Sentences with phrase «own social capital»

Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and CEO of Social Capital, shares his market views at The Sohn Investment Conference in New York Monday.

Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and chief executive officer at Social Capital LP, offered a bullish take on cloud management company Box Inc, predicting the stock could grow 10-fold over the next 10 years.

Chamath Palihapitiya, the CEO of venture capital firm Social Capital, says he's a big fan of Bezos» letters because they serve as a reminder to keep a long - term view, while keeping things simple.

The company is backed by Social Capital's Chamath Palihapitiya, and Osborne & Partners» Ian Osborne.

Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya speaks with CNBC's Kelly Evans at the Sohn Conference about Box being his best investment idea for the year, as well as the growth of big data and consumers» privacy rights.

Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya speaks with CNBC's Kelly Evans at the Sohn Conference about Facebook's data breach.

Social Capital CEO Palihapitiya speaks with CNBC's Jon Fortt about the unintended consequences of technological progress and what it means for companies and societies.

So, what can be done about the resulting bifurcation of people, into those with resources and social capital, and those without?

• Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings, a Palo Alto, Calif. - based SPAC, said it plans to raise $ 600 million in its IPO.

«Social capital is the most important currency in the world» is the core message of an upcoming book I was recently privileged to read before its release.

Mark Cuban continued to contribute to Relativity Space, which also raised funds from Playground Global, Y Combinator Continuity and Social Capital.

When employees leave your company, they take with them a lot of valuable knowledge, connections, expertise and social capital that can be difficult to replace.

Sozo Ventures led the round, and was joined by investors including Marc Benioff, Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Social Capital, AME Cloud Partners and Rethink Impact.

Social Capital's Palihapitiya speaks at the Delivering Alpha Conference in New York on Tuesday.

The idea is that Social Capital Hedosophia will acquire a big tech company and help it circumvent the initial public offering process.

In spite of the high - profile turnover, Palihapitiya seems to be hyper - focused on this data - driven approach, and he reiterated his plan to make Social Capital a full - service capital partner to the businesses it invests in throughout their lifecycles.

Social Capital co-founder Mamoon Hamid abruptly departed in August to join Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Among 71 of the top venture capital firms, women represent only 8 percent of senior investment teams, according to data compiled in 2015 by Social Capital and The Information.

In an email to Term Sheet, Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya called the 42 % data point «simply fucking awesome.»

This is not Social Capital's only investment in India, but it is its most significant.

A 2010 study from Carnegie Mellon found that, when people engaged on Facebook — posting, messaging, Liking, etc. — their feelings of general social capital increased, while loneliness decreased.

Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya raised $ 600 million in an IPO yesterday for his blank check company, Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings.

They leverage their social capital to make men shape up.

Social Capital evaluated nearly 3,000 companies during its private beta and committed to funding several dozen across 12 countries.

Put simply, Social Capital will invest in startups without having to go through the process of a traditional pitch.

Investors include Kima Ventures, Soma Capital, Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund, Social Capital, M&Y Growth Partners, and Macro Ventures.

GGV Capital led the round, and was joined by TimeWarner (NYSE: TWX), Social Capital, General Catalyst Partners, and Saban Capital.

Investors include Western Technology Investment, Social Capital, Vy Capital, Picus Capital, Ace & Company, Lynett Capital Partners, Zeno Ventures, Michael Seibel, and Gabriel Hammond.

The theme continues nicely for the third day in a row after Social Capital's launch of its new data - focused investment platform.

Investors include Ascension Ventures, GE Ventures, Intermountain Healthcare Innovation Fund, Safeguard Scientifics, Social Capital, Amgen Ventures, Medidata Solutions, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, and Roche Venture Fund.

Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya describes Ezetap as «a combination of Stripe, AWS, and Android.»

The Future List put out by The Information and Social Capital, took 6,000 data points on 552 senior investment professionals across 71 firms to use diversity to plot which investors are best positioned to take advantage of future trends.

Another subtle thing you'll want to consider in hiring certain positions - such as sales, marketing or public relations - is what social capital, whether within the field or the community, the candidate is bringing to the table.

Technology has lowered startup costs, women have access to women - only funding options and can more easily leverage social capital.

Founder and CEO Social Capital LP and Golden State Warriors Owner Chamath Palihapitiya has a mission which is, «To advance humanity by solving the world's hardest problems including the advancement of human capital, the eradication of disease, solutions to global climate change, and other really difficult things that are non obvious.»

Mamoon Hamid, co-founder and general partner at venture capital firm Social Capital, of Palo Alto, California, says broker - led health insurance sales to smaller businesses are probably worth up to $ 150 billion.

Even before a business's first bill is due, minority founders are disproportionately ill - prepared for entrepreneurship, thanks to a lack of intellectual and social capital in underserved communities, Kauffman researchers say.

In August 2015, Jenkins decided to turn it into a for - profit venture and raised $ 14 million from venture capital firms Social Capital, Lux Capital, and Capricorn Investment Group.

Apple is not a tech company, it's a luxury brand with pricing power, said Social Capital's Chamath Palihapitiya on «Power Lunch.»

Saildrone started as a nonprofit endeavor with the Schmidts» philanthropic foundation, but in August 2015, Jenkins decided to turn it into a for - profit venture and raised $ 14 million from venture capital firms Social Capital, Lux Capital, and Capricorn Investment Group.

Slack's $ 2.8 billion valuation, attained when it raised $ 160 million from Social Capital and other top - shelf venture capital firms last May, puts it on the list of Silicon Valley unicorns.

Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive who now runs the hedge fund Social Capital — and whose Sohn conference presentation earlier on Tuesday prompted the stock of his pick, Box (box), to surge as much as 16 % — interviewed Gurley on stage.

Most of us have been in situations where someone asked for a favor long before they built the social capital to make that kind of request, if they built any capital at all.

Palihapitiya is the founder and CEO of Social Capital.

Closely monitoring your online brand and responding to and interacting with consumers consistently will build up loyalty and social capital in a way that can counteract any damage before it even happens.

Trump and Amazon both «embrace the structural atomic level of value creation,» said Chamath Palihapitiya, a partner at Social Capital.

Build and use social capital.

Social capital is as important as financial capital for all ventures.

Specifically, it is «the relationships that make organizations work effectively,» according to» How to Invest in Social Capital,» an article (copies of which are sold online for $ 6 each) in the June 2001 issue of Harvard Business Review that intrigued Posse member Genevieve Foskett.

With a little bit of patience and practice, you'll build your social capital, expand your sphere of influence and form solid, mutually beneficial business and personal relationships.