j-squared-media

Turning down big money is the new black

Jordan Golson ยท 10/09/07 01:04PM

Mark Zuckerberg is gaining a following among entrepreneurs. BusinessWeek writes a profile of J-Squared Media โ€” two friends who wrote the Sticky Notes Facebook app on a whim. Now they're making $45,000 a month in ad revenue and turned down a $3 million buyout offer because under the terms of the deal, they would have been stuck at the purchasing company โ€” unacceptable for the upwardly mobile entrepreneur.