Prediction Didn’t hold up AI assessment confidence: 95% certainty 4/5 debate potential 2/5

Ring will generate hundreds of millions in revenue in 2016

Wesley Chan · 20VC: Felicis' Wesley Chan on The Rise of IoT, Getting Recruited by Larry Page & Creating Google's Biggest Success Disaster · Jun 29, 2016 · at 24:11

Felicis Ventures Managing Director Wesley Chan discusses the rapid sales growth of smart doorbell maker Ring.com and founder Jamie Siminoff.

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“He's, you know, going to do, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue, if not more this year.”

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