Comments by "John Coogan" (@JohnCooganPlus) on "What Succession Misses" video.

  1. I think I could probably pull some interesting stuff out of Silicon Valley. Would be cool to tie things that happen in the show to real world events. I think just saying “oh yeah that happens” wouldn’t be very valuable.
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  2. lmao, I actually used to live in the same apartment building as the actor who played Greg here in LA. Nice guy!
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  3. Thanks! In this scene, it’s a board meeting, so you need a board seat to attend. If you start your own company, you automatically are on the board. If you start a company with co-founders, usually each co-founder would have a board seat, but it varies. Sometimes there’s just one founder with a board seat. Over time, as you raise money, each big investor will get a board seat in exchange for leading the round. Usually co-founders who aren’t the CEO will step off the board as investors join. Facebook is a good example. Zuckerberg is the only founder left on the board, but a bunch of major investors have seats. Like Peter Thiel, who led the seed round, still sits on the board. Shareholders meetings are different, usually these are just remote presentations and you might only vote on a single issue. Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway is unique in that anyone who owns at least one share of Class A stock (this might have changed recently) can go and physically attend their shareholder’s meeting. A great way to meet other like-minded investors! But you can’t vote to remove Warren Buffet at that shareholders meeting, because the board of directors loves him! Does that all make sense?
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  4.  @queuebit  yeah, if you ever have the chance to go and it’s free, you should definitely check it out just for the education. I used to watch IPO presentations on https://www.retailroadshow.com/ to get a feel for what it was like for companies to actually raise money. Great content, still can’t believe it’s free.
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  5. Thanks for subbing
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  6. Yo, what's up MrTindos, thanks for watching my video. Where are you writing in from?
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  7. It was complete luck. I applied for verification back in 2011 when Google Plus launched and it stuck with the account. Doesn’t work any more.
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  8.  @queuebit  I’m on Twitter @johncoogan, other than that I’m focused on YouTube and read every comment here. I’m also on Clubhouse. If you need an invite just DM me on Twitter.
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  9.  @CineRooX  like what part of the world are you in? 🌎
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