In January 1994, Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web ehe market, providing a way to create and quantify a library of seargine-friendly publiains owork, now known as the Web, mostly in its infancy. This term has begun to gain popurity oer.
However, the public has not been good, arepreneurs willing to i offer very little for a lot, even wanting the domain and the pany's valuation, which is difficult. The two founders, David Filo and Jerry Fang, are workers who seek and support the spread of the i, the web portal directory, and how to navigate the i, they seek iment to create the apparent domain of Yahoo!., something they have been eager and on occasion to create a domain to expand the pany's services.
In the following months of March, the dream began with both w from scratot until their professor Burton Mcmurty arrived with a call that would ge their lives, a new ior from the uy they attended, iing as a favor to Professor Tom for helping him hire former students for his pany, acc to Professor Burton, this person is very wealthy and is willing to follow the uy tract, 150,000, and a bit more if the idea satisfies him, for a 30% stake in the pany.
Although nobody wants to leave the tender portion of their pany, only a few afford it and pursue their ideas with loans, iments, which is the most on route, and fees. Still, schedules are not enough, most of the time failing if there is no secure bag, something that Stanford approximates. Still, they are always ho about the difficulty of starting a pany.
-We will send all the projects; he's a busy man, and he will sider the proposals at night and send us more or less money depending on the pany's i. But he will certainly i a minimum of 150,000, - said Burton Mcmurty trying to be as serious, but the energy faltered.
Pocket money! Who the hell is Billy Carson? Haven't heard of him irepreneur magazines, and a search for an artistiame Bill Darwin leads to an aaybe he's a producer or has a very good iance.
Burton 't know.
-We have the dots ready, the st offer was made 20 days ago. Everything is in order, - said David Filo, still in denial, as people are usually happy with iment in panies, but maybe it's an opportunity.
Burton already had seven projects in his hands, with Yahoo! being one of the most important, though not so much for Billy, Nvdia would be the most important pany as it is an animation pany.
-May I know who our ior is? - Jerry Fang asked.
-Someone who values the teology industry, he has an animation pany that has made perfect movies, you know him by the Lux Animation or Pixar Studios bel, - said, Burton.
Jerry raised his eyebrow at David Filo, to their embarrassment, her had any idea about cartoons; that era had ended some time ago.
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Anne fihe day's business meeting, she reviewed the che her desk, the bonus received brought her characteristic happiness, and she couldn't deny that the money would e in handy for her brother and uition. As the sole provider for the family, her burden was heavy, and the bonuses received were more of a relief for paying her bills.
She stretched her arms and paused in the office. With much to do and irely bothered by the day, she decided to take a long spa day; Billy would hahe interviews, and her work was done. With a long yawn, all that was left was to enter Billy's offid the many tasks she had to aplish in the ing days.
-Rachel dear, you're still w, - Anne said.
Rachel just nodded, something tely made her see Rachel like a frightened rabbit, one of those that hide at the slightest thing.
-Oh yes, I'm doing the business anization and paperwork for Billy's new pany, - Rachel said.
-Tomorrow you'll do that, dear. It's te, and it's not good to work more than necessary, - Anne said.
-Yes, director, - Rachel said. Coerced, her nervousness increased when she saw Billy iernoon, she wasn't prepared, not even a little groomed, lost, and invisible she saw Billy arrive uedly, and she didn't know how to react, other than to bury herself in paperwork. Tomorrow will be the whole day, and Rachel couldn't stop feeling embarrassed.
An like waking the girl up, but she knew Rachel. - Rachel dear, do you have time? I'd like to have dinner with you. -
-Of course, Director! Let me tidy up the desk and shut down the puter, - Rachel said, jumping from her seat and anizing everythiiculously. Her desk habetically and colorfully anized, which impressed all the members. Near Raimon's desk, which was pletely disanized by Rachel's high standards, there was a series of Star Wars a figures on a small shelf, the chair had a Ghost Report/Yuyu Hakusho cover, mostly ic books, highlighting some specials on ating, taxes, and iments.
Aook a seat in a chair in front of the operatioment desks, posed of Rachel and Raimon, and soon by a third member. Who hadn't been defined yet, but she hoped it would be a baween Raimon and Rachel, it was better t a woman into sideration for Rachel, and experienced, a shiver ran through her, she o improve her resume as soon as possible, a course that would help her and fast.
-Do you have any opinion on Billy's new pany? - Anne asked from her position.
-It's a great idea. Billy proposes to create a digital mailbox that ects people in seds; his ideas range from the ease of using the mailbox and anizing emails to making it user-friendly. He pns to create the website, then sell it and work as a sultant for a price. He estimates the minimum price to be 400 million, up to a maximum of 600 million, which I sider impossible, but he expins step by step why so much money be made in this activity, - Rachel said.
