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the MS offer was not that high when you factor in how many people work at xobni. i've heard some tech acquirers say they initially value a startup at $1M per engineer before factoring in the value of the actual product. xobni is up to what, 14 or 15 people now?

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15 people, all engineers?

I'd actually be really curious what their engineer to executive to support staff ratio is.

Theoretically executive support staff has some value too. I mean, outside of the hacker crowd anyway, those people are viewed as useful.

Oh, sure, I could use some support staff, but I could use hackers more.

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