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Kevin Rose is a god when you look at the products he was an early investor in. https://angel.co/kevin

SimpleGeo, Facebook, Gowalla, Formspring, Yobongo, BufferBox, LE TOTE, Cluster, Wealthfront, Foodzie, The Social+Capital Partnership, Buttercoin, AngelList, Greylock Partners, SV Angel, FOBO, Clever, Fab.com, Tasty Labs, Cozy, Dailybooth, Foursquare, Digg, Nextdoor, Treehouse, 19 more...

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Not sure I'd include Fab or Digg (among others) on that list...

If he was an angel in Fab he might have easily gotten a pretty good multiple on his investment if he took money off the table in early VC rounds.

I have no inside knowledge on this but I'd assume Digg is where he got the funds to make all these investments.

Rumor was he sold his shares in the last round. (https://gigaom.com/2008/09/24/digg-raises-28-million-in-seri...)

Or Le Tote... Lol

> a god

Jesus. He's a Silicon Valley personality, not a god. He was able to be at the right place at the right time. Anyone in that situation would have made the same exact investments. There was no magic to what he did.

while I agree he certainly is not a god, making good investment choices in the startup world is not easy. easy to judge with hindsight on your side

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