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Re:The Traitorous Eight by georgewsinger on Saturday August 27, 2016 @11:11AM (#12372661)
The Traitorous Eight. The PayPal Mafia. Any other cohorts famous in Silicon Valley for producing disproportionate excellence?
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Re:The Traitorous Eight by qwertyuiop924 on Saturday August 27, 2016 @12:20PM (#12372963)
Maybe BBN?

In videogames, Starbreeze seems to have some pretty consistant ex-employees.

And, of course, anybody who was at id Software between 1993 and 1998 or so basically is assumed to be great, regardless of if they are.

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Re:The Traitorous Eight by baristaGeek on Saturday August 27, 2016 @03:56PM (#12373895)
Former Facebook founders and employees have started Asana, Quora, Cloudera, Path, etc.
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Re:The Traitorous Eight by cududa on Saturday August 27, 2016 @04:58PM (#12374146)
Quora is almost 10 years old and has no business model. Asana is profitable but no longer growing. No knowledge on Cloudera. And Path was a bust.
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Re:The Traitorous Eight by matchagaucho on Saturday August 27, 2016 @07:17PM (#12374611)
Quip (~$750M exit to Salesforce)
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