Comments on: Founders Fund hires Sean Parker as partner, to launch second fund

By: VentureBeat » Facebook buying Plaxo?

VentureBeat » Facebook buying Plaxo? — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:20:06 +0000

[...] had no chance to invest [in Facebook],” Thiel explained in a previous VentureBeat article, “because of the way they mistreated him at Plaxo. He’s been treated worse than he [...]

By: VentureBeat » Founders Fund raises new fund, aims for more VC disruption

VentureBeat » Founders Fund raises new fund, aims for more VC disruption — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:24:09 +0000

[...] and iconoclast entrepreneur Sean Parker (age 28, pictured – our coverage of him joining the fund, here). The partners see themselves as bringing venture capital back to its [...]

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By: Prabesh

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

By: Parkerâ€™s Project Agape = Friendster + Facebook? » TechAddress

Parkerâ€™s Project Agape = Friendster + Facebook? » TechAddress — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:30:59 +0000

[...] Notable is that Parker joined the VC world because he was exhausted with start-ups, he told us during an interview three months ago. At that time, we could tell Parker was getting impassioned about viral communication — so we’re not surprised at his quick embarking into the start-up world again. Here’s a snippet from that previous piece: Parker also came up with much of what we see as the Facebook News Feed, and he believes that format is the future of communication on the Web. â€œThe social graph,â€ he says, referring to the connection people have with others through multiple degrees, â€œis the critical ingredient.â€ [...]

By: capitalBLOG » Blog Archive » The Project Agape Connection

capitalBLOG » Blog Archive » The Project Agape Connection — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:27:28 +0000

[...] Thus, I found it fitting to illustrate Sean Parker’s network of relevant people, investor, and companyÂ connections in the Silicon Valley using LinkSViewer.Â Project Agape is still relatively stealth, but there are a few key points fromÂ Matt’s earlier interview: Sean Parker’s strong ties to Peter Thiel, and their VC Firm, The Founders Fund.Â Â From this limited info., IÂ searched for and mappedÂ Parker, Thiel, and The Founders Fund together (Source: LinkSV.com).Â First I looked at their People Map and then their Investment Map (Pendants dropped). [...]

By: JustSomeGuy

JustSomeGuy — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:36:27 +0000

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.

By: JustSomeGuy

JustSomeGuy — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:36:01 +0000

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.

By: People Finder

People Finder — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:23:43 +0000

Interesting twentysomething success story.

By: Bessed

Bessed — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:05:19 +0000

The Founders Fund

What are the best sites about The Founders Fund? We’ve started with these. What else should be here?
1. The Founders Fund – Venture captal firm focused on early-stage financing, headed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. Site offers bios of the fir…

By: Insider

Insider — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:21:50 +0000

This article states that Peter Thiel is quoted in an interview: â€œbecause of the way they [Sequoia] mistreated him at Plaxo. Heâ€™s been treated worse than he deserved.â€

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!

By: DeepThroat

DeepThroat — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:09:23 +0000

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.)

By: VentureBeat Wire » Founders Fund hires Sean Parker as partner, to launch second fund

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:19:05 +0000

[...] See our story yesterday here. VentureBeat Community [...]

By: ALEX

ALEX — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:25:28 +0000

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.