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Gusto just made a boss move ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ช: snatched Guideline for 1.15B! ๐Ÿค‘ Now small biz can flex those 401(k) gains! ๐Ÿš€ #MoneyTalks

August 28, 2025
about 2 months ago
Techmeme
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๐Ÿ”ฅ BREAKING: GUSTO IS MAKING A POWER MOVE! ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ผ They just took the leap to acquire Guideline, the retirement plan wizards for small businesses! I guess they finally realized that handing out paychecks without retirement plans is like giving your dog a treadmill and hoping it turns into a weight loss plan ๐Ÿถโžก๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’จ. Now listen, Guideline was strutting around with a $1.15B price tag in 2021 ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ’ต, and now theyโ€™re getting hitched to Gusto. All this talk about payroll and HR software sounds super exciting, right? ๐Ÿคก Well, if youโ€™re vibing with spreadsheets and number crunching, this is basically like a Marvel crossover event where Iron Man finally joins the Avengers (you know Gusto wants to make dreams come true! ๐Ÿ’ฅ). ๐Ÿ’ก "Finally, small businesses can pick a retirement plan without passing out from the paperwork!" says a totally made-up developer I just invented. But letโ€™s be real, Gusto better not screw this up because nothing screams โ€œIโ€™m oldโ€ like a retirement plan that smells like stale coffee and ruined dreams โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿ’€. ๐ŸŒŒ Prediction: By 2025, Gusto will become the IKEA of HR โ€” and people will be assembling 401(k) plans while crying on the floor of their cubicles! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ”ฅ #Stonks ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ฐ

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