Mint.com Sold For A Cool 170 Million

Kevin AKA Hubcap · 10-25-2009, 10:24 PM

Thought this article might interest you.

Mint.com, started three years ago from nothing, was recently sold for 170 million.

edit: forgot the--> link

Kevin

LMC · 10-25-2009, 10:30 PM

started from nothing.... except $32 million in venture capital.

Bought out by their competition.

Bill Farnham · 10-25-2009, 10:31 PM

Man, it'll take a lot of Junior Mints to recoup that investment.

Somebody must have a sweet tooth...

Actually, that article is a pretty good read. A great study on what it takes to be successful. Kudos to him.

KJ

Kevin AKA Hubcap · 10-25-2009, 10:37 PM

Hi LMC,

I didn't realize they received that much funding. The article I read (and later linked to) only mention an amount in the neighborhood of 800,000 but after doing some basic research I see what you're talking about.

Kevin

Steven Carl Kelly · 10-25-2009, 11:07 PM

My friend sold a domain name for $3.2 million. Invested $70, made millions.

Dan C. Rinnert · 10-25-2009, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steven Carl Kelly

My friend sold a domain name for $3.2 million. Invested $70, made millions.

I wish I had registered more domain names way back when...

I just got an offer earlier this week for one of my domain names. $300. I think someone offered me $25 or so a couple years ago for the same domain. So, it was an improvement over that, but still...

markshields · 10-26-2009, 03:16 AM

Strangely enough I remember a while back there was a domain I wanted to buy a .com and it was what was called a special domain where they wanted $3600 I declined it and the next day a friend bought it ha ha

Michael Lewis · 10-26-2009, 03:27 AM

I love Mint.com. They are great. They have an Iphone app too! Deff a great idea but a huge investment.

Charann Miller · 10-26-2009, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steven Carl Kelly

My friend sold a domain name for $3.2 million. Invested $70, made millions.

I bet he's smiling. Makes us want to hold onto those little sites, build them up even more and then flip them for much bigger profits later down the road.

3.2 million, a nice chunk of change there.

4success53 · 10-26-2009, 12:38 PM

There may still be some hidden gems out there!

LilBlackDress · 10-26-2009, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markshields

Strangely enough I remember a while back there was a domain I wanted to buy a .com and it was what was called a special domain where they wanted $3600 I declined it and the next day a friend bought it ha ha

And how did he do with it?

CDarklock · 10-26-2009, 03:14 PM

Wow, he made a mint!

(Sorry.)

francof · 10-26-2009, 03:18 PM

nice

those stories are always inspiring

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