I've seen VC being called the "dark side" of entrepreneurship a few times (as in "I launched a startup, got a successful exit and I now turned to the dark side

I've seen VC being called the "dark side" of entrepreneurship a few times (as in "I launched a startup, got a successful exit and I now turned to the dark side of VC"). It's of course partly joking, but probably also revealing of how VCs are seen by the startup entrepreneurs. I really says something about the record industry when comparing that "dark side" to the recording industry is seen as derogatory to the "dark side". Kinda reminds me of http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenEvilHasStandards http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenEvilHasStanda... on tvtropes.org