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EBay to Spin Off PayPal
What, you're only allowed to learn from failure in Silicon Valley?
ceejayoz
on Sept 30, 2014
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TWA wasn't a failure for Icahn. He made hundreds of millions of dollars by selling its assets to pay himself.
aml183
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A win for them (Icahn and Andreessen) is measured by their wallet not about the societal impact.
toomuchtodo
on Sept 30, 2014
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We shouldn't confuse what normal people consider success to be with with what a sociopath considers success.
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