Everyone is still talking about Yahoo’s latest news-making acquisition — for this very social blogging platform! On Monday, the company’s board approved a $1.1 billion all-cash deal to acquire Tumblr. As the world welcomes its newest 26-year-old billionaire, Tumblr founder David Karp, we thought you might enjoy watching this flashback from our friends at All Things D: A 2007 interview they conducted with Karp back when he was raising his very first round of venture funding for the site.
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"In an amiably impersonal way, he is both transparent and opaque. He opens himself to all questions and answers them at length, but his line of reasoning is so uninflected that it becomes a barrier against intimacy."
— George Packer, The New Yorker; describing venture capitalist Peter Thiel (via daniellesacks)
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Everyone, I’m elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo.
Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We’re not turning purple. Our headquarters isn’t moving. Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission – to empower creators to…
Imagine if Nikola Tesla had to pitch venture capitalists to fund his idea. The reaction to his crazy ideas would be precisely what you see on this video. Sadly, the video also says a lot about the skewed risk and investment system in Silicon Valley these days.
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