The Hotmail Story
Sabeer Bhatia, the creator of Hotmail, was interviewed in 2004 on Triple J. You can hear the interview here:
http://www.abc.net.au/sydney/stories/s1240179.htm
It’s really worth a listen. I particularly love the part where Sabeer rejected a $140 million offer, then rejected a $350 million offer from Microsoft, and eventually pushed Bill Gates to $400 million.
June 7th, 2006 at 7:07 pm
[…] Did you hear the one about the guy who sold his web site for millions? You’ve no-doubt heard the stories. The ones like Hotmail being sold for over $400 million. Or, closer to home, Trade Me being sold to for around $700 million. If you think you know the next big web site you can now prove it at alexadex.com. […]