Chamath PalihapitiyaThe Reports Of Our Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated…When we established Social Capital in 2011, the goal was to develop meaningful solutions to meaningful problems — which is why we started…5 min read·Sep 20, 2018--31--31
Chamath PalihapitiyaAppetite for ChangeSince our founding, we’ve never stopped searching for better and better ways to help entrepreneurs win. To do this, we’ve consistently…4 min read·Jun 18, 2018--5--5
Chamath PalihapitiyaOnly the Paranoid Survive…If you’re a student of technology companies, you’ve heard this adage many times. That, ultimately, you must disrupt yourself. Because if…5 min read·Jun 11, 2018--9--9
Chamath PalihapitiyainSocial CapitalOur Commitment to CitiesFor all the credit the tech industry gets for making things cheaper, faster and better, there remains a growing list of of critical, real…3 min read·May 21, 2018--11--11
Chamath PalihapitiyaA Growing Cancer: Forbes’ Midas ListThe fallout from the race for “credit” in Silicon Valley4 min read·Jun 22, 2017--25--25
Chamath PalihapitiyainSocial CapitalChanging the Growth Equation: Welcoming Tony Bates to Social CapitalOne of the greatest experiences of my life was the opportunity to create and lead the Growth team at Facebook. Its success, at this point…4 min read·Jun 19, 2017--6--6
Chamath PalihapitiyainSocial CapitalVENTURE CAPITAL DOESN’T SCALE…UNTIL IT DOESOver the last few years, I’ve been preoccupied with the established maxim, “venture capital doesn’t scale,” as it never quite made sense to…3 min read·May 18, 2017--2--2
Chamath PalihapitiyainSocial CapitalSpending Money to Make Money…aka Stock-based Compensation…aka Listen up, Founders!There has been a lot of talk recently about why LinkedIn sold to Microsoft. One of the more popular theories about why they sold was around…7 min read·Jun 16, 2016--9--9
Chamath PalihapitiyaHey Jerkwater: Do your math on TSLA…Here at Social Capital we’ve been watching Tesla for many years. We originally tried to get cute on valuation and almost had our faces…2 min read·May 3, 2016--34--34
Chamath PalihapitiyaHaaS and the future of TSLA…Part of what makes it fun to work at Social Capital is the amount of time we take to think through the broad continuum of technology. The…4 min read·Nov 8, 2015--26--26