Damn, this kid hit the jackpot.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/...berg_I9UB.html
Damn, this kid hit the jackpot.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/...berg_I9UB.html
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I was reading an article last week (cant find it right now) about this guy and several other young millionaries. Very impressive. Makes me feel like a total loser. Did you see the hot chick this geek is with?
Partial - These guys are who you should want to be.
Hopefully someday. I've got a few ideas up my sleeve. If I were Mark Z, I'd have sold the site by now and gotten out. Seems like a pain in the rear and you've already got more money than you'll ever need.
HOFer
Maybe he likes it.
"Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings
With that attitude you will never make it. Thats like as drug dealer saying he wants to stop selling because too many people want his product.Originally Posted by Partial
I agree with P. Sites generally tend to come and go. If he can find someone to pay 1.5B for that site, sell it and start something else.
Guys like this are wired differently. I'm not surprised he didn't sell. He's a super genius who is proud of his creation and wants it done his way.
70% of the Earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by Al Harris.
I agree with this. You have to evaluate if the site has reached it's potential. Mark Cuban got out at the right time, I think he sold Broadcast.com, and is now a billionaire for life. Zuckerman can still invest that 1.5 billion and make himeself infinitely wealthier. Say he invested that $1.5 B and average a 20% return a year his wealth would grow to $3,732,480,000 in 5 years. He would only be 28 years old. He could pass up Bill Gates and Warren Buffet before he's even 40 years old. Of course all of this is hypothetical, but still possible.
Think carefully about what you are saying.
He could then buy the Bucks, and we'd at least have a rich owner who has some passion and is still alive. I believe Herb died years ago and he is kept moving by a complex system of pullies and levers.I agree with this. You have to evaluate if the site has reached it's potential. Mark Cuban got out at the right time, I think he sold Broadcast.com, and is now a billionaire for life. Zuckerman can still invest that 1.5 billion and make himeself infinitely wealthier. Say he invested that $1.5 B and average a 20% return a year his wealth would grow to $3,732,480,000 in 5 years. He would only be 28 years old. He could pass up Bill Gates and Warren Buffet before he's even 40 years old. Of course all of this is hypothetical, but still possible.
All hail the Ruler of the Meadow!
He won't feel that way in a year or two when its no longer the big thing and people are on the next FB. You gotta play the dollar when its hot. Get in, get off, get out. That my theory.
[quote="Partial"]Strangely, that works for women as well.
Yeah but the guy has giraffe money. When I say that I mean he has enough money to inquire about the price of a giraffe. When you have virtually unlimited money, it might not be worth it to unload your baby for more.He won't feel that way in a year or two when its no longer the big thing and people are on the next FB. You gotta play the dollar when its hot. Get in, get off, get out. That my theory.
70% of the Earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by Al Harris.
fixedStrangely, that works for women as well.
70% of the Earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by Al Harris.
Yeah but the guy has giraffe money. When I say that I mean he has enough money to inquire about the price of a giraffe. When you have virtually unlimited money, it might not be worth it to unload your baby for more.He won't feel that way in a year or two when its no longer the big thing and people are on the next FB. You gotta play the dollar when its hot. Get in, get off, get out. That my theory.giraffe money. I like that.
I'd sell just to get some cash. The vast bulk of his worth is tied up in his business. Until he banks that coin, it ain't liquid. That is why he started selling off chunks to Microsoft.
$1B for a simple idea is crazy. Don't be like the greedy SOBs on Weakest Link. Bank that coin!
My signature has NUDITY in it...whatcha gonna do?
I'm sure as a young dork, he's probably afraid that once he sells his hot commodity, he'll become irrelevant, like he was not too long ago, and poof, there goes all his attention. He is literally and figuratively at the center of one of the largest social networks on earth. For a geek that's been ignored his whole life (judging from his pallid complexion and computer guy hair), that's got to be hard to give up, even if it is for obscene GP. All the GP in the world won't be able to buy him back the Charisma Points his website's earning him right now.
I bet that dude boned far more chicks than you before you were married. That is crazy talk to imply someone is a dork based off how you look. You have the stereotypical nerd look down to a T and you're calling somebody else out on it?
Lol. Wouldn't that make him more qualified to call him out on it?I bet that dude boned far more chicks than you before you were married. That is crazy talk to imply someone is a dork based off how you look. You have the stereotypical nerd look down to a T and you're calling somebody else out on it?
70% of the Earth is covered by water. The rest is covered by Al Harris.
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