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1 year ago
in Funding: An Insightful Insight on Kyle Brady: A Blog
IMPORTANT NOTE:
I was called (the old fashioned way, by phone) by Jeremy Liew... he apparently didn't write these, and asked that I mark them as such. The weird part? The email address given is the correct one, and he found out about all this when I emailed him directly about some more thoughts...
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Kyle: what do you mean by "real world value"? RockYou's widgets are really fun and entertaining. That's why tens of millions of people are using them every day.
Widgets could turn out to be the replacement for network television. We simply don't know yet.
But what I do know is that I'm very pleased with our investment in RockYou and I'm confident that RockYou has a bright future for every RockYou employee who holds pre-IPO stock options.
You're young so I will give you some advice: the sooner you get in on these things, the better. You get more stock options, a beter strike price and you get to be a part of a revolution at the same time.
What's not to like about that?
Sleep on it tonight and tomorrow give that recruiter a call back. Tell him Jeremy Liew referred you.
You'll thank me for it some day soon. I guarantee it.
Mahalo,
Jeremy Liew
Managing Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners
“Investing at the Speed of Light”
*** Sent from my iPhone 3G ***
I was called (the old fashioned way, by phone) by Jeremy Liew... he apparently didn't write these, and asked that I mark them as such. The weird part? The email address given is the correct one, and he found out about all this when I emailed him directly about some more thoughts...
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Kyle: what do you mean by "real world value"? RockYou's widgets are really fun and entertaining. That's why tens of millions of people are using them every day.
Widgets could turn out to be the replacement for network television. We simply don't know yet.
But what I do know is that I'm very pleased with our investment in RockYou and I'm confident that RockYou has a bright future for every RockYou employee who holds pre-IPO stock options.
You're young so I will give you some advice: the sooner you get in on these things, the better. You get more stock options, a beter strike price and you get to be a part of a revolution at the same time.
What's not to like about that?
Sleep on it tonight and tomorrow give that recruiter a call back. Tell him Jeremy Liew referred you.
You'll thank me for it some day soon. I guarantee it.
Mahalo,
Jeremy Liew
Managing Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners
“Investing at the Speed of Light”
*** Sent from my iPhone 3G ***
1 year ago
in Funding: An Insightful Insight on Kyle Brady: A Blog
IMPORTANT NOTE:
I was called (the old fashioned way, by phone) by Jeremy Liew... he apparently didn't write these, and asked that I mark them as such. The weird part? The email address given is the correct one, and he found out about all this when I emailed him directly about some more thoughts...
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Kyle: I think you made a poor decision that you will one day regret deeply.
I have been a venture capitalist for many years (I got my start in the early days of venture capital back in 2006) and in all these years have seen few companies with as much potential as RockYou.
Rockyou has achieved very real adoption from users and we really like the two founders, Lance Tokuda and Jia Shen.
We have been very happy with our investment in RockYou. It has only continued to grow since we invested - it now serves well over 100 million widget views everyday.
We're still not sure what the final business model for turning those widget views into cash will be, but the opportunities are endless. I came up with 3 this morning alone.
Sequoia Capital, which backed Google, invested in RockYou alongside us and if that doesn't convince you that RockYou has a bright future as a legitimate business, I guess you'd have been one of those people who had the opportunity to work at a great startup like Google, Webvan, Amazon or Pets.com before they went public and would be regretting that decision to this day.
You might want to reconsider your decision. RockYou has a very dynamic and fast-paced environment, great salary, superb benefits and the lucrative stock options everyone loves.
I'll be on the West Coast next week and if you're interested, I'd be happy to show you around the RockYou offices in Redwood City. We can lunch with Lance and Jia. They're really pretty cool guys.
Mahalo,
Jeremy Liew
Managing Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners
"Investing at the Speed of Light"
I was called (the old fashioned way, by phone) by Jeremy Liew... he apparently didn't write these, and asked that I mark them as such. The weird part? The email address given is the correct one, and he found out about all this when I emailed him directly about some more thoughts...
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Kyle: I think you made a poor decision that you will one day regret deeply.
I have been a venture capitalist for many years (I got my start in the early days of venture capital back in 2006) and in all these years have seen few companies with as much potential as RockYou.
Rockyou has achieved very real adoption from users and we really like the two founders, Lance Tokuda and Jia Shen.
We have been very happy with our investment in RockYou. It has only continued to grow since we invested - it now serves well over 100 million widget views everyday.
We're still not sure what the final business model for turning those widget views into cash will be, but the opportunities are endless. I came up with 3 this morning alone.
Sequoia Capital, which backed Google, invested in RockYou alongside us and if that doesn't convince you that RockYou has a bright future as a legitimate business, I guess you'd have been one of those people who had the opportunity to work at a great startup like Google, Webvan, Amazon or Pets.com before they went public and would be regretting that decision to this day.
You might want to reconsider your decision. RockYou has a very dynamic and fast-paced environment, great salary, superb benefits and the lucrative stock options everyone loves.
I'll be on the West Coast next week and if you're interested, I'd be happy to show you around the RockYou offices in Redwood City. We can lunch with Lance and Jia. They're really pretty cool guys.
Mahalo,
Jeremy Liew
Managing Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners
"Investing at the Speed of Light"
