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VC is where high-profile tech execs are put out to pasture (see: Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo, Reid Hoffman, Phil Libin, Peter Thiel). You won't see Elon Musk

VC is where high-profile tech execs are put out to pasture (see: Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo, Reid Hoffman, Phil Libin, Peter Thiel). You won't see Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos becoming a VC any time soon (or probably ever). And of course she will be investing other people's money, not her own.

hiddencost 11y ago
http://www.bezosexpeditions.com/ http://www.bezosexpeditions.com/ Bezos runs a VC. (With Bezos, it's super dangerous to say he won't do X; chances are he's got a 30 minute meeting scheduled for 2am Sunday morning to review his X operation.)
- w1ntermute 11y ago
  Just because Bezos makes some investments doesn't make him a VC ('runs a VC,' as you put it, isn't the same thing and also isn't really accurate). His primary job is running Amazon, and the idea that he's got his hands in all kinds of pies ('it's dangerous to say he won't do X') is just an illusion he's been very successful at creating.
  - AndrewUnmuted 11y ago
    Online retail, cloud and networking services, original content creation, audiovisual content distribution services, video games, mobile phones, eBooks, audiobooks, video codecs, self-publishing, service marketplaces, freight/shipment services, money transfer services, grocery delivery... I don't believe you are correct to say that Bezos/Amazon are only successful at creating the illusion of diversification. Amazon's encroachment into many different fields is baked right into the company's business model. Source: I worked for Audible, an Amazon subsidiary, for four years.
    - gohrt 11y ago
      ... newspaper/website, rocket ships, ...
- wehadfun 11y ago
  same issue as expert exchange url
- deleted 11y ago
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- sharkweek 11y ago
  We track his firm in our platform - they've made some pretty solid investments in the past two years and co-invested with some heavy hitters. http://imgur.com/ZLmV68b http://imgur.com/ZLmV68b
  - mcintyre1994 11y ago
    Biotech has some gigantic "early stage" raises - is that typical?
    - sharkweek 11y ago
      Yah, pretty common - very hard to get off the ground and require a ton of cash early, but boy oh boy when they pay out...

hiddencost 11y ago

http://www.bezosexpeditions.com/ http://www.bezosexpeditions.com/ Bezos runs a VC. (With Bezos, it's super dangerous to say he won't do X; chances are he's got a 30 minute meeting scheduled for 2am Sunday morning to review his X operation.)

w1ntermute 11y ago
Just because Bezos makes some investments doesn't make him a VC ('runs a VC,' as you put it, isn't the same thing and also isn't really accurate). His primary job is running Amazon, and the idea that he's got his hands in all kinds of pies ('it's dangerous to say he won't do X') is just an illusion he's been very successful at creating.
- AndrewUnmuted 11y ago
  Online retail, cloud and networking services, original content creation, audiovisual content distribution services, video games, mobile phones, eBooks, audiobooks, video codecs, self-publishing, service marketplaces, freight/shipment services, money transfer services, grocery delivery... I don't believe you are correct to say that Bezos/Amazon are only successful at creating the illusion of diversification. Amazon's encroachment into many different fields is baked right into the company's business model. Source: I worked for Audible, an Amazon subsidiary, for four years.
  - gohrt 11y ago
    ... newspaper/website, rocket ships, ...
wehadfun 11y ago
same issue as expert exchange url
deleted 11y ago
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sharkweek 11y ago
We track his firm in our platform - they've made some pretty solid investments in the past two years and co-invested with some heavy hitters. http://imgur.com/ZLmV68b http://imgur.com/ZLmV68b
- mcintyre1994 11y ago
  Biotech has some gigantic "early stage" raises - is that typical?
  - sharkweek 11y ago
    Yah, pretty common - very hard to get off the ground and require a ton of cash early, but boy oh boy when they pay out...