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Alfred Lin Has The Midas Touch: The Man With $2B In Acquisitions Under His Belt
- johnrob 17y agoNot trying to be critical, but any position that is associated with managing revenue tends to have a high correlation with success. What kind of startup hires a CFO? Exactly. I know a controller who has a similar track record.
- rfreytag 17y agoVenture Frogs (VC) sounds like it did well. My bet is that Mr. Lin knows how to pick them. Perhaps by asking himself if an opportunity "needs a CFO?"
- ivankirigin 17y agoI highly recommend interviewing at whatever company he ends up at next. It’s likely to be a big winner. What a sad statement. Going to work for another company because they employ someone? You'd think TechCrunch would rather say something like, "go start a company good enough to attract people like him"
- jknupp 17y agoGiven the sheer number of startups, isn't this a rather statistically likely outcome for at least one individual from a purely random perspective?
- kevinpet 17y agoIf you consider the set of all technology execs, there's probably at least one with an even better records. See James Randi's psychic television special thought experiment. I came to the conclusion while driving to work today that social investing sites will fuel the next giant financial collapse, because most people are just completely incapable of internalizing "past performance is not a guarantee of future results."
- rfreytag 17y agoThe Trust Economy Bubble - it does have a certain ring to it.