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Why I’d Go Big.  And Why You Should Ignore Me, and Most of the Others That Tell You That.

Why I’d Go Big. And Why You Should Ignore Me, and Most of the Others That Tell You That.

By Jason M. Lemkin on May 19, 2014

Everything on the web, and in SaaS, these days is about going big.  Larry Page at Google I/O wants Google to start doing brave new things that build billion dollar markets.  Peter Thiel wants the best of us to skip college and go straight to building the next Pallantir and PayPal, just bigger.  Elon Musk […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged Elon Musk, Entrepreneurship, GoBig, google, paypal, peter thiel, saas, startups | 1 Response

Xero Raises a Truckload of Cash from US Funds

Xero Raises a Truckload of Cash from US Funds

By Ben Kepes on December 3, 2012

Last week the announcement came that Xero had secured a huge investment round from US venture funds Valar Ventures (backed by Facebook founder Peter Thiel) and Matrix Capital Management. I’ve spent time talking with these US investors about Xero’s prospects and areas I thought the company would need to improve

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged craig winkler, Matrix Capital Management, New Zealand, peter thiel, rod drury, The Ventures, Vala (Middle-earth), xero

Facebook, Part Deux

Facebook, Part Deux

By Chris Yeh on August 21, 2012

Nearly two years ago, I asked the question, “Did Peter Thiel Make The Single Best Investment In History?” Today, now that Thiel has sold most of his remaining stake in Facebook, it’s a good time to re-examine the math surrounding his investment. Two years ago, I wrote: In 2005, Peter Thiel paid $500,000 for a […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged facebook, investing, ipo, peter thiel

Xero Raises Another Round and Acquires WorkFlowMax

Xero Raises Another Round and Acquires WorkFlowMax

By Ben Kepes on February 1, 2012

Exciting news today from Xero ahead of their user conference tomorrow that spans two important announcements. I’ll cover them individually. $20M Raised from Existing Shareholders Existing shareholders have reinvested to the aggregate tune of $20M. Sam Morgan, Sam Knowles, Craig Winkler and Peter Thiel’s fund Valar Ventures have all taken

Posted in Application Software, Business, Featured Posts | Tagged accounting, craig winkler, LiveMigrate, myob, peter thiel, rod drury, saasu, xero

Education Bubble maybe or maybe not - the siren call of Peter Thiel

Education Bubble maybe or maybe not – the siren call of Peter Thiel

By Dan Morrill on April 11, 2011

I will agree with Peter Thiel that education as we know it is hard to justify the inputs versus the outputs, especially the costs of education.  I have attended many colleges over the years, graduated from two of them, have an advanced degree and feel good about it. The degree has helped me with employment, […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged education, education bubble, Higher Education, Ivy League, paypal, peter thiel, techcrunch

Did Peter Thiel Make The Single Best Investment In History?

Did Peter Thiel Make The Single Best Investment In History?

By Chris Yeh on September 29, 2010

In 2005, Peter Thiel paid $500,000 for a 10% stake in Facebook.Today, with Facebook’s estimated value topping $33 billion, his stake is worth between $2-3 billion. That’s a 6,000x return on his capital in 5 years.I’ll put it this way–if you made a $2…

Posted in Entrepreneurship | Tagged facebook, investment, ipo, peter thiel, VC

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