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Billionaire VC Regrets Not Backing 'Slightly Crazy' Elon Musk's Tesla In 2007: 'Worst Investment Decision Of All Time'
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 - 7:22am | 566Read More...Elon Musk has taken Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) a long way from its early days during the 2000s. One billionaire regrets not throwing his weight behind the billionaire entrepreneur's electric-vehicle firm around the time he took the helm. What Happened: John Doerr had an...
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How This Investor Passed On 100,000% Returns
Thursday, July 25, 2019 - 8:27am | 1097Read More...Imagine deciding to sit out on an investment that ended up yielding 100,000% returns. Those five zeros are not typos, and that scenario is no hypothetical: just ask John Doerr, the chairman of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. Doerr has made many strong investments in his career, including...
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What Happened At TechCrunch Disrupt (Translated For Investors)
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 12:12pm | 787Read More...Neil Doshi of Mizuho Securities attended the TechCrunch Disrupt 2015 conference. Highlights include: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) "firing on many cylinders," Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT)'s CEO defended his business, Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Alphabet viewed...
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Bono Covers Bob Dylan Song at Steve Jobs Memorial
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 8:46am | 377Read More...Colleagues, family and friends gathered to remember one of the tech industry's greatest thinkers and innovators. According to the New York Times (via Business Insider), U2's frontman performed a cover of the Bob Dylan song, “Every Grain of Sand,” at the memorial, while Joan Baez sang “Swing Low,...
