Snapshot · All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Secondary market transactions are at historic highs, driven by the emergence of late-stage private companies and institutional asset managers looking for distribution channels.
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Private secondary market trading has surged past its 2021 peak, with transactions competing with IPOs as the primary liquidity mechanism. Employee-backed secondaries reached 31% of all primary venture activity in 2025.
Employee liquidity options have scaled tremendously, representing nearly one-third of total primary venture activity.
Secondary assets previously traded at around an 80% discount but reached an average 106% premium in Q1 2026.
Staying private shield CEOs from hard questions, creating an echo chamber of sycophantic private boards. Public markets provide clean, brutal truth and pressure testing that ultimately makes companies stronger.
Sam built Algrow from zero to $14,000 in monthly revenue within just six months of shipping his first MVP.
Algrow reached over 10,000 users in roughly six months, driven almost entirely by organic Discord community growth.
Sam acquired his first 400 users entirely through Discord communities, without paid advertising or traditional outreach.
Algrow added exactly 480 new paying customers in its most recent month, demonstrating strong ongoing growth.
Sam's Stripe dashboard showed over £10,000 in revenue in the last four weeks, equivalent to roughly $13,000–$14,000 USD.
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By silently screen-sharing his tool in Discord voice chats rather than posting links, Sam attracted curiosity without violating no-self-promo server rules.
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Bhanu grew SiteGPT to $13,000 monthly recurring revenue entirely through organic channels, spending nothing on paid marketing.
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