He is known for just hitting the jackpot by investing in every company in Silicon Valley. Not that hard. I seriously don't know why this guy is famous, maybe because he's billionaire by lending money to his rich entrepreneurial friends long time ago.
He talks about corruption of lobbies in gov. then he says he likes rigged games where he has a competitive advantage knowing he will win. If lobbying causes things to be rigged to create competitive advantage isn't he being hypocritical? Are Uber drivers really making money or is the system designed to profit off of desperate people who wanna make a buck and a living?
So his motto is basically if its too hard dont go for it. Great guy. He said he doesnt invest in cancer reserch because he doesnt feel he would impact the goal
Because the medical industry is known to lie about results and if you're not a biologist you'll get smoked. Look what happened with Theranos - 4 billion in funding, and the products was an absolute fraud.
What he is saying is that he's an expert in technology; not biotech. If a biotech entrepreneur asked him for help he wouldn't know where to start or how to define success. However, if he was dealing with a tech startup like Uber, his experience at Google and in tech would provide a great deal of support to the budding start-up. Additionally his connections are in tech; not in biotech.
I know first hand how big labs, biologist lie lie lie to the most sympathetic investors. The more sensitive the cause you are if you are the one investing they will abuse you using your feelings.
To be rich you need to have luck , meet the rite peoples , grow in the rite environnement , have the rite ideas in the rite time , so I don’t like people’s that day they become rich because they are clever , because the most clever peoples in the word rarely get rich , and name me s Nobel price winner that is event a multimillionaire !!!! None , and I think someone that invent a drug for patients deserve to be riche more than a guy that invent a little gismo , but it’s just life ,
He's using his emotions because he's personally invested in a non-growth company. That's highly disturbing. Liking the product of a company doesn't mean it's a growth story and shareholder friendly. They still don't make profit. Twitter is not a platform that advertisers demand. Advertisers know the reach of scope of their audience is limited on Twitter. The average twitter user is probably more intelligent and information seeking. Advertisers don't want that appeal. They look for the 95% of public who are dumb and spend beyond their means.
I still don't understand why Twitter doesn't provide an optional survey or something upon registration that would create a feed for me of tweets I'd be interested in. I seriously have no idea how to make the platform work for me after having an account for 10 years. Also, a social media tool's popularity and daily logins are largely driven by how addictive they are, and Twitter to me lacks any addictive nature about it. It's boring.
Despite what some people say the things he did and what he choose to invest in is what made him the billionaire he is now. For those who disagree with his ways what you have to say about that.
Wow, this man passed on Pinterest and Snapchat?? I suppose investing is artful analysis and observation skills in the form of gambling, other times, its like watching rich kids allotted too much money and freedom.
it's always easy to say, "i cant believe he didn't invest!" after the fact... every time you swing you aren't going to hit a home run. the best hitters in the world strike out 2 of 3 times. you just need to be "right" once.
Drones and Sneakers depends on what u think personally i love being an investor. Not a billionaire but on my way there and it’s a great ride if you enjoy the field
quite an ignorant comment, being an investor seems boring? im guessing your a dull person, who spends most of his free time watching sports. Being a investor seems really fun, you have to learn a lot. But when you get good at it its very exciting. Also you can amass a great amount of capital, now sure you can lose a lot as well. Its risky and thats what makes it fun. Too many people like you in this world, who would love to have a lot of money but obviously would never have the skills/inquisitiveness to make it a reality.
being an investor is the most fascinating, exhilarating, intellectually engaging careers a person can experience. once the first investment or trade is made, life changes forever. you never realize what money is until you wake up to a profit without having to put in hourly labor.
About 40 seconds in before acting like a tool: "I mean I've had like 6 - 7 cups (of coffee) in my life. So I totally get it, right?" Is there a more douchey way to say that? Wow it took more than a minute before uber came up...slow day