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trott
on March 4, 2016
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Source: Microsoft mulled an $8B bid for Slack, wil...
I'd like to know what people think developing something like Slack should cost, and why MS thought $8e9 was a potentially reasonable valuation.
st3v3r
on March 5, 2016
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Keep in mind that the acquisition value is not just the code. There's also the brand, the userbase, the engineers, and not having to actually do it themselves.
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