Matt McAlister

[STARTUP] gets acquired by [BIGDOTCOM] for $[LOTSOFMONEY]

When that deadline hits, you’ve got to post a story quickly. Use this simple dotcom acquisition news story form to generate your article without having to make any calls.

A Dotcom Startup
Competitor #1
Competitor #2
Name of co-founder #1
Name of co-founder #2
Silicon Valley location
Exotic location
Large Dotcom #1
Large Dotcom #2
Web 2.0 Buzzword (noun)
Web 2.0 Buzzword (noun)
Web 2.0 Buzzword (noun)
Web 2.0 Buzzword (verb)
Web 2.0 Buzzword (verb)
Industry blogger
University
Year
Acquisition Price $
Where you keep your high school yearbook
Your favorite band

Comments

8 responses to “[STARTUP] gets acquired by [BIGDOTCOM] for $[LOTSOFMONEY]”

  1. Aaron Brazell Avatar
    Aaron Brazell

    Doesn’t work. 😉

  2. Matt McAlister Avatar
    Matt McAlister

    I broke it for literally about 3 minutes…you must’ve hit it at just the wrong moment. Sorry, Aaron.
    Matt

  3. Mike McFadden Avatar
    Mike McFadden

    Great fun. I’ve enjoyed sending off the output from this blog.

  4. Phil Freo Avatar
    Phil Freo

    Funny stuff. You should convert the form to a POST so we can send the results to friends via URL.

  5. Matt McAlister Avatar
    Matt McAlister

    Excellent idea. Done.
    Matt

  6. tech bee Avatar
    tech bee

    Extraordinary! You made my day.

  7. Heretic Avatar
    Heretic

    Classic.

    One glitch. If you have a person’s name with a single tick mark (like the one below) it gets escaped in the output with a backslash.

    http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/dotcom-startup-acquired-result.php?STARTUP=CrapOnDemand&STARTUP2=FecesLive%21&STARTUP3=OnAShingleOnline&FOUNDER1=Thou+San+Dflushes&FOUNDER2=Choc+O%27Haulic&LOCATION=Cow+Pie+Valley&EXOTICLOCATION=Fecal+Testing+Labs&LARGEDOTCOM=Stuffforce.com&LARGEDOTCOM2=Minisoft&BUZZNOUN1=Office+2.0&BUZZNOUN2=SAAS&BUZZNOUN3=AJAX&BUZZVERB1=share&BUZZVERB2=post&BLOGGER=Brown+Oser&SCHOOL=Farmers+U&YEAR=1921&PRICE=1.6b&GARAGE=birdcage&BAND=Weird+Al+Yankovic

More posts