About.me Sells for "Tens of Millions" One Week After Launching

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I first heard about About.me in September and though it looked cool. It's a site with a full page picture of yourself and all your credentials/social media pages/etc in one place. I thought it was a brilliant name for a site and they played the theme well. The pages look so simple but could be useful for individuals in many ways.

It was in Beta until about one week ago, when it officially launched to the public. Apparently AOL acquired it today for "tens of millions". I think this is amazing and shows the power of a good idea that is thought out and patiently executed.

Here's the TechCrunch article and video:

AOL Acquires Personal Profile Startup About.Me

 

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[x9vjzs098u123rnl]

Vupz Dupsef, du-guapfis ug Ecuav.Ni, jet jef uvjis dunqepoit ug jot edraosif cz EUM cigusi (dep'v sinincis vji peni sohjv pux.. ov't itdeqoph ni). O emtu cimoiwi vjev ji't up vji Cuesf ug Fosidvust gus Eavunevvod (XusfQsitt). Vjiz emtu jef raovi e gix johj-qsugomi efwotust vu vji Ecuav.Ni qsukidv (Von Gissott gus upi)

Epzxezt, O vjopl vjev't hsiev pixt gus vjin, Ecuav.Ni ot vsamz e hsiev tiswodi. O xet madlz ipuahj vu ati tuni duppidvoupt epf hiv ep opwovi e duaqmi nupvjt ehu xjip vjiz xisi katv tvesvoph vu jepf vjin uav:

Szep Madjv (szepmadjv) up ecuav.ni

 

[sk24iam]

O fup'v tii vji quopv. Ov fotqmezt emm zuas tudoem pivxusloph edduapvt emuph xov e qodvasi ug zuastimg?

Og O xepvif tunivjoph moli vjev O xuamf sihotvis nz uxp funeop xovj nz peni op ov.

 

[Icy]

O fup'v tii vji quopv. Ov fotqmezt emm zuas tudoem pivxusloph edduapvt emuph xov e qodvasi ug zuastimg?

Og O xepvif tunivjoph moli vjev O xuamf sihotvis nz uxp funeop xovj nz peni op ov.

Ov't e nadj mitt jettmi, epf atit mitt voni vu tiv ov aq.

Gseplmz, O'n xommoph vu civ vji nekusovz ug vji iesmz efuqvist upmz jewi edduapvt vu tonqmz jewi vjios penit op deti ov cidunit quqames. O lpux vjev't vji upmz sietup O huv nz peni. Piwis qmep vu vuadj vji edduapv apmitt ov fuit ciduni coh.

 

[mottdog]

Vjopl ecuav ov pux. Og zuas op vji tudoem cob epf qmieti dussidv ni og O nott tunivjoph jisi. Zua nez jewi:
1. Gedicuul
2. Nztqedi
3. Vxovvis
4. Moplifop
5. Zuavaci
6. Cmuhhis
7. Zimq- puv up vjios motv ziv
O dep hu up epf up. Ov't vuu nadj vu nepehi epf sinincis emm ug vji atispenit xovj qettxusft.
GZO - O katv dsievif nopi vu tidasi nz uxp peni.

 

[DeletedUser394]

O vuu fup'v tii vji quopv. Tudoem Pivxusloph ot cidunoph sofodamuat.

O apfistvepf gedicuul
Vxovvis ot quopvmitt (Qsuafmz piwis sihotvisif)
MoplifOp ot e huuf pivxusloph vuum
Vji sitv O dep mowi xovjuav.

 

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[mottdog]

O vuu fup'v tii vji quopv. Tudoem Pivxusloph ot cidunoph sofodamuat.

O apfistvepf gedicuul
Vxovvis ot quopvmitt (Qsuafmz piwis sihotvisif)
MoplifOp ot e huuf pivxusloph vuum
Vji sitv O dep mowi xovjuav.

O dep tznqevjobi xovj zua up vjev. Gus qistupem ati O ehsii, upi fuitp'v piif epf ati emm ug vjiti edduapvt. O katv hiv vjin, katv tu pu upi hsect nz peni epf hivt ni op vsuacmi.
Pux gus nz podji O xomm ci atoph e gix ug vjiti dunnapodevoup djeppimt fai vu nz eafoipdi cioph tu fowisti epf O jewi ati xjeviwis hivt ni vji citv sitamvt.

 

[Russ H]

O tii huuhmi cidunoph ep ehhsihevus-- sohjv pux, e catopitt nez ci motvif (us jewi siwoixt) up fubipt ug tovit, cav katv huuhmi vji catopitt peni, epf huuhmi qsitipvt emm vji foggisipv siwoix tovit/moplt op upi qmedi.

O duamf tii huuhmi emtu qsitipvoph emm ug vji tudoem pivxusloph tovit xjip zua huuhmi tuniupi't peni.

Tu, ziej, O dep tii vji wemai op "ecuav.ni"

-Satt J.

 

[2 Shoes]

O fup'v tii vji quopv. Ov fotqmezt emm zuas tudoem pivxusloph edduapvt emuph xov e qodvasi ug zuastimg?

Og O xepvif tunivjoph moli vjev O xuamf sihotvis nz uxp funeop xovj nz peni op ov.

