Confinity

3 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 13, 2022 by Max Levchin · said 8 times in 2 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Jun 13, 2022 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Every Sand Hill Road VC rejected Confinity's early pitches
“We ran out of venture capital, kind of the Sandhill Road, classic blue chip venture capitalist community very quickly. I think we were roundly rejected by 100% of those pitches. We drove up and down Sandhill Road and Got absolutely nothing.”
Max Levchin Jun 13, 2022 ▶ 38:37 PayPal: Max Levchin (Part 1 of 2)
Jun 13, 2022 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Reid Hoffman's advice on securing assets sparked PayPal's electronic wallet pivot
“Reid was one of the more prescient Grains who was sort of like, hey, you can secure other things. Maybe you can like secure invoices or secure IOUs or, you know, secure something that kind of is valuable in and of itself. And that kind of pushed us close enou…”
Max Levchin Jun 13, 2022 ▶ 44:38 PayPal: Max Levchin (Part 1 of 2)
Jun 13, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Levchin: Reid Hoffman was running failing SocialNet while on Confinity's board
“He was a board member of ours, and he was running this company called Social Net, I think it was called, and it was failing.”
Max Levchin Jun 13, 2022 ▶ 45:26 PayPal: Max Levchin (Part 1 of 2)
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