[soup10]

Well connected individuals flipping over-valued companies to large corporations who have more capital than they know what to do with.

Wake me up when VCs choose to fund companies that seek something other than validation and profit.

[jacquesm]

I'm perfectly ok with VCs choosing to fund companies that seek profits.

[brazzy]

So when do you think tehy'll start doing that again?

[jacquesm]

There seems to be this terrible misunderstanding that 'VC' is a uniform unit the multiple of which is VCs.

In fact, every VC is different, every VC has their own ideas of what companies are good to fund and which they'd rather pass on.

So, right now there are VCs that will not fund companies that do not have a clear idea of how they're going to become profitable.

[logicallee]

The only terrible thing about the misunderstanding that VC's are uniform herd animals who all act the same way, have the saem ideas of what's good and what they'd rather pass on, is that it's true!

Terrible but true. You will literally see vc look at the other VC and do exactly what they're doing.

You can literally create your own VC market by making VC A think that VC B is interested, which is true, because VC B is interested in anything that VC A is interested in.

[jacquesm]

Some questions for you:

Do you run your own company?

Do you have employees?

Co-founders?

Have you ever received funding from a VC?

Have you ever solicited funding?

Were you accepted?

Rejected?

[logicallee]

all of the above (yes to all seven question marks) except for number four receiving funding (from a vc), as in check clears, no that hasn't happened yet.

going through this process now - and I can tell you, if I fucked up with one VC I would fuck up with them all. everyone talks.

On the flip side, when you're hot everyone wants you, you don't have enough equity to sell to everyone!

[Skibb]

which makes the sale of Shitagram slap in the face to all startups which actually have, oh I dunno, a business model lol

[kybernetyk]

Wake me up when VCs choose to fund companies that seek profit.