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		bitcartel on April 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook buys Parse What did your revenues look like? This acquisition doesn't really tell us if Parse, based around a proprietary SDK, had a viable business model or not.

csmajorfive on April 25, 2013 | [–]

I can't share revenue numbers but we picked this route over multiple Series B term sheets. So, that's a measure of viability.

rdouble on April 25, 2013 | [–]

Back end services like these are a lot of work for limited financial reward, which is why they almost all eventually sell, if they can.

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