SOME FINAL WORDS ON FOURSQUARE

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Foursquare was acquired about a month ago, marking the end of a 17-year story. The acquisition was a $0 outcome for equity holders. This post captures the ending from a founder's point of view and details lessons learned from starting, scaling, and losing the company. In the end, the company was unable to survive a leadership change, leading to employee frustration and the zero-dollar outcome for equity holders.