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Nejatian: Opendoor will not remain a solely asset-heavy company
“We will not choose to stay in a solely asset heavy world.”
Lemkin: Kaz Nejatian left over $270M behind at Shopify to join Opendoor
“You know, leaving two hundred million behind at Shopify and another 70 something million in grants and what he might still get, you could only do that if you're post-economic, right?”
Batchu: Opendoor never price-matched or negotiated with home sellers
“We never did a price match and we never negotiated on price with sellers of homes.”
Rabois: VC investments take 10 to 20 years to reach profitability
“Actually some have, you know, like I'm sure Opendoor actually is profitable, a firm will be profitable, but usually it's a 10 to 15, 20 year journey by the time that happens.”
Rabois: Opendoor will cover all US markets except possibly Bay Area
“So literally everywhere in the United States are going to be able to, you know, buy and sell homes through Opendoor except maybe the Bay Area.”
YouTube and PayPal founders helped build Opendoor's 2003 predecessor
“The logo for Home Run was designed by Chad Hurley as a side project. I got a decent part of the website was coded by Max Levchin.”
Brian Tolkin: Opendoor's variations of a mortgage product failed
“Opendoor's had different variations of, you know, a mortgage product that, that didn't succeed.”
Sri Batchu: Instacart was more complex than Opendoor as a four-sided marketplace
“Instacart was in some ways an even more complicated business than Opendoor because it's a four sided marketplace. We have shoppers, we have buyers, we have advertisers, and we have the retailers that are on the platform as well with various different incentive…”