TIL 36-yr-old Jamie Siminoff founded the company Doorbot in 2013 and went on Shark Tank to raise $700k. Jamie refused the lone shark offer from Kevin, rebranded the company as Ring, brought on Shaquille O’Neal as investor and spokesperson, and in 2018 sold Ring to Amazon for $1.2-1.8 billion. by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 7:09 pm 6 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments A vegan bitcoin investor who does CrossFit and didn’t vote in the 2016 election walks into a bar. by cringeyjokesman April 29, 2022, 1:48 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL the movie The Wolf of Wall Street starring Leo Decaprio, a movie about dirty money was actually funded by dirty money when it was discovered the main investor, Jho Low, stole more than 4.5 billion dollars from the Malaysian fund program 1MDB to fund his own personal lifestyles and investments. by whatilearned April 3, 2022, 9:02 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
8 Comments TIL that Kenny G. was an early investor in Starbucks. While it is unknown how much of a stake he owns, it is rumored that he has made more money off this investment than his entire music career. by whatilearned December 9, 2021, 2:32 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL that Nas, the Grammy award winning rapper is also an incredibly successful startup investor having invested early in startups like Lyft, Dropbox, Coinbase, Ring and Robinhood. by whatilearned November 21, 2021, 6:13 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Open-source is eating the world: Ex-Firebase investor co-leads a $10m seed round for the open-source alternative by ProgrammerDude October 29, 2021, 9:20 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment A kid asked his Bitcoin investor Dad by cringeyjokesman August 22, 2021, 12:04 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL the Woolworth Building skyscraper, which at its completion had 60 floors, was originally conceived as a 12- to 16-story structure. During planning key investor F. W. Woolworth kept coming up with more and more grandiose ideas before settling on the world’s tallest building. by whatilearned August 13, 2021, 5:50 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
21 Comments A stranger asks you to invest $12 in a business. Years later, he finds & you shows you he made $500+ Million legally selling kneecap exploding devices to dictators. He set aside $100 mill for you, his first investor. Would you take the money & future payments? Why/Why not? by QuestionGuy May 30, 2021, 3:13 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
5 Comments TIL One hit wonder Chamillionaire known for his hit song “Ridin”, has shares or investments in over 40 companies, is a resident investor in LAs biggest firm, and has a net worth of over 50 million, independent from his rap career. by whatilearned April 11, 2021, 7:23 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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