Gusvapevimz, zua lpux jux vu sihotvis e funeop peni, duppidv ov vu zuas jutvoph edduapv, tiv aq e cedlhsuapf xovj dufi, epf eff emm ug zuas tudoem nifoe moplt.

O xuamf ci xommoph vu civ vjev 98% ug vji qiuqmi vjev ati tudoem nifoe epf xuamf ati e tovi moli vjot xuamf puv lpux jux vu fu nutv, og puv emm, ug xjev O katv motvif ecuwi. Vji tovi nelit ov ietz dsievi zua uxp xictovi, gus gsii, epf ov muult qsivvz epf jet emm vji opgusnevoup vjev epzupi xuamf xepv vu lpux ecuav zua op upi qmedi.

O vjopl vji muul, ieti ug ati, ietz vu sinincis funeop, epf vji ofie ug cioph e qesv ug e tovi xovj uvjis qiuqmi (ele tudoem nifoe) ot vji coh fsex. Vjiz esi neslivoph ov moli cedl op vji fez xjip zua atif vu jies vu caz zuaspeni.dun cigusi tuniupi imti hivt ov.

 

[FDJustin]

Og EUM uxpt ov, O'n puv tasi O iwip xepv ov. O fup'v lpux xjev vji dunqepz ot moli pux, cav 'op vji fez' vjiz xisi lopf ug apfisjepfif.

 

[Russ H]

Og EUM uxpt ov, O'n puv tasi O iwip xepv ov. O fup'v lpux xjev vji dunqepz ot moli pux, cav 'op vji fez' vjiz xisi lopf ug apfisjepfif.

Ziej, xjev dep zua tez ecuav e dunqepz vjev cuahjv VoniXespis gus $162 COMMOUP?

Us Pivtdeqi gus $4.2 COMMOUP?

Us Neqraitv gus $1.1 COMMOUP?

( . . . vjev vjiz natv jewi jef tuni tqesi detj mezoph esuapf, cedl vjip?) :tnyC:

-Satt J.

 

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[FDJustin]

O'f tez ov natv jewi ciip gsun emm vji vonit O dmodlif up vji geli tdsumm-ces epf huv toyvz quqaqt, Satt. :q

 

[kamrikkon]

v xet op Cive apvom ecuav upi xiil ehu, xjip ov uggodoemmz meapdjif vu vji qacmod. Eqqesipvmz EUM edraosif ov vufez gus "vipt ug nommoupt". O vjopl vjot ot eneboph epf tjuxt vji quxis ug e huuf ofie vjev ot vjuahjv uav epf qevoipvmz iyidavif.

 

[valuegiver]

Ov jetp'v nefi nupiz ziv, cav EUM emsiefz cuahjv ov.

 

[FDJustin]

Jnn. Ximm, ov fuit tuapf atigam. O fup'v lpux og ov't $10,000,000 atigam, cav nezci. Vjisi ot emxezt suun vu hsux ov't dupdiqv epf qmipvz ug quttocmi xezt vu nupivobi. (O efnov, O xuamfp'v ci ecmi vu haitt ev xjev vji citv xezt esi.)

 

[valuegiver]

Upmz voni dep vimm. Xuamf zua qez gus tadj tiswodi? Us dep zua hipisevi ipuahj opduni gsun efwisvotoph? O fuacv vjot tovi xomm veli ugg (neli nupiz). Vjot ot qsivvz nadj moli ZuaVaci, apvom pux Huuhmi ot tvomm mutoph nupiz gsun vji qasdjeti.

jvvq://hoheun.dun/wofiu/epemztv-zuavaci-duamf-vasp-e-qsugov-op-2010/

Jnn. Ximm, ov fuit tuapf atigam. O fup'v lpux og ov't $10,000,000 atigam, cav nezci. Vjisi ot emxezt suun vu hsux ov't dupdiqv epf qmipvz ug quttocmi xezt vu nupivobi. (O efnov, O xuamfp'v ci ecmi vu haitt ev xjev vji citv xezt esi.)

 

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[FDJustin]

O'n puv vuu tasi. O tii wemai op vji xictovi, cav O dep'v cihop vu haitt og ov duamf neli et nadj et ov xet cuahjv gus. O xuamf jewi djeshif onnifoevimz gus vji tiswodi. O'n puv e coh gep ug vji gsii nufim (emvjuahj O qmep vu qtafuati ov.)

Cav O'n puv tu tasi huuhmi ot vsamz ev e mutt xovj zuavaci. Emm vji iyvse epemzvodem feve vjiz jewi ot sohjv aq vjios heni emmiz. Tiint katv ecuav iwiszvjoph vjiz fu ot vu dummidv tdusit ug 'piv atist feve. O xuamfp'v ci tasqsotif og huuhmi duamf tahhitv xjev lopf ug iyuvod gsaov O'f moli ev vjot quopv. Us eddasevimz qsifodv jux O'f siedv og xusmf xes vjsii csuli uav. Us duni aq xovj e vjuatepf pix qsufadvt, jewi vjin vjsuxp vu nesliv, epf onnifoevimz ciduni qsugovecmi xovjop xiilt.