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Chris Sacca

Profession : Businessman

Birth : May 12, 1975

Just don't spend your money, and you're well on your way to becoming a millionaire.

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Simplicity is hard to build, easy to use, and hard to charge for. Complexity is easy to build, hard to use, and easy to charge for.

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I have learned a ton about inventory, co-packing, wholesaling, end caps. All these concepts are easy to breeze by in what I do for a living or assume that there is a marketing manager or specialist in one of our companies that handles that.

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A great idea can't succeed without a great operator. But rarely can a great operator squeak by with a bad idea. So, as pithy as it sounds to say 'It's all about the people,' I only invest when I think I have found the right team for the right business.

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There I was - 20 years old, living in Ireland, and I'd never heard the word 'venture capitalist.' But I'd said that I wanted a job that involved a lot of negotiation, a lot of yelling at people on the phone, and for it to be high-risk, high-reward.

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My biggest concern is the abundance of public doubt and misunderstanding when it comes to Twitter's vision and the near future for the service.

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I don't drink coffee. Weird, I know. But I try to stay away from caffeine. That said, we are investors in Blue Bottle, which is delicious!

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Travis Kalanick was and is the perfect person to lead Uber, a product I knew from day one was going to be big.

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Being a cheap bastard now means so much more freedom and choices later.

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The old economy with careers and benefits and pensions is gone. There are scary implications to that.

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I want to make clear that my feedback comes from a place of loyalty and persistent gratitude. I love Twitter.

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Ride-sharing is one of the biggest math problems that's ever been approached, that's ever been attempted to be solved.

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The Sharks step right on each other's questions, and if I ever did that in Silicon Valley, I would be considered a pariah. I literally had to learn how to interrupt.

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I've yet to see an example of somebody standing up to Donald Trump and suggesting policy initiatives and him embracing them yet. It's not happening at scale.

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When I first agreed to do 'Shark Tank,' they asked me to wear a suit, and I was just like, 'No. I can't. It'll end my career.'

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I'll miss working with Mark, and all of the other Sharks. Each of them has been incredibly generous and warm to me, and I am proud of all the episodes we made together.

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When you get into investing, your default stance should be 'No,' because most deals suck. Most deals won't make money. Most companies will fail.

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In social settings, under the guise of joking, being collegial, flirting, or having a good time, I undoubtedly caused some women to question themselves, retreat, feel alone, and worry they can't be their authentic selves.

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I believe there is no natural ceiling on the revenue Twitter can generate. I also believe that Twitter's reach can become more pervasive and its impact on the world more meaningful.

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If Twitter genuinely wants users to buy things at scale, they have to give us a chance to consider the offers and make a decision in a matter of minutes/hours/days, not just seconds.

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