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Fred Wilson Explains Why He Wouldn’t Invest In Groupon Or Pandora

25 points| sammville | 15 years ago |techcrunch.com | reply

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[+] mbesto|15 years ago|reply
Linkbaited again! Therefore derailing comment ahead...

This is what happens when you make a headline for an article, put a video in it, mislead the answer with a bunch of garbled text and then expect people to draw conclusions about it. Everyone's first inclination from the headline is "OMG what does Fred see in Pandora/Groupon that I don't?!" Don't believe me, look at the first few comments of the article.

Save yourself the time and read the TL;DR "I don't invest in those companies because we only invest in companies that have a large network of engaged users". And this, my friends, is how you turn a question with a one sentence answer into ad revenue. Go AOL!

[+] necrodome|15 years ago|reply
This is why i read hn comments first when i see techcrunch anywhere in the title.
[+] jonathanjaeger|15 years ago|reply
They made titles like this before AOL, so not relevant.