[randomacct3847]

I think this has become outdated. From my experience FAANGs are largely filled with people who are risk-adverse, which is why it makes sense to me that the next gen of startups will come from alumni of successful unicorns given the risk-seeking attitude you had to have in the first place to join one of those cos earlier on.

I mean how many ex—Amazon founders do you see? Probably not at all in proportion to the number of alumni relative to all VC funded cos.

[akhilcacharya]

>I mean how many ex—Amazon founders do you see? Probably not at all in proportion to the number of alumni relative to all VC funded cos.

Is there a reason to single out Amazon specifically? Because I’ve heard of lots of Xoogler founders and exFB founders.

[solarkraft]

Amazon isn't a unicorn in the sense of people placing extremely high expectations on it and pumping it full of money. Instead they're simply re-investing the money they make. At an impressive rate, but steadily and with not so much risk if they mess up a new venture.