I don’t disagree that VCs and VC money is garbage and offered no real value here. The thing I don’t get is that Maker Media took the money at all. I understand

I don’t disagree that VCs and VC money is garbage and offered no real value here. The thing I don’t get is that Maker Media took the money at all. I understand believing in your business, but Make: subscriptions weren’t the next social network. There wasn’t that much growth to be had, and I’m scratching my head trying to figure out why Dale Dougherty thought there was.