Re:Why Silicon Valley funds Instagrams, not Hyperloops
by jfoster on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @08:09AM
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If Musk put down his money, isn't he a VC by definition?
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Re:Why Silicon Valley funds Instagrams, not Hyperloops
by bradleyland on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @09:29AM
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He funded his own idea. The definition of "VC funding" isn't a concrete thing. What's important is the distinction between the way companies like Tesla and SpaceX came to where they are today when compared with companies like Instagram and Facebook.