I like KR, but I wish I knew the true story from the Digg days til now. He needs to write an autobiography or something. I feel like there's a lot of subtext that I'm missing. We get to see the news of him joining Google, going part time, leaving but still "an advisor". These are all what the public sees. But what's the real story? I know there must be more to it.
Sorry for my naiveté but why does someone like Kevin Rose raise money at this point? Surely, he's cashed out enough that he could fund these sorts of projects on his own, at least at the seed stage. I would assume he has enough connections that he doesn't need to give up the equity for advice either. Can someone help me understand this? I often hear about people who I assume to be immensely successful raising seed rounds for their next projects and I'm often confused as to why. Wouldn't they want to keep as much equity as they can at this point?
Techcrunch reporting at lightning speed. /s
Kevin said it publicly ~1 month ago at his & Tim Ferriss' Random Show [1]<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPleJbpqbwc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPleJbpqbwc</a>
I remember when I was in middle school and used to watch his show "The Broken". I wonder how many people on HN have heard of it.<p>I found episode 3 on youtube. I think there are only 4 or 5 episodes, but they are hilarious and informative. He even interviewed Kevin Mitnick in this episode. This was really before he was famous. I think he started Revision 3 after that, and then went on to start Digg.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcWByfwkf4k" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcWByfwkf4k</a>
He's been working with this group for a while, he was talking about it a few months ago when I ran into him in Hayes Valley and drunkenly harassed him to say hi and talk to him about the startup I work for.<p>Highlight of the night, and was very gracious.