[hmerzin]

I'm going to start off by saying that I'm only 16 so in no world am I an expert on what I'm saying... I feel that what Justin is doing is a brilliant way to make receiving funding more approachable to small startups without them having to get up on stage in front of a couple hundred people or sit in a dull boardroom. If you think about it, putting someone on a stage at tech crunch disrupt isn't too different from what Justin is doing. TCD is just more nerve-racking. Does everyone suddenly hate that now? Speaking from first hand account, being a small start-up with a super young person in charge (I refer you to where I mentioned where I'm 16) it's pretty hard to be taken seriously and approach VCs. This makes the process a little more relaxed an a little less stressful for people like me. Also who's to say you can't have fun in some parts of your job? Tech is already total lala land anyway... What other industry has ping pong meetings and free Starbucks all the time? I really see no downside to this venture except for it being "unconventional" which we in the startup wornow all know to be pre-greatness. (I kinda loosely stole that pre-greatness part from silicon valley). Thanks for hearing me out. -harry