By the way: None of this is meant to take anything away from
what founder Nick D'Aloisio did with Summly. That guy is a pure
hustler, and he earned every penny of his millions.
How can they say that after suggesting:
Maybe Yahoo has decided spending $30 million to give one of
their disappointing startups a safe landing is a way to get on
their good side.
If the deal was for Yahoo to gain favour with the investors (lining their pockets; Nick cashing out being an irrelevant side effect) how on earth did he "earn every penny"? If that is true then he was in the right place at the right time with the right investors.
If you count his work as including acquiring the investors then I guess you're right, that might explain the word "hustler".
If you count his work as being building the original application, creating a brand and then being involved with the business that was sold then the company being bought only because of the investors means his work was immaterial to the sale.
