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Benchmark Part I · Acquired
- ▶ 2:24 Ben Gilbert Semiconductor and networking companies like Synopsys and Juniper Networks, and of course, in the next generation, OpenTable, Zillow, Twitter, Instagram, Uber, WeWork, Snap, Riot Games, Asana, Discord, New Relic, and our friends of the show…
- ▶ 2:12:30 Ben Gilbert Open table.
- ▶ 2:14:15 David Rosenthal He does OpenTable.
- ▶ 2:14:26 David Rosenthal In the earlier era than that, sort of the Grubhub, OpenTable era and all that, those were great wins, and Bill worked tirelessly, I think, to, you know, help make those companies successes.
- ▶ 2:27:40 Ben Gilbert They had OpenTable.
- ▶ 2:27:49 Ben Gilbert But like, if we look at the biggest wins out of that period, it's probably open tables, Zillow.
- ▶ 3:41:18 Ben Gilbert They held OpenTable for a long time while it was still public, which I think this is something that puts a fine point on the analytical side of Benchmark, and particularly Bill Gurley's analytical side, which is
- ▶ 3:41:47 Ben Gilbert They're good at understanding the intrinsic value of something, which I think is why we saw them dump WeWork, why they were holding OpenTable while still public,