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.
“The next big thing will start out looking like a toy”
Chris Dixon on how Twitter snuck up on people. He was making a broader point though. And I think it’s true comparing these two interesting gadget companies: Theoretical, ambitious, useful, *hard*: BugLabs — still a bit esoteric these days Fun,
“The next big thing will start out looking like a toy”
Chris Dixon on how Twitter snuck up on people. He was making a broader point though. And I think it’s true comparing these two interesting gadget companies: Theoretical, ambitious, useful, *hard*: BugLabs — still a bit esoteric these days Fun,
Don’t don’t learn to code
Coding Horror: Please Don't Learn to Code. Perhaps right in the nuances but wrong in the spirit. People need to be familiar with the basic mechanics and even finer points of the stuff that makes the world go round. They
Don’t don’t learn to code
Coding Horror: Please Don't Learn to Code. Perhaps right in the nuances but wrong in the spirit. People need to be familiar with the basic mechanics and even finer points of the stuff that makes the world go round. They
Idea: VC Portfolio Game
Someone should make… A game site that lets you “be a VC” and either do or don’t do deals that get announced on the deal wires. You get some fake $, and deals pop up ever day/week fed by Crunchbase,
Idea: VC Portfolio Game
Someone should make… A game site that lets you “be a VC” and either do or don’t do deals that get announced on the deal wires. You get some fake $, and deals pop up ever day/week fed by Crunchbase,
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