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pjhyett
on Aug 4, 2010
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Google Buys Slide for $182 Million, Getting More S...
I'll never understand why Max took his Paypal money and built an online widget company. Hopefully he'll attempt something meaningful next time.
samratjp
on Aug 4, 2010
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Like his meaningful investing in WePay (which does seem meaningful) -
http://www.businessinsider.com/max-levchin-is-pretty-excited...
staunch
on Aug 5, 2010
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Or Yelp.
basugasubaku
on Aug 5, 2010
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Slide was originally supposed to be a revolutionary way to organize and share photos. But they found monetization in the social network sphere and seemed to focus on that.
jaspertheghost
on Aug 5, 2010
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Slide started out as a global recommendation push engine for shopping items. They pivoted to a widget company when it took off.
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