List of Q1 2008 Web/Internet/Technology Acquisitions

[airbball23]

The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp

interesting list

 

[John]

bodybuilding.com for $100 million, holy shit!!!!

 

[alexb]

Huh. MySQL got bought.

 

[pocketrockets]

bodybuilding.com for $100 million, holy shit!!!!

The growth of that site has just been insane. I remember visiting it back in 2000 and there was hardly any content. Now it's probably has around 500 writers and close to a 1million members. I think he purchased that domain for around $20k and started it at age 21.

I've read they are estimating revenue for this year to be close to $130m! ... and it all started organically without any advertising.

 

[productionhead]

goddam bodybuilding is a beast

 

[smaxor]

So many ways to make cash in this business, you gotta love it.

 

[kyleirwin]

link is down. but bb.com makes all their cash off their massive supplement store. supplements are expensive, and consumable = huge cash.

 

[shithappens]

So this is what jason's keynote at ASW was all about.

 

[aim]

So this is what jason's keynote at ASW was all about.

His keynote was about shady affiliates running spam sites for a quick buck, not legimate venture-backed companies that are building long-term businesses.

If you're referring to companies doing multi million dollar deals that laugh whens some moron posts a six figure check, then yes, that is what his keynote was all about...