"You know what's cool? A billion dollar acquisition right before you go public. Congrats, Mike Kreiger & Kevin Systrom!"

Adam Rifkin stashed this in Instagram!

Source: Facebook Buys Instagram For $1 Billion, Turns Budding Rival Into Its Standalone Photo App | TechCrunch

<p><img src="//img.pandawhale.com/post-906-You-know-what-s-cool-A-billion-A9we.jpeg" alt=" You know what s cool A billion dollar acquisition right before you go public Congrats Mike Kreiger &amp; Kevin Systrom " /></p> <p>Source: <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/09/facebook-to-acquire-instagram-for-1-billion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Buys Instagram For $1 Billion, Turns Budding Rival Into Its Standalone Photo App | TechCrunch</a></p>

Adam Rifkin
2:48 PM Apr 09 2012

Yes, I'm obsessed.

A simple architecture. 3 engineers. An acquisition. Wow. Wow.

<p>Yes, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pandawhale.com/convo/897/since-instagram-has-no-real-web-client-that-you-can-login-to-facebook-will-be-instagrams-web-client">I'm obsessed.</a></p> <p>A <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pandawhale.com/convo/907/the-instagram-architecture-facebook-bought-for-a-cool-billiondollars">simple architecture</a>. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-employees-and-investors-2012-4?op=1">3 engineers</a>. An <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pandawhale.com/convo/897/since-instagram-has-no-real-web-client-that-you-can-login-to-facebook-will-be-instagrams-web-client?comment=4240">acquisition</a>. Wow. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pandawhale.com/convo/897/since-instagram-has-no-real-web-client-that-you-can-login-to-facebook-will-be-instagrams-web-client">Wow</a>.</p>

Adam Rifkin
7:58 PM Jul 18 2012