Bcc-ing the world’s largest tech blog on your top secret acquisition emails
FunAdvice President Jeremy Goodrich’s palm may be in a steady trajectory toward his face right about now. Or perhaps not. Curiously, he decided to Bcc TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington when he responded to an acquisition offer from myYearbook CEO Geoff Cook.
Cook said, he’d be prepared to offer $125,000 cash up front, $25,000 in consulting fees and $125,000 in MyYearBook stock.
Goodrich emailed Cook back and bcc’d us with his response: no deal. I asked Goodrich, who I don’t know, why he copied us on the email string. His response: “I won’t do that again, I thought techcrunch would find it interesting.â€
Interesting indeed. I wish all startup founders did this. The email string is below, with some contact information removed. I’m sure Cook is thrilled.
Goodrich’s reply isn’t a resounding “no,” in fact he leaves the door open for some bargaining, but if I were Cook I’d certainly be hesitant in passing along any more information or offers when it’s being filtered through the biggest mouth in tech blogging.
