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Founder of the Company Bought by Microsoft for $250M Sold His Share for a Bike

"Chris Hill-Scott, one of the three co-founders of SwiftKey, who created the application in 2008, decided to leave the company soon after the keyboard was launched and give up on his share for… a bike."

http://news.softpedia.com/news/cofounder-of-the-company-bought-by-m...

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What was the bike?

It's in the story.  Sounds like he wanted out early on and with no product confidence, and probably said something like "I'll trade my shares for your bike" ($250 value) to another co-founders.  Eight years later the company sells for $250 million.

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