Facebook, The CIA and Neoconservativism

[untethered]

Indirectly (I wrote the BP) the most I've extracted from a VC was not south of £25mn for 2nd round, with a 35% share of the company, but with the VCs holding preferment shares that they could cash out ahead of everyone else. 3rd return (which I wasn't on but wrote the Big Idea marketing strategy for) got another £30mn with no additional share purchases (cash flow rich company, needed the funds to expand to meet demand).

Impressive.

However, with Microsoft having recently paid $240 million for 1.6% of Facebook still not really in the same league.

No one is claiming it'd be easy - far from it, any new business, even if you're inventing a marketplace, is f- hard work.

I think some here are claiming it's easy.

My point being that the point of greatest opportunity is the one between "inventing a marketplace" and battling the behemoths.

 

[editor]

Are you still in negotiations over http://urban75.sonystyle.com ?

Yes indeed. You'll soon be able to get your own customised Sonystyle avatars with a short branded advert between every page refresh.

A small price to pay, I'm sure you'll agree.

 

[untethered]

Yes indeed. You'll soon be able to get your own customised Sonystyle avatars with a short branded advert between every page refresh.

A small price to pay, I'm sure you'll agree.

There's gold in them thar interstitials, ed!

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Yes indeed. You'll soon be able to get your own customised Sonystyle avatars with a short branded advert between every page refresh.

Like Ceefax?

 

[untethered]

Like Ceefax?

MySpace is basically just Ceefax but with better background music.

 

[kyser_soze]

MySpace is basically just Ceefax but with better background music.

Worse graphics tho.

 

[untethered]

Worse graphics tho.

Better copy.

 

[Will2403]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00c50mk
Just caught the second half of this interview on the radio and was startled by the sheer lunacy of the man! Peter Thiel, shareholder of Facebook and co-founder of paypal

Did a search and this thread came up. Haven't read it but the title suggests this interview/post will fit right in.

Any kind of democracy is a waste of time / women shouldn't have the vote because they dont vote for rich balding middle aged 'libertarians' democracy will never create freedom and the corporate elite will irrigate the deserts and populate the oceans. If he ever had a mind, he's completely lost it long ago. The strange thing about the whole thing was every once in a while he comes close to making a good point and then goes in the opposite direction.

 

[Will2403]

Ok i just read the first post and some of the other pages. I concur with the journalist in the article. The bloke is a dangerous, horrible fruitloop! A fruitloop made out of charcoaly burnt bread

 

[Zabo]

Another early riser. I heard it too on the good old World Service. he's quite frightening. He likes to say he's a 'libertarian' which is quite vague rather than an extreme right wing libertarian which is what he is.

 

[Divisive Cotton]

I listened to it too. He was very reserved in his opinions and, frankly, quite dull. It's a shame the interviewer didn't provoke him into a social Darwinian rant

 

[Zabo]

Agreed DC. It wasn't the usual interviewer.

 

[nino_savatte]

Zuckerberg recently interviewed Dubya
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/30/george-bush-mark-zuckerberg-presidents-together

Birds of a feather?