LinkExchange
2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 21, 2025 by Alfred Lin · said 13 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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Jan 21, 2025
Microsoft acquired LinkExchange for $265 million on $15 million in revenue
“We had fifteen million dollars in revenue. You can kind of tell that we were in a bubble when someone would be willing to buy a company that had fifteen million dollars in revenue for two hundred and sixty-five million dollars. But also, you know, it was the t…”
Jan 21, 2025 negative
Lin: LinkExchange degraded its culture by hiring for conventional fit without defined values
“Tony Hsieh had this experience at Link Exchange where we didn't define the values of the company. We started hiring people that were conventionally right for the positions in the job, and one day he woke up and realized the company that he had founded and buil…”