Actually, Hacker News should be the first place to criticize (or at least examine) investments are made in music and tech. The way VCs and angel investors fund

Actually, Hacker News should be the first place to criticize (or at least examine) investments are made in music and tech. The way VCs and angel investors fund startups is changing and it is interesting to see the ways that an industry with some parallels is also changing. Just like I can now start a band in my basement and gain a following with Protools + Facebook, I can now bootstrap a company in my basement with Rails + Heroku. (or your tech / provider of choice)