iLike

3 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 21, 2022 by Ali Partovi · said 5 times in 1 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Jan 21, 2022
What-if
Partovi believes Apple's iLike acquisition would have succeeded if he remained passive
“I keep thinking back that if I had just done nothing, things would probably have been fine.”
Ali Partovi Jan 21, 2022 ▶ 19:51 20VC: How I Lost a $125M Deal with Yahoo by Being Too Honest, The M&A Meeting with Steve Jobs That Did Not Go Well and How U2's Bono Saved The Day For One Tech Startup with Ali Partovi, CEO @ Neo
Jan 21, 2022
Assertion Supported
Steve Jobs offered to acquire iLike for $50 million in 2008
“Basically, we had raised money two years earlier for fifty million dollars, and he offered to acquire the company Four or fifty million dollars, so basically no change in valuation since our pre-launch, you know, fundraise,”
Ali Partovi Jan 21, 2022 ▶ 20:13 20VC: How I Lost a $125M Deal with Yahoo by Being Too Honest, The M&A Meeting with Steve Jobs That Did Not Go Well and How U2's Bono Saved The Day For One Tech Startup with Ali Partovi, CEO @ Neo
Jan 21, 2022
What-if
Partovi: Defying Universal Music in 2007 would have risked iLike's existence
“I wish we had not folded. I wish we had stayed Strong basically told them to go fuck themselves. That would have risked our entire company.”
Ali Partovi Jan 21, 2022 ▶ 29:13 20VC: How I Lost a $125M Deal with Yahoo by Being Too Honest, The M&A Meeting with Steve Jobs That Did Not Go Well and How U2's Bono Saved The Day For One Tech Startup with Ali Partovi, CEO @ Neo
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