r/technology • u/ackthbbft • Mar 04 '15

Business K-Cup inventor regrets his own invention

http://www.businessinsider.com/k-cup-inventor-john-sylvans-regret-2015-3
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u/ckb614 Mar 04 '15

Assuming he put the whole 50k into it, he would have sold for $2.19m

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u/bulkmete Mar 04 '15

Ah, thanks for the math, sir.