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This must certainly be a joke, right?!

by bitL 5y ago

qaq 5y ago
Strongly reminds me of USSR
- dominojab 5y ago
  its been at least the last 10 years like this, since the last economic crisis.
- wues 5y ago
  So you think that in USSR there were startups and private investors? Interesting.
  - qaq 5y ago
    No they liked to reward regular people with non-material things.
    - Chyzwar 5y ago
      You mean experience is gulag is truly priceless for entrepreneur.
      - qaq 5y ago
        Well that was for very low key entrepreneurs. More serious ones generally got death sentence if caught
  - mc32 5y ago
    No but they had two kinds of money. Rubles and accounting Rubles.
  - qaq 5y ago
    They did have startups and private investors, but it was obviously black market and was punishable by death.
- raverbashing 5y ago
  Whenever someone does this comparison it's a good sign I can ignore pretty much anything they say afterwards
  - qaq 5y ago
    I guess I will have to stop reflecting on my life in USSR now to make sure it does not raise any flags :)
    - andai 5y ago
      I think downvoters assumed you were American and that your knowledge of USSR came from propaganda.
yohannparis 5y ago
I found this better than the nothing.
- paxys 5y ago
  I doubt that. No VC or other private investor is going to give a shit about a "seal of excellence" handed out by the government.
  - systemvoltage 5y ago
    I think you're still overestimating. VCs would run away from a company that was vetted by the government.
- pdpi 5y ago
  “I liked them, but not enough to find a way to fund them” isn’t the best endorsement ever
  - yohannparis 5y ago
    Is the job of a government to fund startup, I personally disagree. I prefer easing of red tape and support of administrative tasks. An endorsement is better than nothing.
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