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PredictableChaos
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Re: Good overview
PredictableChaos   1/13/2012 1:07:29 PM
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Ha Ha @Cat tail.  You're not supposed to see the hypocrisy of the OWS.  You're supposed to be indignant about the hypocrisy of everyone else.

If we were to judge by behavior, OWS would also seem to favor iPhones, some top-of-the-line camping gear, and many other fruits of capitalism.

cat tail
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Re: Good overview
cat tail   1/13/2012 12:50:42 PM
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So wait, OWS is using Twitter -- a venture funded by the 1% -- to rail against the evil of the 1%?

Phoenix
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Re: Good overview
Phoenix   1/13/2012 9:35:05 AM
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A very interesting post Scott Good to see VC's moving in the right direction. @ tokyogai You are right about new business founders wanting less interference from their investors. I think it is their ability to be flexible and innovate that makes them successful in the first place. If that ability is taken away from them by their investors they are unlikely to reach their full potential.

tokyogai
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Good overview
tokyogai   1/13/2012 8:39:22 AM
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Scott- this is a good overview and a look into some of the real issues facing VCs today. They have been slow to move to new models that do not involve lots of large IPOs and the "old" formulas no longer work. Most VCs I talk to today do not want new business that take a lot of startup funds and they want things that become profitable very quickly. They are guilty of trying to model old successes instead of looking for new ones. Many founders that I deal with are shunning them and finding private investment from Angels- bot because they are easier to get funding from, but also because they tend to interfere less with the business.

Ohrnconsulting
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Signs o the times
Ohrnconsulting   1/12/2012 6:24:51 PM
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Fascinating, Scott. This shows some fairly large scale shifts in the ways that companies will be raising capital. I'm particularly interested to see how the Angels develop as the space gets more and more crowded.

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