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I think this actually really bad, because it is a vicous circle. You get founded by kpcb -> you get good press -> you get successful -> you get acquired by goo
by ma2rten 15y ago
I think this actually really bad, because it is a vicous circle.
You get founded by kpcb -> you get good press -> you get successful -> you get acquired by google -> this reflects positively on kpcb -> the press will write about the next startup founded by kpcb
At some point Kleiner won't have to anything.
But there are only so many startups that can be founded by the Kleiners and Sequoias of this world, erm.. valley. Is everybody else bound to fail?
- mc32 15y agoCouldn't you say one is a known entity and one is an unknown. So Bill Nguyen vs. Make up a Name. All things being equal, who do you favor, someone for whom you know some history or someone for whom you have no history? Kpcb has historic cachet. If a venture succeeds, it's a story, if it fails it's also a story. If an unknown succeeds it's a small story‡ --if it fails it's an even smaller story (for a blog to write about). ‡Smaller b/c there's less confidence in an unknown, I think. Like an entrenched sports team with a winning history vs an upstart. Who has the fanbase (audience)?