Where are you guys serving 4m gifs? the API? Doesn't seem like the apps are that popular. Also the name might need work because it doesn't sound very appealing
I could see why their daily user engagement would be really good but I wonder what their paid conversion rate is because I imagine it wouldn't be that great in the US.
Those sites don't include employees who will stay on the to run the company. You also don't think Stripe paid a premium over what the site would have fetched in a flippa sale?
VTI is less diversified, you basically only have US stocks. I probably wouldn't mind being only invested VTI but some people want more diversification.
I've done this before to work on my own projects. It turned out fine for me but obviously you won't be making money during this time so you may be set back on things like buying a house.