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by hoprocker 3924 days ago
This will probably get me hellbanned here, but here's a bit of gold:

"The companies that come out of [venture capital funding] are no longer pursuing profit, or even revenue. Instead, the measure of their success is valuation—how much money they've convinced people to tell them they're worth."

I yearn now for a modern day Ambrose Bierce to write up something clever and cutting, with entries like:

_valuation_: how much money you've convinced people to tell you you're worth

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>This will probably get me hellbanned here, but here's a bit of gold:

Oh can we please not start adding this bit of meta to our posts? It's in the same category as "I know I'm going to be downvoted..."