TACO (Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out)
Firefox add-on built solo by researcher Christopher Soghoian that set opt-out cookies for dozens of ad networks so users could dodge behaviourally targeted advertising. Privacy startup Abine acquired it in June 2010.
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This database tracks 80 Other exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $1,900. Category matters more than founders expect: buyers apply different discount rates to a content business, a mobile app and a B2B tool even at identical revenue.
From founding to sale took 2.0 years. Time to exit is a decent proxy for how built-to-sell a business was: shorter, cleaner processes usually mean documented operations and fewer surprises in due diligence.
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