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The so-far anonymous creator of TheFunded.com, a message board which lets entrepreneurs rate venture capitalists, is going to unveil himself tonight at an event. New rumors continue to bubble up about who "Ted" might be, as the site's founder is known. One tipster suggested Philip "Pud" Kaplan, the founder of FuckedCompany and AdBrite. Nah — that's not Kaplan's style. When he does something, he signs his name to it. He's transparent, much like his shirt in the above picture. But we do hear that Kaplan knows the secretive entrepreneur's true identity.
Philip Kaplan knows who runs TheFunded.com
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3:54 PM on Thu Nov 15 2007
By Owen Thomas
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Umm put a shirt back on please
@mandarin: It's not like you can see anything.
dude, is that photoshop or is that really a skin scarf shaved onto that dude?
pud's the man, even if he involuntarily has the 24/7 sweater on
OMG, while i like Pud, i don't like what i see. I agree w/Mandarin, please put a shirt on ASAP!! Or, consider going the route of the Fab 5, and get a frickn wax job on that body.
I own a similar sweater.
Remember that movie where Ben Still plays basketball with a guy who similarly looks like this guy? That slow-motion impact on Ben's face on the guy with sweat flying all around?
The winter treats him nice.
It is amazing that while being paid and funded to run a company, he had the time to start and operate this venture. Any entrepreneur or executive at a startup knows that to be successful you need to give all your time, energy, and focus to building the company. The fact he was doing this on the side is acknowledgment he was cheating the company, the company's employees, and his investors.
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