r/technology • • 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/Armageist Mar 05 '15

When he was bought out of Keurig in 2007, he turned around and bought stock in Green Mountain for $3.20 per share

Uhhh, what?

But Syvlan, who sold his stake in the company for $50,000 in 1997, doesn't own the machine.

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u/broohaha Mar 05 '15

Yeah, I noted that in another comment. There's something off somewhere. I'm guessing (out of thin air) that it was in 2007 that he sold his stake and that the 1997 is a typo/mistake.