planned on leaving the 10-12 year-old market.
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