Thinking about the idea of
creating a seailbox, selling it, and iing a little more iing another mailbox that be sold for another ridiculous price, - Rachel thought.
-A sultant, - Anne asked.
-Yes, a sultant. He says he will ter charge established panies a sulting and leadership fee for creating or improving email systems, - Rachel said.
-Do you think it's possible? - Anne asked, totally curious now, about Billy's daring to get money, maybe buying Marvel ics isn't so bad, - she thought. -Anne for her, who knew Billy's thoughts as well as anyone else did. –
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trary to what his close people thought, Billy ying arcade games with Julie near a ema. Julie assionate about wasting time doing things she wanted, without g more than when she did a job.
-Well, it seems you must be a very responsible man to graduate at su early age, - Julie said.
-Not at all, I was lucky, and I have to take a plementary course for awo years to sider myself a true bachelor i of business administration, - Billy said.
Pying a game, Street Fighter, to his surprise, it was the third round he was being crushed by Julie, whose use of the character seemed ridiculous, even Raimon would be in danger with the wonderful skills demonstrated by Julie, maybe he could beat her.
-I see, I 't seem tanize my thoughts about what you truly want. Haven't you heard that wanting it all isn't possible? He who grasps much achieves little depth, - Julie said.
Exeg a bo that caused the end of another round, Julie celebrated.
-I crushed you. You better take a deep breath because I show no mercy to anyone, - Julie said.
-e o's py aname, - Billy said, ign the defeat, walking towards a shooting mae with big guns at its station, a game he was once agaied in by Julie's unbelievable ability to take the time to break Billy's regur skill set.
They pyed Pa, a closer match, and Billy won the game, followed by a basketball spame where he was once agaied by Julie, with her slender arms and tender way of shooting, it was certain she wasn't good, but she sank every ball she threw with a great skill that amazed Billy for no reason.
-You have more talent than I imagined. Now I know not to bet against you in any skill-based game won through practid repetition, - Billy said.
-Please, I'd beat you in any game. Just pie! - Julie said.
-Chess, - Billy said, one of his favorite games.
-We have time for you to suffer a painful defeat at my hands, - Julie said openly, a sign that she might lose, but she would gain a lot ter with her skills, and Billy had no choice but to accept Julie's petitiveness, which was quick to capture his tratioed by a near victory.
They both pyed in the arcade without stopping much; at 11 pm, they arrived at the hotel, tired from the long day. Billy checked his phone and found five missed calls. Julie bid farewell with a nod and a smile promising a stro in chess for the few weeks.
He went down to the reception, and his package was there, eight folders with a siderable number of pages. He gnced over the names, many hat still didn't fit into specific ideas. Yahoo, the basic offer for 30% of the pany was a scious iment of 350,000, and a forthing iion of 250,000 to take over 30% of the pany, an ope of 300,000 without i, and financial support. He thought of the TV show Shark Tank and how he now performed such acts for proposals that had not yet been born and were mere ideas in the air.
But it could be said that was what he was doing. It was clear that Yahoo! wasn't part of the entrepreneurship program, but there was a signifit e.
The sed pany that caught his attention was Excite, ohat promoted a web seargine, something not very on at this time, with outstanding and decisive ideas. The offer was 450,000, in three periodistallments over a year.
The third was a vehat surprised him: Nvidia, a pany headed by three names and one who was a doctor irical engineering, Jensen Huang, a Stanfraduate, they asked for 800,000 for 30%, along with the payment of a 100,000 debt.
It was simply pure gold, they were based on graphics processing and applicatiramming interfaces. This could only be called a stroke of luck, Billy didn't hesitate to i ihree panies even at the expense of iments he wao make in real estate. Now that didn't matter.
The values ??were of course less than what the pany should be worth, but it was enough for Billy, the potential of these three panies was gigantic to the point that he sidered it a gift from heaven.
The st one shook him to the core, a stroke of luck, a proposal for a DVD rental work by mail, the entrepreneurs were, -movie. Reed Hastings and Mardolph, proposed to create a library of movies and home deliveries to people, without the trahey asked for an initial capital of 300,000 for 10% of the pany, along with an ope of 500,000.
He gdly accepted it, the following panies, muodest, stood out. A pany creating educational software, applications for children, which led him to accept the offer of 190,000 for 30%, Jumpies was the name of the pany, and the following panies he signed with the minimum, he looked at the clod it was 3 am, he sighed deeply, quickly prepared eight reports, almost done, adjusted everything for the day, and fell into the world of dreams.
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