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Pincus: I refuse to hold one-on-one meetings because they breed politics
“One lesson I learned that really, I hate management, so I don't do one-on-ones. My friend Bing told me that Jeff Bezos wouldn't ever do one-on-ones, because he created politics, and it was a huge waste of his time. I was like, I love that. No one-on-ones”
Pincus: Zynga never spent a dollar of venture capital raised
“And eventually, Fred Wilson Fun to me, but terrible terms, like, fifteen million pre, and, but I love Fred, and he negotiated a hard deal, because he could, but, and the funniest thing is, I never used the dollar I raised the whole time at Zynga.”
Pincus: Wrote the first check into Napster for Sean Parker
“Sean Parker worked for me at Freeloader when he was 16, amazingly, and sent me an email when he started Napster with Sean Fanning, and I was the first check into Napster, because he said, we have, like, two servers, and they're full, and we need money for more…”