Founder of the Company Bought by Microsoft for $250M Sold His Share for a Bike

"Chris Hill-Scott, one of the three co-founders of SwiftKey, who created the application in 2008, decided to leave the company soon after the keyboard was launched and give up on his share for… a bike."

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Permalink Reply by R.D. Yant on February 12, 2016 at 10:53am

What was the bike?

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on February 12, 2016 at 2:27pm

It's in the story. Sounds like he wanted out early on and with no product confidence, and probably said something like "I'll trade my shares for your bike" ($250 value) to another co-founders. Eight years later the company sells for $250 million.