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Is it a bubble?
Dinner conversation with– founder of one of the premiere ecommerce companies today who sold early– founder and cto of one of the billion-dollar-club startups to arise lately– me On the one hand – lots of dumb entrepreneurs and startups On
Is it a bubble?
Dinner conversation with– founder of one of the premiere ecommerce companies today who sold early– founder and cto of one of the billion-dollar-club startups to arise lately– me On the one hand – lots of dumb entrepreneurs and startups On
TechCrunch Disrupt
Peek is presenting on a panel at TechCrunch Disrupt this week, so I am here today checking out my first TC conference. Exciting. Small. Very small compared to big mobile events like Barcelona. See the full gallery on Posterous
TechCrunch Disrupt
Peek is presenting on a panel at TechCrunch Disrupt this week, so I am here today checking out my first TC conference. Exciting. Small. Very small compared to big mobile events like Barcelona. See the full gallery on Posterous
Peter Thiel with some context on IPO pricing (Class 2)
When IPOs got their reputation: It was an unusual IPO because Netscape wasn’t profitable at the time. They priced it at $14/share. Then they doubled it. On the first day of trading the share price doubled again. Within 5 months,
Peter Thiel with some context on IPO pricing (Class 2)
When IPOs got their reputation: It was an unusual IPO because Netscape wasn’t profitable at the time. They priced it at $14/share. Then they doubled it. On the first day of trading the share price doubled again. Within 5 months,
Are the Facebook Millionaires good for America? (and, why Peter Thiel is a libertarian)
A bunch of people just got “liquidity” this week in the Facebook IPO — a thousand millionaires, I think I read. And Zuckerberg’s number is just insanely huge. Capitalism at work, right? God bless it. I actually think so —
Are the Facebook Millionaires good for America? (and, why Peter Thiel is a libertarian)
A bunch of people just got “liquidity” this week in the Facebook IPO — a thousand millionaires, I think I read. And Zuckerberg’s number is just insanely huge. Capitalism at work, right? God bless it. I actually think so —
PG on capitalist values
If Lenin walked around the offices of a company like Yahoo or Intel or Cisco, he'd think Communism had won. Everyone would be wearing the same clothes, have the same kind of office with the same furnishings, and address one
PG on capitalist values
If Lenin walked around the offices of a company like Yahoo or Intel or Cisco, he'd think Communism had won. Everyone would be wearing the same clothes, have the same kind of office with the same furnishings, and address one
The perils of secondary market shares
More recently, social games maker Zynga Inc. ZNGA -2.66% was valued at around $14 billion in private-market transactions before it went public last December at around a $9 billion valuation. It now has a market capitalization of about $6 billion. via
The perils of secondary market shares
More recently, social games maker Zynga Inc. ZNGA -2.66% was valued at around $14 billion in private-market transactions before it went public last December at around a $9 billion valuation. It now has a market capitalization of about $6 billion. via
My review of Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup – Class 1 Notes Essay
Summary: Technology is progress that will change the world. Mere copying is boring. Startups are the right entity type to make technology and motivate people: small companies. And the essence of a startup is an insight that others don’t have.
My review of Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup – Class 1 Notes Essay
Summary: Technology is progress that will change the world. Mere copying is boring. Startups are the right entity type to make technology and motivate people: small companies. And the essence of a startup is an insight that others don’t have.
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