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>"Anything and everything about you online is used when doing DD." Having what, for all intents and purposes, is an employer judge - or worse yet misjudge- me
by tatsuke95 15y ago
>"Anything and everything about you online is used when doing DD."
Having what, for all intents and purposes, is an employer judge - or worse yet misjudge- me based on my interests, or the articles I read is precisely the reason I'm moving away the merger of my online/offline lives. I recently put my money where my mouth is and deleted my Facebook account.
>"However, at the seed stage you're investing in people"
This always sounds like horseshit to me. Can some one point to some good examples where this model has been truly successful? Why aren't VCs actively recruiting college campuses, then? It seems like you're missing out on a huge chunk of great candidates if you're always selecting "people" from a small subset who are seeking funding for their (possibly terrible) technology startup.
- fredsters_s 15y agoTo see some good examples where this model has been truly successful, see every successful VC fund and accelerator (especially YC), ever. Also, I totally agree re prospective employers, from an employee's POV. But don't make the mistake of conflating Investors with Employers. The two are very different beasts, looking for very different attributes.
- tatsuke95 15y ago>"To see some good examples where this model has been truly successful, see every successful VC fund and accelerator (especially YC), ever" I don't know everything about these incubators, but are you telling me that these guys and gals apply and get into the programs without an idea for a startup? That isn't how I thought it worked. I think that's how people like to think or claim it works. But I'm not sure it's the reality. And, if I tried hard, I could probably come up with an example or two where the opposite happened: VCs banked on the talent behind a company with a not-so-good idea, and it "failed".