falala1

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   by falala1 9y ago

   I am not backing up what you are saying. VCs want huge returns in a compressed timeline. This comes at the cost of what is good for the company. Using Facebook as an example, you would sell Facebook when Viacom wanted to buy it for 75MM. Gr
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   by falala1 9y ago

   Not really how VCs work. Each VC is made up of funds. When EV was CEO and Twitter was the size it was, a lot of your fund's success might hinge on one or two companies in your portfolio. Without them exiting, it is hard to raise the ne
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   by falala1 9y ago

   Zuck was about to be fired as well. The board realized they could not fire him because he had a very iron clad founder friendly legal construct. That's when Sandberg came into the picture. Also, Zuck made Sandberg promise she would nev
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   by falala1 9y ago

   This is a great example of how a company was undone by greedy VCs. A little history lesson. The founders of Twitter really believed in a vibrant ecosystem for Twitter. They gave the developer community a slew of APIs, gracious quotas, and s