After some rumors a few weeks ago, it’s now official. AOL has acquired SocialThing . I’m immensely proud of the Matt, Ben, and Brian. As one of the members of the TechStars 2007 class of companies (and the first one to have an exit), I have a long list of entertaining stories that I’ll save for the closing dinner when we roast everyone. In the mean time, I give you David Cohen’s memory of events and some of the history of how SocialThing came to TechStars last year.
Frank Gruber – who has known the SocialThing team since they demoed at TECH Cocktail Boulder last spring (which Frank co-hosts) – also has some good thoughts up from his perspective inside AOL .
Guys – congrats! Everyone in TechStars and the Boulder entrepreneurial community is proud of you. And AOL – congrats to you also; you just added some really great ingredients to the mix.
Finally, as a special bonus, SocialThing won the Boulder 2008 IQ Award last night for Consumer Internet company. And – I’m having lunch with Matt and his parents today. Life is just never dull around here.