Aaron Patzer and Matt Snider started what became one of the most successful personal finance sites ever. Aaron revealed that the TechCrunch40 start up Mint.com is being bought by Intuit for a tidy sum of $170 million.

If within two years a company can generate $170 million that says a lot about the kind of start ups that are shortlisted at TechCrunch. The duo revealed that they absolutely had no money for legal fees, advertising, offices etc when they initially started Mint.com. Perhaps perseverance pays well, and when people do wo0rk hard, it shows in their achievements.

Intuit is a $10 billion company, by the way and they would surely be able to carry Mint.com to places where it has never been earlier, considering they have the experience, expertise and moolah. It would be amazing to see all the new start ups we are seeing right now at TechCrunch50 after 2 years and realize that they are worth millions of bucks!