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Yes. To even mention venture in this era. It is more associated with status quo than being weird.
by enos_feedler 1mo ago
Yes. To even mention venture in this era. It is more associated with status quo than being weird.
- ModernMech 1mo agoDidn’t PG have an explicit investment thesis to fund people who wore hoodies and looked / acted like Zuckerberg? Eventually people figured that out and started wearing hoodies instead of suits on purpose.
- usef- 1mo ago> We tell founders presenting at Demo Day, 'If you dress up too much, you will read to the investors as a stupid person.' They're coming to see the next Larry and Sergey, not some junior MBA type. https://www.wired.com/2010/04/ff-hackers https://www.wired.com/2010/04/ff-hackers
- ModernMech 1mo agolol I didn't realize it got as bad as them literally telling founders to dress like that. The irony is of course in no small part because of YC, the junior MBA types flocked to SV, so that's who the VCs ended up meeting anyway, wearing a sweatshirt instead of a suit jacket.