Upstarts raid giants for talent in Silicon Valley

Re:Upstarts raid giants for talent in Silicon Valley by trhway on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @02:47AM (#10084006)

>your best move in the Valley IS to just try to get in to the biggest, best name, with the most talent flowing into it.

even better to get into such a company before it becomes that "best name". Unfortunately, on couple occasions i wasn't able to recognize it - they were such ugly ducklings back at the time :)

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Re:Upstarts raid giants for talent in Silicon Valley by keithwhor on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @05:11AM (#10084392)

Isn't every successful startup an ugly duckling at some point?

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Re:Upstarts raid giants for talent in Silicon Valley by humanrebar on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @08:08AM (#10084904)

Zynga was an ugly duckling for sure.

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Re:Upstarts raid giants for talent in Silicon Valley by StavrosK on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @08:26AM (#10084974)

When did Zynga blossom into a beautiful swan? It just grew up to be an ugly duck.

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Re:Upstarts raid giants for talent in Silicon Valley by humanrebar on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @08:43AM (#10085032)

Exactly. Well put. Sometimes ugly ducklings grow up to be ugly ducks.

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Re:Upstarts raid giants for talent in Silicon Valley by venomsnake on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @05:42AM (#10084465)

Except Uber - they were (self) described as revolutionary since day 1.

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Re:Upstarts raid giants for talent in Silicon Valley by dylanjermiah on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @07:33PM (#10089230)

That is false. Travis and Garret just wanted to get a ride quickly (in '08). When they started in '10 neither wanted to run a 'limo company' as they described it, bringing in Ryan Graves. After Travis saw what it could be, he stepped in.

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