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		MidnightRider39 30 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions Here is a handy list of things that Thiel invested in PayPal, Spotify, Stripe, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Facebook, ResearchGate, Flexport, Nubank, Rippling, Asana, Luft, Tesla, Microsoft, Apple, SpaceX You can’t trust anything these days!

thephyber 30 days ago [–]

I don’t think you can write off Apple or Microsoft just because Thiel made some investment in them.

Being the VC to a company’s round B, C, and D (adding up to maybe 40% ownership/control) is VERY different from simply throwing some money at a trillion dollar company to see some returns.

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