How working at the world's biggest internet property shaped an investor's career

But it was once actually, for for one month, it was actually the biggest Internet property in the world.

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But it was once actually, for for one month, it was actually the biggest Internet property in the world. And I joined their in house m and a team, which was a great experience for for a junior professional to get, you know, really absorbed into, into tech and start ups and and business models and what was viable, what was not, what scaled and and what didn't, and and learned a lot from that. Also, I had the opportunity to work abroad as part of that job. Lycos actually was was acquired at one point by a Spanish telco, Telefonica,

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Ron Levin shares his formative experience working on the M&A team at Lycos during its peak as the world's largest internet property. He explains how this role gave him deep exposure to tech business models, what scales versus what doesn't, and the international perspective he gained when Lycos was acquired by Spanish telecom Telefonica.

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This clip reveals a pivotal career moment that shaped how a top VC learned to evaluate startups and business models at scale.

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