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Well, I wish you luck the next time you go looking for VC

• beachstartup 11y ago
  most of that money goes to middle aged white guys, despite what you see in the media. old white guys getting money isn't newsworthy.
• dasil003 11y ago
  Repeat after me: "I am not my work".
  • anysz 11y ago
    You're not your fucking khakis
    • coroutines 11y ago
      I'm not sure others got this reference :o) Where are their minds...?
      • anysz 11y ago
        "I am Jack's broken heart" Fight Club people, come on
• 6nf 11y ago
  People over 40 usually have been around long enough to be able raise a bit of money without pitching to VCs. Hell if you're 40 you might even have enough equity in your house to fund it yourself.
  • robotresearcher 11y ago
    And you might have a couple of kids in middle school and not want to take such a chance on your family finances.
• PhasmaFelis 11y ago
  Assuming someone needs or cares about VC because they work in Silicon Valley is like assuming they belong to a yacht club because they're wearing a polo shirt.
  • cloverich 11y ago
    This makes me wildly curious if anyone has any rough statistics on what proportion of tech in SF is VC supported. I'm sure its incredibly nuanced and would be only a ballpark, but it would still be interesting.
• simplemath 11y ago
  Jesus Christ....