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Most interesting bit from the brief article is a nameless company raising $1 billion so it can get the media attention and thus make recruiting easier. >>When
by tswartz 12y ago
Most interesting bit from the brief article is a nameless company raising $1 billion so it can get the media attention and thus make recruiting easier.
>>When he pressed the company to come up with why they needed all that money, they called a billion dollar investment “table stakes” for a company at their stage.
“If we’re going to recruit we have to be on a list of unicorn companies, so it has to be at least a billion,” he was told.
Sacca wasn’t convinced by that argument in the slightest.
“That’s f–ed,” he told the audience. “That’s completely f–ed.”
- amyjess 12y agoYeah, that really disturbed me. Honestly, Silicon Valley just creeps me out, and this is one of the reasons why. I much prefer the tech startup scene in North Texas, which is far saner.