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		<title>Sean Parker Wants to Remind Everyone He&#8217;s Totes a Facebook Cofounder</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_48604" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/6644739245_77c23b4bda.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-48604 " title="Sean Parker" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/6644739245_77c23b4bda.jpeg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mr. Parker (flickr.com/mager)</p></div></p>
<p>Where are the original Facebookers these days? Well, Zuck is attempting to steer Facebook through the rocky shoals of a slipping stock price. Peter Thiel is unloading his stock and <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/08/peter-thiel-sells-almost-all-facebook-stock-tea-party-donation-08202012/">donating to Tea Partiers</a>. Eduardo, presumably, is popping bottles with models in Singapore.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/sean-parker-mark-zuckerburg_n_1825127.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003">as the Huffington Post reports</a>, Sean Parker is defending his legacy on Twitter.</p>
<p>Back in late July, Sean Parker <a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/taking-a-risk-and-hoping-that-lightning-strikes-twice/">told</a> the <em>New York Times </em>that, "Every good entrepreneur I know ends up in the wasteland of being a venture capitalist. It's really frustrating." Right, well, as <em>Inc.</em> writer John McDermott proceeded to point out, Mr. Parker hasn't spent the last few years setting the tech world on fire:<!--more--></p>
<blockquote><p>Since Parker is so quick to judge, we presume he'd include himself on that list of brave entrepreneurs [who continue to found new, successful companies]. But his track record is a bit spottier.</p></blockquote>
<p>Yes, Mr. Parker has Napster and Plaxo to his credit. However:</p>
<blockquote><p>Parker's entrepreneurial activity has leveled off a bit since then. He became the inaugural president at Facebook--yet although he is frequently cited as an integral part of the company's early success, it wasn't his endeavor.</p></blockquote>
<p>Mr. McDermott also called Airtime's launch "more buzz than business."</p>
<p>Well, perhaps Mr. Parker was doing a little idle self-Googling yesterday, because he suddenly went on <a href="https://twitter.com/sparker/with_replies">a Twitter tirade</a>, rebutting Mr. McDermott's post:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/j_m_mcdermott"><s>@</s><strong>j_m_mcdermott</strong></a> a bit spottier? It's not about "founding" a company it's about being an entrepreneur. Let's look at the track record..</p>
<p>— Sean Parker (@sparker) <a href="https://twitter.com/sparker/status/238535529396850688">August 23, 2012</a></p></blockquote>
<p>(Please note: This is best imagined with Justin Timberlake portraying Mr. Parker.)</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/j_m_mcdermott"><s>@</s><strong>j_m_mcdermott</strong></a> There were only three legal founders of Facebook: me, Dustin Moskovitz, and Mark Zuckerberg.</p>
<p>— Sean Parker (@sparker) <a href="https://twitter.com/sparker/status/238535988740235264">August 23, 2012</a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/j_m_mcdermott"><s>@</s><strong>j_m_mcdermott</strong></a> This was substantiated by every company legal document from inception.</p>
<p>— Sean Parker (@sparker) <a href="https://twitter.com/sparker/status/238536177383264256">August 23, 2012</a></p></blockquote>
<p>This puts last year's reported <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/facebook_feud_outside_club_ZmxHoEbbzzG9suvoEDaSDI">screaming match</a> with Zuck in perspective, no?</p>
<p>At any rate, Mr. Parker added, he was making a larger point about something grander than mere business:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/j_m_mcdermott"><s>@</s><strong>j_m_mcdermott</strong></a> My point was not about "founding" a company, in some pedantic sense, but about risking everything and going for broke.</p>
<p>— Sean Parker (@sparker) <a href="https://twitter.com/sparker/status/238537467362418689">August 23, 2012</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Mr. Parker seems to have confused the definition of entrepreneurship with that of poker. Despite the similarities, one is usually considered to involve starting a company.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_48604" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/6644739245_77c23b4bda.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-48604 " title="Sean Parker" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/6644739245_77c23b4bda.jpeg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mr. Parker (flickr.com/mager)</p></div></p>
<p>Where are the original Facebookers these days? Well, Zuck is attempting to steer Facebook through the rocky shoals of a slipping stock price. Peter Thiel is unloading his stock and <a href="http://betabeat.com/2012/08/peter-thiel-sells-almost-all-facebook-stock-tea-party-donation-08202012/">donating to Tea Partiers</a>. Eduardo, presumably, is popping bottles with models in Singapore.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/sean-parker-mark-zuckerburg_n_1825127.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003">as the Huffington Post reports</a>, Sean Parker is defending his legacy on Twitter.</p>
<p>Back in late July, Sean Parker <a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/taking-a-risk-and-hoping-that-lightning-strikes-twice/">told</a> the <em>New York Times </em>that, "Every good entrepreneur I know ends up in the wasteland of being a venture capitalist. It's really frustrating." Right, well, as <em>Inc.</em> writer John McDermott proceeded to point out, Mr. Parker hasn't spent the last few years setting the tech world on fire:<!--more--></p>
<blockquote><p>Since Parker is so quick to judge, we presume he'd include himself on that list of brave entrepreneurs [who continue to found new, successful companies]. But his track record is a bit spottier.</p></blockquote>
<p>Yes, Mr. Parker has Napster and Plaxo to his credit. However:</p>
<blockquote><p>Parker's entrepreneurial activity has leveled off a bit since then. He became the inaugural president at Facebook--yet although he is frequently cited as an integral part of the company's early success, it wasn't his endeavor.</p></blockquote>
<p>Mr. McDermott also called Airtime's launch "more buzz than business."</p>
<p>Well, perhaps Mr. Parker was doing a little idle self-Googling yesterday, because he suddenly went on <a href="https://twitter.com/sparker/with_replies">a Twitter tirade</a>, rebutting Mr. McDermott's post:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/j_m_mcdermott"><s>@</s><strong>j_m_mcdermott</strong></a> a bit spottier? It's not about "founding" a company it's about being an entrepreneur. Let's look at the track record..</p>
<p>— Sean Parker (@sparker) <a href="https://twitter.com/sparker/status/238535529396850688">August 23, 2012</a></p></blockquote>
<p>(Please note: This is best imagined with Justin Timberlake portraying Mr. Parker.)</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/j_m_mcdermott"><s>@</s><strong>j_m_mcdermott</strong></a> There were only three legal founders of Facebook: me, Dustin Moskovitz, and Mark Zuckerberg.</p>
<p>— Sean Parker (@sparker) <a href="https://twitter.com/sparker/status/238535988740235264">August 23, 2012</a></p></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/j_m_mcdermott"><s>@</s><strong>j_m_mcdermott</strong></a> This was substantiated by every company legal document from inception.</p>
<p>— Sean Parker (@sparker) <a href="https://twitter.com/sparker/status/238536177383264256">August 23, 2012</a></p></blockquote>
<p>This puts last year's reported <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/facebook_feud_outside_club_ZmxHoEbbzzG9suvoEDaSDI">screaming match</a> with Zuck in perspective, no?</p>
<p>At any rate, Mr. Parker added, he was making a larger point about something grander than mere business:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/j_m_mcdermott"><s>@</s><strong>j_m_mcdermott</strong></a> My point was not about "founding" a company, in some pedantic sense, but about risking everything and going for broke.</p>
<p>— Sean Parker (@sparker) <a href="https://twitter.com/sparker/status/238537467362418689">August 23, 2012</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Mr. Parker seems to have confused the definition of entrepreneurship with that of poker. Despite the similarities, one is usually considered to involve starting a company.</p>
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