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Gurley is known for his above-average height; he is 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m). [34] The title of his blog, Above the Crowd, and the book eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists that profiles the Benchmark team, both reference his height; the subtitle of eBoys is “The true story of the six tall men who backed eBay , Webvan , and other ...
Benchmark Capital was featured in the Apple TV+ original TV series WeCrashed starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.In the show, Anthony Edwards portrays Benchmark co-founder Bruce Dunlevie, who became WeWork's first major investor on the 1st of April in 2012 when Benchmark led WeWork's $17 million Series-A seed funding.
In February 2011, Kalanick met with Bill Gurley, an investor from venture capital firm Benchmark, and secured an $11 million investment for 20 percent of Uber (then valued at $50 million) for its Series A round of funding. [43] [44] The company embarked on its Series B round in late 2011, raising an additional $32 million. [45]
Kyle Chandler is joining the cast of Showtime’s anthology series “Super Pumped,” the television adaptation of Mike Isaac’s book, “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.” The “Friday ...
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Gurley shared a few other examples of regulatory capture in modern times, and then turned to A.I. He shared onscreen a New York Times article from May entitled, “OpenAI’s Sam Altman Urges A.I ...
In business, a unicorn is a startup company valued at over US$1 billion which is privately owned and not listed on a share market. [ 1 ] : 1270 [ 2 ] The term was first published in 2013, coined by venture capitalist Aileen Lee , choosing the mythical animal to represent the statistical rarity of such successful ventures.
Super Pumped is an American anthology drama television series created by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, named for the 2019 nonfiction book of the same name by Mike Isaac. . The first installment, subtitled The Battle For Uber, is based on Isaac's book and centers on the rise and fall of former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, played by Joseph Gordon-Lev