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coming from someone who worked as a govt consultant, In-Q-tel is a scary entity
by misiti3780 11y ago
coming from someone who worked as a govt consultant, In-Q-tel is a scary entity
- chillacy 11y agoHow so? I've pitched them in the past. They behaved like a VC firm with government interests.
- MacsHeadroom 11y ago>a VC firm with government interests That right there. That's the scary part.
- jonnybgood 11y agoAnd why is that scary?
- ourcat 11y agoMaybe because their motives are purely financial, rather than what's good for the rights of the people?
- saryant 11y ago...like all VC firms?
- stevehawk 11y agoThe only thing your comment right there proved is that you don't know what you're talking about. They don't operate on a financial motivation. They have literally no requirement to do so. What they do is identify commercial products that any/all of the federal government may be interested in using and fund it if possible, or at least try to fund partial features. For example, Google Earth was funded by In-Q-Tel long before Google bought the product. In fact, many startups use In-Q-Tel funding as a badge of honor when pitching to VCs later on, as it shows a potential revenue source given the existing financial commitment.
- ourcat 11y agoHave you ever taken institutional funds for any projects you founded? I did. It's ugly. And driven by pure financial greed. Sucking the soul from the original intent. The same financial greed currently eating the world and ruining people's lives. Sorry. Am I not allowed an opinion? The only thing your reply right there proved is that you don't know me at all. I'm also aware of the government/defence dept. backing of the foundations of the internet itself. Thanks.
- vidarh 11y agoLots of governments operate very benign VC firms. E.g. to promote regional development etc. I don't see what you see as scary about that part.