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Meet The 23- Year-old Kid Who Turned Down $3 Billion For Snapchat by Archisola(m): 11:42pm On Nov 17, 2013
Two years ago, Evan
Spiegel was just another
beer-soaked frat boy
obsessing over sex and
dot.com riches. This
week, the 23-year-old co-
founder of Snapchat was
offered big -- big --
money for the tiny
smartphone app
company he created.
Instead of dancing into the
sunset, Spiegel did the
unthinkable, turning down
a $3 billion offer from
Facebook (FB) and then a
$4 billion bid from Google
(GOOG). A college
dropout running a
company with almost no
assets, no revenue and a
mountain of legal
problems, Spiegel is
betting Snapchat can
transcend the stigma of
the "next big thing" and
become an industry unto
its own.
There's no going back
now. History will paint
Evan Spiegel as either one
of the most brilliant
entrepreneurs ever, or a
delusional fool.

what do you think, was that a wise step?
What would you do if you were in his shoes?
Re: Meet The 23- Year-old Kid Who Turned Down $3 Billion For Snapchat by Chazzyboy: 12:04am On Nov 18, 2013
I go take money o
Re: Meet The 23- Year-old Kid Who Turned Down $3 Billion For Snapchat by Nobody: 12:09am On Nov 18, 2013
Very brilliant mind knows a bird @ hand is worth 50 in the bushes...
Re: Meet The 23- Year-old Kid Who Turned Down $3 Billion For Snapchat by DAVE5(m): 12:14am On Nov 18, 2013
i admire your courage boy... wish our Nigeria wld b like him
Re: Meet The 23- Year-old Kid Who Turned Down $3 Billion For Snapchat by Prymestrr(m): 12:58am On Nov 18, 2013
So d kid got upto $4 billion bid 4 his smart fone app company eh... But some stewpid riff raffs thought it wise 2 tender a midget #30 million 2 seun for NAIRALAND.., FOOLS looking down on Nigerian intelligence!

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Re: Meet The 23- Year-old Kid Who Turned Down $3 Billion For Snapchat by mail4henry89(m): 1:00am On Nov 18, 2013
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Re: Meet The 23- Year-old Kid Who Turned Down $3 Billion For Snapchat by Archisola(m): 9:34am On Nov 18, 2013
Chazzyboy: I go take money o
dat cud be been shortsighted.
Re: Meet The 23- Year-old Kid Who Turned Down $3 Billion For Snapchat by Archisola(m): 9:36am On Nov 18, 2013
D.A.V.E:
i admire your courage boy... wish our Nigeria wld b like him
d transformation begins wit u

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