The Ledger

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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tolia: Co-founder merger litigation permanently fractured friendships
“It took friendships, and it fractured them, and they've never been repaired.”
Nirav Tolia Sep 15, 2025 ▶ 19:45 Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global
Assertion Supported
Tolia: Shopping.com Went Public And Was Acquired By eBay For ~$620M-$630M
“We merged with another private company. We renamed the entire thing shopping.com. And believe it or not, shopping.com ultimately went public. Had a bit of a mixed track record, but ultimately was bought by eBay for, I think, about 626 hundred thirty million.”
Nirav Tolia Sep 15, 2025 ▶ 15:32 Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Nirav Tolia says Epinions was originally Naval Ravikant's idea
“And opinions was Naval's idea.”
Nirav Tolia Sep 15, 2025 ▶ 10:41 Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global
Assertion Supported
Tolia: Epinions downsized from over 100 employees to 20 during dot-com crash
“We lost most of the employees. I think we probably were up over a hundred employees. We went down to 20 employees at some point. Many of the co-founders left”
Nirav Tolia Sep 15, 2025 ▶ 13:22 Nirav Tolia: Nextdoor. How neighborhood chatter went global
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