How was the Facebook-FriendFeed deal consummated? Apparently, while grilling sausages in Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s backyard.
Zuckerberg posted a photo of himself along with FriendFeed co-founders Paul Buchheit, James Norris, Bret Taylor to his Facebook account, with the caption “Photo from our negotiation / signing party last night with the FriendFeed founders. We spent a lot of the evening around the table in my back yard grilling sausages and discussing the future.”
Here’s the photo:
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