I think we need to split "startups" from "startups that people will be angry and bitter about". I guess I'm an optimist, but I don't think that sentiments like

I think we need to split "startups" from "startups that people will be angry and bitter about". I guess I'm an optimist, but I don't think that sentiments like that arise out of nowhere. There's a kernel of truth to the feeling, engendered by some of the excesses of the current startup environment. That being said, the real challenge is not to paint too broad a brush and lump all startups that you don't "like" with startups that are worthy of this kind of derision.