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		jasonwilk on July 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Yahoo Is Buying Mobile Analytics Firm Flurry For N... Very interesting to see this possible acquisition especially considering last year their CEO was quoted saying regarding a 2014 IPO. "I consider an IPO an entrance," he tells us. "We don't have a choice, our volume is too high and our scale is too big for anyone to absorb us." They've raised over $60M, so maybe they have cooled off quite a bit and seems they are about to get 'absorbed' Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/flurry-ipo-and-ceo-simon-khal...

applecore on July 22, 2014 | [–]

That interview is from September 2013. Ad technology stocks have performed very poorly since then[1], so it's understandable they'd want to sell and avoid the headache of an IPO.

[1]: http://blogs.wsj.com/cmo/2014/06/02/why-ad-tech-stocks-are-g...

MagicWishMonkey on July 22, 2014 | [–]

That sounds like typical CEO BS speak.

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