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Balaji S. Srinivasan
Balaji S. Srinivasan
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@balajis

Balaji S. Srinivasan

@balajis

CEO (http://21.co ) and Board Partner (@a16z). I hear this Bitcoin thing might be kind of a big deal.

Joined November 2013
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    Balaji S. Srinivasan ‏@balajis 2 Jul 2014

    The Paypal Mafia: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-the-paypal-mafia-redefined-success-in-silicon-valley/ … Tesla: $27.5B LinkedIn: $20.4B Palantir: $9B SpaceX: $7B Yelp: $5.3B YouTube: $1.65B Yammer: $1.2B

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    • Tiffany Zhong Ruben Harris Dillon Chen Joe Wallin Delian Asparouhov Wes Hellyar fyietc Gokul Abueesp
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      1. Balaji S. Srinivasan ‏@balajis 3 Jul 2014

        The lesson of the Paypal Mafia? Thoughtcrime does pay. http://blakemasters.com/post/22866240816/peter-thiels-cs183-startup-class-11-notes-essay …

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      1. Harper Maddox ‏@harpermaddox 2 Jul 2014

        @balajis If you count Solar City, Elon's companies are more than all the others combined.

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      2. Balaji S. Srinivasan ‏@balajis 2 Jul 2014

        @harpermaddox You probably want to add in FB, Square, many other big ones where they played key roles as investors or execs.

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      3. Harper Maddox ‏@harpermaddox 2 Jul 2014

        @balajis damn! Look further down their alumni. I knew Keith Rabois was there, but I had no idea that Dave McClure and Yishan Wong did too.

        0 retweets 1 like
    1. Darshan Shankar ‏@DShankar 2 Jul 2014

      @balajis enormous secondary value created via investments as well (sequoia, khosla, @500Startups, greylock, founders fund, angel $ etc)

      4 retweets 11 likes
    2. Mojtaba Tabatabaie ‏@smtabatabaie 2 Jul 2014

      @balajis @pmarca The same thing can be said about twitter's founders.

      1 retweet 1 like
    3. Shane Hudson ‏@ShaneHudson 2 Jul 2014

      @balajis @pmarca Yeah, they didn't do too badly did they.

      0 retweets 2 likes
    4. Joseph Jacks ‏@asynchio 2 Jul 2014

      @balajis YouTube likely worth well north of $10B inside GOOG

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    5. Edlyn Yuen ‏@edlynyuen 2 Jul 2014

      @balajis Then there's @Kiva, which in my opinion, truly redefined success in Silicon Valley and social entrepreneurship.

      0 retweets 1 like
    6. Matthew Wong ‏@mlcwong 2 Jul 2014

      @balajis and more still tbd - Affirm, OpenDoor, ________?

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    7. Benjamin Habbel ‏@BenHabbel 2 Jul 2014

      @balajis @pmarca That's what happens when you hire great people @blagapopova @hrcolors @starbobs

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      1. Elliot Lee ‏@intelliot 2 Jul 2014

        @balajis in 10 years, look for the bitcoin mafia .. in a good way!

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    8. Prasad Athawale ‏@prasadis 2 Jul 2014

      @balajis @pmarca Stay Informed, Stay Small, Stay Agile, Iterate. Compete furiously to prevail in adversity. Relentless focus on product #win

      0 retweets 1 like
    9. Prasad Athawale ‏@prasadis 2 Jul 2014

      @balajis @pmarca Phenomenal successes they learned to transact so well at Paypal!

      0 retweets 1 like
    10. vicentes ‏@vicentes 2 Jul 2014

      @balajis great story, working for one of these was the best decision in my career, my choice largely based on joining the mafia offspring

      0 retweets 1 like
    11. Tejay Boman ‏@TejayBoman 2 Jul 2014

      @balajis @pmarca Let's add SCTY: $6.64B.

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    12. Favstar.fm 250★'s ‏@Favstar250 3 Jul 2014

      @balajis Congrats on your 250★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/484469888879042560 …

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    13. Ashwin ‏@ashwindeshmukh 2 Jul 2014

      @balajis and with Ebay’s market cap at $65B, Paypal surely accounts for $12B

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