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Could someone give me the TL,DR; for all of this AngelGate business? I've been trying to find good information on what is going on and what has happened so far

Could someone give me the TL,DR; for all of this AngelGate business? I've been trying to find good information on what is going on and what has happened so far but I am finding it hard to listen to the signal through all of the noise.

minalecs 16y ago
started with this article.. http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/21/so-a-blogger-walks-into-a-bar/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/21/so-a-blogger-walks-into-a-b... followed up by this http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2010/09/fire-in-the-valley.html http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2010/09/fire-in-the-vall... look through this quora topic you can find out more http://www.quora.com/AngelGate http://www.quora.com/AngelGate
bonzoesc 16y ago
Arrington and other people involved in venture donations for possibly successful non-businesses are all drama queens. As always, you're better off if you run a business and don't pursue funding from anybody except profits.
atomical 16y ago
The gist is a few sentences. There really isn't much to the core of the story yet.
jeromec 16y ago
TL;DR: Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is tipped off a bunch of top Angels are meeting in a bar, but he isn't welcome. He drops by since he knows them, but is met with guilty silence. Upon digging he is told the Angels are meeting to (illegally?) resolve complaints like the growing power of YC, and restraining new Angels/deal competition. Dave McClure is the first Angel to publicly counter Arrington writing that he is off base.
- X-Istence 16y ago
  Okay, so everything I found was the whole story. From the flinging of poop in various directions I take it that Arrington's story may have had some truth to it after all.
  - alnayyir 16y ago
    Seems like there's at least been some meetings, but I can't help but drench anything Arrington "digs" up with some hoisin sauce. I wouldn't extrapolate the subjects of the meetings without some hard facts. Ones that didn't come from TC or people who stand to benefit from "SuperAngels" getting embarrassed/investigated.

minalecs 16y ago

started with this article.. http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/21/so-a-blogger-walks-into-a-bar/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/21/so-a-blogger-walks-into-a-b... followed up by this http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2010/09/fire-in-the-valley.html http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2010/09/fire-in-the-vall... look through this quora topic you can find out more http://www.quora.com/AngelGate http://www.quora.com/AngelGate

bonzoesc 16y ago

Arrington and other people involved in venture donations for possibly successful non-businesses are all drama queens. As always, you're better off if you run a business and don't pursue funding from anybody except profits.

atomical 16y ago

The gist is a few sentences. There really isn't much to the core of the story yet.

jeromec 16y ago

TL;DR: Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is tipped off a bunch of top Angels are meeting in a bar, but he isn't welcome. He drops by since he knows them, but is met with guilty silence. Upon digging he is told the Angels are meeting to (illegally?) resolve complaints like the growing power of YC, and restraining new Angels/deal competition. Dave McClure is the first Angel to publicly counter Arrington writing that he is off base.

X-Istence 16y ago
Okay, so everything I found was the whole story. From the flinging of poop in various directions I take it that Arrington's story may have had some truth to it after all.
- alnayyir 16y ago
  Seems like there's at least been some meetings, but I can't help but drench anything Arrington "digs" up with some hoisin sauce. I wouldn't extrapolate the subjects of the meetings without some hard facts. Ones that didn't come from TC or people who stand to benefit from "SuperAngels" getting embarrassed/investigated.