ILike

company on 3 shows · 4 statements across 2 episodes · said 6 times in 2 episodes since 2021

20VC 5 My First Million 1 Masters of Scale

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20VC 5My First Million 1

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MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Not checkable as stated
Partovi: iLike scaled from two to 32 servers within hours of launch
“We planned to have two servers running this to judge interest, and basically within 30 minutes we realized two servers wasn't gonna be enough, so we immediately doubled it, and then we doubled it again, and then we doubled it again until our entire server farm…”
Hadi Partovi Mar 31, 2023 ▶ 12:00 Let Fires Burn (with Gixo's Selina Tobaccowala)
20VC 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
20VC 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
20VC 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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