David Karp signed off on his official Yahoo!-tumblr buyout letter with “Fuck yeah, David”. Excellent.

riley-the-redd:

Why do corporations feel the need to buy out every fucking thing. Are they not happy enough with 80 million dollars a year…they just want more and more and more.

Because people are willing to sell. 

There are only a few revenue streams and there are even fewer exit strategies for start-ups. Building a product that’s targeted at an established company with the hopes that they will take notice and offer you a buy out is an entrepreneur’s dream. 

David Karp, who’s already wroth $200+ million, is going to triple that with the stroke of a pen on Monday. He can retire at the age of 26, if he wanted to (probably doesn’t want to.)

Seems like a great thing that giant corporations are willing to buy out start-ups.