Silicon Valley lingo is getting pretty ridiculous: Unicorns, centaurs, and ponies

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Silicon Valley lingo is getting pretty ridiculous: Unicorns, centaurs, and ponies

Chelsea Ng
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September 10, 2015

Ponies grow up to be centaurs who then transform into unicorns — or at least that’s one Silicon Valley investor’s view of evolution.

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