IMO, getting bought for $1B is not really the same as "growing to $1B". They may...

		jack-r-abbit on April 10, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Instagram Architecture Facebook Bought for a C... IMO, getting bought for $1B is not really the same as "growing to $1B". They may have grown to a ton of users and may have raised some VC money. But that is not the same. Did they even have a revenue stream? People with insane amounts of money overpay for shiny new toys all the time. Have you ever seen MTV Cribs? lol