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How can one change the game anymore without selling out to the VCs or Google or Facebook? It's sad really. To be expected, in a maturing industry, but very sad.
by JustUhThought 10y ago
How can one change the game anymore without selling out to the VCs or Google or Facebook? It's sad really. To be expected, in a maturing industry, but very sad.
- Alphasite_ 10y agoWell oculus was well on its way after its Kickstarter, but the they sold out. Good for them, but it sucks for the rest of us.
- sangnoir 10y agoBecome Valve-like. Still not sold-out, still privately held, and "crushing it". Not coincidentally, they probably[1] didn't have VC-appointed board members making "exit" decisions for them. 1. I have no idea if Valve took any VC funding. I think Gabe Newell was pretty well-off already from his Microsoft gig.
- usrusr 10y agoI'd go so far as to consider Gabe Newell a "founder-VC" all by himself. Their interests might therefore be a bit better aligned than in many other cases. A closed-source implementation of BDFL, maybe?