Skype, every mention
10 scenes · ← back to Skype
tap a year for its mentions
every year anyone David Rosenthal 5Ben Gilbert 3Eric Yuan 2
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Skype comes up
Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 4:03:21 Ben Gilbert I actually think that's a very reasonable way to think about this, Aquaniv, Skype, which we didn't talk about, which actually was a pretty good deal, especially because of the tax treatment.
Benchmark Part I · Acquired
- ▶ 2:24:55 Ben Gilbert Skype.
- ▶ 2:24:56 David Rosenthal Skype.
- ▶ 2:25:05 David Rosenthal He met Skype, liked Skype, he's got this right up his alley, right up Benchmark's alley.
- ▶ 2:25:09 David Rosenthal eBay ends up buying Skype.
- ▶ 2:27:12 David Rosenthal They did that with eBay, and then the international expansion happened, and then for a whole variety of conflicts and reasons, no Google, no Skype, you know, Skype's not generational defining, but
Amazon.com · Acquired
- ▶ 2:52:15 Ben Gilbert It had the acquisition and then divestiture of Skype.
Capital-Efficient Growth (with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan & Veeva CEO Peter Gassner) · Acquired
Altimeter (with Brad Gerstner) · Acquired
- ▶ 50:14 David Rosenthal Was this before or after they did Skype?