"When I started working on genius.com, Whole Foods was our first 'angel investor' – without stealing all the food I stole from the Berkeley Whole Foods, I would never have been able to spend a year bootstrapping, working on the site full-time." [1]

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20141117023310/https://thoughtca...

RIP. I was lucky enough to be in the NYC startup scene in the heyday of Rap Genius, going to parties at their HQ. I never really met Mahbod, but definitely felt his impact.

Man was a legend. Ever since I found out my heart has been heavy. RIP MABO.

I'm still torn up about this.