DISQUS

Startups.in/India · 3 years ago

When I first looked at that foto, I rather thought it was of Sean Parker's son. ;-) But seriously, he looks too young for a VC. :) Nice accomplishment. The post was all interesting. Felt like I was "watching" a Hollywood flick made on corporates. Lot to take home. :)

Martin · 3 years ago

Will be an interesting guy to meet when the day comes (Sean coffee next time in SF ;)

Triple business successes is hard to come by, Niklas and Janus managed to do twice, but three times is hard, we shall see how Venice goes...

extfb · 3 years ago

don't believe everything you read here. most of the details re: facebook are incorrect.

Jay Parkhill · 3 years ago

Not to put Parker in someone else's giant shoes, but the story of a 19-year old outsmarting a bunch of industry veterans reminds me of Bill Gates convincing IBM that it wanted to be in the hardware business and leave the software to him. Good story.

Nate · 3 years ago

Jay, I agree. Parker seems to have the qualities most useful in the VC business (and most lacking in the VC business): being a smart mentor.

Matt Marshall · 3 years ago

EXTFB, why don't you be more specific?

Andrew Frame · 3 years ago

Having worked with Sean Parker directly for many years, I can confirm that he is brilliant. Sean is a true visionary who consistently and accurately predicts the future. Knowing the inside stories on all three of these companies, I know for fact they wouldn't be where they are without him. People from those companies would agree. His speciality is solving difficult, company making problems. He is constantly one-upping himself. I'm looking forward to his next sensation.

Rick · 3 years ago

Glad to see Sean Parker getting some respect, the guy is one of the few people who actually deserve the overused term visionary. If it were more profitable I'd suggest he and Peter become psychics, because they both are uncanny at predicting the future.

ALEX · 3 years ago

I have seen the man in thought and action. The fact that he is brilliant is without a doubt. He will sit in a meeting listening, listening, letting others have their word, and then say something that is incredibly profound, eye-opening, and most importantly, leads to resolution. He escalates the level of thought and action. He is also a lot more humble and contemplative than people give him credit for.

DeepThroat · 3 years ago

Wow, Sean is good. He is re-emerging from a third setback, and spining up his "story" again. I am constantly amazed at how deft he is at manipulating the "story" about himself, (without the writers realizing it). He is a true PR genius.

However, anyone that has worked closely with him will have off-the-chart war stories and trainwrecks that are somehow missing from Sean's latest press blitzkrieg. Don't kid yourself, he is spinning these stories.

On the other hand, people who really know him also will agree that he is truly gifted and talented, and yet deeply flawed and disfunctional.

btw: Comparisons to Jim Clark are ridiculous imo(and I would not be surprised to hear that Machivelli himself, er, I mean Sean, came up with the idea. He is a genius afterall.)

Insider · 3 years ago

This article states that Peter Thiel is quoted in an interview: “because of the way they [Sequoia] mistreated him at Plaxo. He’s been treated worse than he deserved.”

Considering: 1) that Mr. Thiel was not there for the trainwreck (that no one will talk about) and 2) that all of Mr. Thiel's "information" is coming from Sean, it's not surprising that he has been duped.

Or, does Mr. Thiel know this, and willingly participate in the PR spin so that his new fund looks good. E.g. "those other VCs are evil , money-mongers who suck the life out of young entrepeneurs", but "we're good guys, pro-young entrepenuer, etc. etc."

Either way yuck!

People Finder · 3 years ago

Interesting twentysomething success story.

JustSomeGuy · 3 years ago

Anyone have recommendations of reading up
on Mr. Thiel? I'm a futures trader, but in
another life was involved with Organic.com
and remember PayPal when it was called something else. I'm curious about Clarium
and what they are doing.

JustSomeGuy · 3 years ago

Anyone have recommendations for reading up
on Mr. Thiel? I'm a futures trader, but in
another life was involved with Organic.com
and remember PayPal when it was called something else. I'm curious about Clarium
and what they are doing.

Prabesh · 2 years ago

I want Sean Parker complete biography, his company history specially of Facebook and his Personal Behaviour. I would be much thankful for that.

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