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But in the past week, VCs aired their dirty laundry for all the world to see. Still, VCs say they have no choice but to set aside their differences and work together in the future. "Silicon Valley Bank was such a great friend of VCs for so many years that it was just really disappointing to see so many VCs work so quickly to kill it." But in the past week, VCs aired their dirty laundry for all the world to see, criticizing those who they say triggered a $42 billion bank run that doomed SVB. There's been particular animus for Founder's Fund, the venture firm founded by billionaire Peter Thiel that backed Facebook and Airbnb.
The day that Google launched its social network in 2011, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called an impromptu meeting that turned into a declaration of war. Zuckerberg even turned an ancient Roman slogan into Facebook's battle cry. Garcia Martinez remembers him saying:"You know, one of my favorite Roman orators ended every speech with the phrase Carthago delenda est. In the end, Rome completely destroyed Carthage, took over its territories, and sold many of its people off as slaves. Of course, Google Plus ultimately never came close to reaching Facebook-levels of popularity — Google ended up breaking it apart last year.
Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Antonio Garcia Martinez, Garcia Martinez, Cato, Elder, Carthage, judiciously, Garcia Organizations: Google, Facebook, Business Locations: Carthage, Roman Republic, Rome
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