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Garbage in garbage out. Basing it off of self-reported crowdsourced data (Crunchbase) and is deeply flawed. Paypal doesn't even appear on the list of employers

by rkk3 5y ago

Garbage in garbage out. Basing it off of self-reported crowdsourced data (Crunchbase) and is deeply flawed. Paypal doesn't even appear on the list of employers with more than 5 unicorns from ex employees I can name more off the top of my head: Tesla, Spacex, Palantir, Youtube, Linkedin, Yelp, Yammer, Affirm

lostinquebec 5y ago
AFAIK Musk didn't found Tesla (nitpicking I know): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#Founding_(2003%E2%80%932004) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#Founding_(2003%E2%...
- rkk3 5y ago
  My point still stands even if Paypal has one less unicorn. Founder also doesn't have a universal definition and by your own link the courts decided that he could be called a co-founder, along with the 4 others.
mohanmcgeek 5y ago
> I can name more off the top of my head Only spacex here is a unicorn.Everything else has been acquired or listed And the author seems to talk about billion dollar start-ups, not necessarily just unicorns but only in the past decade. Most the PayPal Mafia companies were $1B+ Already in 2000s.
- rkk3 5y ago
  > Only spacex here is a unicorn.Everything else has been acquired or listed I don't know what your point it, almost every company mentioned in this article has been acquired or listed... > the author seems to talk about billion dollar start-ups, not necessarily just unicorns but only in the past decade. They list several companies made in 00's; Mulesoft, Dropbox, Uber, Whatsapp... Qualtrics was made in 2002 almost 2 decades ago.
  - mohanmcgeek 5y ago
    > I don't know what your point it My apologies. Unicorns are supposed to be private companies with $1B+ valuations Only spacex is private.
    - rkk3 5y ago
      Incredibly pedantic. They were at one point in time. The referenced chart was "Employers with more than 5 unicorns produced" it doesn't stop counting because they get aquired.

by rkk3 5y ago

lostinquebec 5y ago

AFAIK Musk didn't found Tesla (nitpicking I know): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#Founding_(2003%E2%80%932004) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.#Founding_(2003%E2%...

rkk3 5y ago
My point still stands even if Paypal has one less unicorn. Founder also doesn't have a universal definition and by your own link the courts decided that he could be called a co-founder, along with the 4 others.

mohanmcgeek 5y ago

> I can name more off the top of my head Only spacex here is a unicorn.Everything else has been acquired or listed And the author seems to talk about billion dollar start-ups, not necessarily just unicorns but only in the past decade. Most the PayPal Mafia companies were $1B+ Already in 2000s.

rkk3 5y ago
> Only spacex here is a unicorn.Everything else has been acquired or listed I don't know what your point it, almost every company mentioned in this article has been acquired or listed... > the author seems to talk about billion dollar start-ups, not necessarily just unicorns but only in the past decade. They list several companies made in 00's; Mulesoft, Dropbox, Uber, Whatsapp... Qualtrics was made in 2002 almost 2 decades ago.
- mohanmcgeek 5y ago
  > I don't know what your point it My apologies. Unicorns are supposed to be private companies with $1B+ valuations Only spacex is private.
  - rkk3 5y ago
    Incredibly pedantic. They were at one point in time. The referenced chart was "Employers with more than 5 unicorns produced" it doesn't stop counting because they get aquired.