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Some funny quotes; > At the time, unlike the persona portrayed today of a dismissive and aggressive mogul, KALANICK was an approachable fellow entrepreneur who
by mikeyouse 12y ago
Some funny quotes;
> At the time, unlike the persona portrayed today of a dismissive and aggressive mogul, KALANICK was an approachable fellow entrepreneur who had been humbled by failure. (#71)
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> Following KALANICK’s assurances of confidentiality, HALPERN shared the Celluride concept, described its architecture, and showed KALANICK the interface sketches and designs as well as a working cell phone demo. HALPERN also gave KALANICK the Celluride Brochure and showed KALANICK the Celluride slide presentation that he would show investors and potential partners or team members. (#78)
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It sounds like there's a bit more here than the early press was hinting at.. If the emails back all of it up, it seems that Halpern was developing this app for a few years, showed prototypes and business plans to all of the founders and VCs behind Uber immediately before they launched their competing service. I bet there's going to be a very large settlement coming his way...