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Lol, entering a weird startup blogging twilight zone where everyone needs VC, money is "literally" burnt, and you *have* to "scale".Permalink On twitter.com
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Do they really not realize there are local small businesses, self+funded startups, and businesses that aim at a specific size?Permalink On twitter.com
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We've lost a generation of inventions & ideas to Silicon Valley's bad definition of a start up. Businesses that could have run reasonablyPermalink On twitter.com
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Not to mention the foolhardy worship of money & the people who hold it, the assumption that wealth equals smarts, built into the VC systemPermalink On twitter.com
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How many presidential elections will it take before we realize rich isn't brilliant & sometimes a startup success is a one off accident?Permalink On twitter.com
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Or more about hiring the right subordinates at the right timeOn twitter.com
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I don't think it's wild to assume that you can draw a line between some of SV's weird support of Trump and constant confidence in smart VCsPermalink On twitter.com
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And yeah: The tech media *is* complicit in promoting this thinking. It's a hard thing to build a startup, but it deserves our critique.Permalink On twitter.com
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When is the last time you read a mainstream tech news piece about a startup that analyzed its business plan, or questioned its product?Permalink On twitter.com
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It happens so rarely, and in part it's that quiet assumption that if sometime invested tens of millions than they must Know Something.Permalink On twitter.com
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