I don't begrudge the whatsapp team anything. But it is a shame that $16B is going to be divided among just a handful of people.
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My critique of tech is not that it doesn't create value. But that the rewards of that value are just traded among a privileged few.
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@polotek@blakehill the 500m daily users of WhatsApp aren’t getting value far in excess of $1/year?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@monkbent@polotek If avg user gets 100x value, that's $100. Sequoia getting 100x is $800MM. Get your point tho. $ is still in the economy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@blakehill @polotek those users risked nothing. All upside.
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