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VCs downsize amidst funding crunch

10 points by forgingahead 14y ago

vinothgopi 14y ago
Something wrong with the paywall? The link doesn't work for me. But if Googled, the exact same link works.
- ceslami 14y ago
  Nope, that's how the paywall works. Google link: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887323926104578274191503935084.html&ei=eG8PUe_8KOSqyAGT94DQCw&usg=AFQjCNEF36d6vBLYh3AL3s8AR3AH-uRJWg&sig2=pKGZh9HCngkLsR6n7uHjmA https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&...
- hayksaakian 14y ago
  The pay wall is lowered for Google visitors.
noeltock 14y ago
Seems like WSJ are up-voting their own articles, never seen a pay-walled article get this many votes in a mere minutes (at this time of the day).
joelandren 14y ago
Another trend piece based on two data points: 1)Ignition has stunk lately 2)Investment has not rebounded from it's pre-recession peak. There's nothing to indicate that the main hypothesis stands.
hayksaakian 14y ago
Hacker News should take some kind of stand on paywalled articles.
temphn 14y ago
Pui-Wing Tam has been writing hit pieces on the Valley for the better part of a decade. Take with a grain of salt. Here she is stalking Benioff all the way back in 2006: http://www.talkingbiznews.com/1/ceo-calls-cops-on-wall-street-journal-reporter http://www.talkingbiznews.com/1/ceo-calls-cops-on-wall-stree... She dug up dirt on HP and then got mad when they did the same to her: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116122600055097332.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116122600055097332.html Here she is with another hit piece: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119741476977621971.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119741476977621971.html And another: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970204450804576625043573078086-lMyQjAxMTAxMDEwMjExNDIyWj.html http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB1000142405297020445080... And another: http://allthingsd.com/20120104/some-venture-funds-hit-pause-on-big-deals/ http://allthingsd.com/20120104/some-venture-funds-hit-pause-... And another: http://allthingsd.com/20121224/start-ups-adjust-to-webs-down-cycle/ http://allthingsd.com/20121224/start-ups-adjust-to-webs-down... Click those links, every one is about the same thing (startups failing, can't raise money, funds going bust, etc.). In general she likes to write downbeat pieces on the Valley. Just keep that in mind. I feel bad for Ignition, who probably thought they were going to be the heros of a Wall Street Journal story and turned out to be Pui-Wing's latest whipping boy ("take Ignition, for example"). Lesson for entrepreneurs: if you ever get an email from a reporter, google their name and read all their old stories. Don't just grant an interview. They can't do much if you don't play ball.

10 points by forgingahead 14y ago

vinothgopi 14y ago

Something wrong with the paywall? The link doesn't work for me. But if Googled, the exact same link works.

ceslami 14y ago
Nope, that's how the paywall works. Google link: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887323926104578274191503935084.html&ei=eG8PUe_8KOSqyAGT94DQCw&usg=AFQjCNEF36d6vBLYh3AL3s8AR3AH-uRJWg&sig2=pKGZh9HCngkLsR6n7uHjmA https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&...
hayksaakian 14y ago
The pay wall is lowered for Google visitors.

noeltock 14y ago

Seems like WSJ are up-voting their own articles, never seen a pay-walled article get this many votes in a mere minutes (at this time of the day).

joelandren 14y ago

Another trend piece based on two data points: 1)Ignition has stunk lately 2)Investment has not rebounded from it's pre-recession peak. There's nothing to indicate that the main hypothesis stands.

hayksaakian 14y ago

Hacker News should take some kind of stand on paywalled articles.

temphn 14y ago

Pui-Wing Tam has been writing hit pieces on the Valley for the better part of a decade. Take with a grain of salt. Here she is stalking Benioff all the way back in 2006: http://www.talkingbiznews.com/1/ceo-calls-cops-on-wall-street-journal-reporter http://www.talkingbiznews.com/1/ceo-calls-cops-on-wall-stree... She dug up dirt on HP and then got mad when they did the same to her: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116122600055097332.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116122600055097332.html Here she is with another hit piece: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119741476977621971.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119741476977621971.html And another: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970204450804576625043573078086-lMyQjAxMTAxMDEwMjExNDIyWj.html http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB1000142405297020445080... And another: http://allthingsd.com/20120104/some-venture-funds-hit-pause-on-big-deals/ http://allthingsd.com/20120104/some-venture-funds-hit-pause-... And another: http://allthingsd.com/20121224/start-ups-adjust-to-webs-down-cycle/ http://allthingsd.com/20121224/start-ups-adjust-to-webs-down... Click those links, every one is about the same thing (startups failing, can't raise money, funds going bust, etc.). In general she likes to write downbeat pieces on the Valley. Just keep that in mind. I feel bad for Ignition, who probably thought they were going to be the heros of a Wall Street Journal story and turned out to be Pui-Wing's latest whipping boy ("take Ignition, for example"). Lesson for entrepreneurs: if you ever get an email from a reporter, google their name and read all their old stories. Don't just grant an interview. They can't do much if you don't play ball.