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Braintree is not a great example of a company that "didn't take VC." According to Crunchbase they raised a $34 million series A round and a $35 million series B round. BigCommerce …

Perhaps she meant ſlashdot.

I realize this is a subtle point but I think the more accurate verb in this case is mandate rather than provide. I.e. countries don't provide maternity/paternity leave; they requir…

That list is a bit out of date: http://gigaom.com/2012/07/09/github-finally-raises-funding-1...

The last 2 sound good.

Really? "Nerds?" I think the word you're looking for is "experts."

Do they have a competitor whose angle is customer-powered support? I don't know anything about this business, but this sounds like a response to a competitor.

"it's hard to determine which course of study is most infested with cheating. But I'd say education is the worst."

Have you attended any planning hearings in your town?

Odd. There are on Yahoo image search: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A9G_bDiWzT...

Can anyone figure out who the VC was? Would be interesting to know.

Last sentence: "Granted, I haven't been to Austin and haven't spent a significant amount of time in Silicon Valley..."

If there is a significant trend here, it would be better to explore it than to try to suppress exploration with dismissive witticisms.

He did do more. He deleted his account, and told everyone on HN he had.

The guy sounds unnecessarily harsh. He could just have said "Congrats on the article. How's the company doing?" I don't think I'd want him as an investor.