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This conflict of interest is precisely why he resigned. I'm not convinced a personal stake necessarily makes for uninteresting writing, though.
by joelmichael 15y ago
This conflict of interest is precisely why he resigned. I'm not convinced a personal stake necessarily makes for uninteresting writing, though.
- chc 15y agoI'm not convinced that utter fiction makes for uninteresting writing, but it certainly lacks value as journalism.
- EwanToo 15y agoFred Wilson at http://www.avc.com http://www.avc.com writes very interesting stuff about startups he has a stake in, showing it's possible, but it definitely has to be considered whenever you read something by him.
- djb_hackernews 15y agoThats a personal blog. I would hope and expect a VC to write about the companies he has invested in on his personal blog. Cheerleading and all.
- splatcollision 15y agoResigned, but still writing for the site, which is continued bullshit.
- llambda 15y ago> I'm not convinced a personal stake necessarily makes for uninteresting writing, though. I don't think the objection is it's uninteresting, rather that it's unethical.