Startups Once Showered with Cash Now Have to Work for It
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Re: Startups Once Showered with Cash Now Have to Work for It
#2Money that comes easily, goes easily.
Where did the VCs get the money from [1][2]? If they didn't break a sweat, they won't hesitate to throw it around without asking questions about profitability.
EDIT: People who are downvoting are trying to hide the truth of the market, whether it's a bubble or not, this is the source of the money and in turn, your livelihood ;)
[1] Probably from banks who got it from the gov't who got it for cheap, right?
[2] http://agilevc.com/blog/2014/10/29/where-do-venture-capital-...
Re: Startups Once Showered with Cash Now Have to Work for It
#3How many startups are "underwater" now- they are unable to raise additional funding at their current/previous valuation?
Re: Startups Once Showered with Cash Now Have to Work for It
#4Money that comes easily, goes easily. Where did the VCs get the money from [1][2]? If they didn't break a sweat, they won't hesitate to throw it around without asking questions about profitability. EDIT: People who are downvoting are trying to hide the truth of the market, whether it's a bubble or not, this is the source of the money and in turn, your livelihood ;) [1] Probably from banks who got it from the gov't wh…
VC funds getting money from banks? I've not heard of that and your link doesn't support it. Unless the government connection you're trying to assert is that low interest rates drove more money into VC funds in order to seek higher returns.
Re: Startups Once Showered with Cash Now Have to Work for It
#5Good? I don't wish anyone working hardships, but being "Showered with cash" has created plenty of problems, and there is nothing at all wrong with working for it.
Re: Startups Once Showered with Cash Now Have to Work for It
#6It's just a pendulum. It wings both ways and right now it's swinging towards startup ideas and investment where the companies have solid business models rather than hopes and dreams.
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#7Money that comes easily, goes easily. Where did the VCs get the money from [1][2]? If they didn't break a sweat, they won't hesitate to throw it around without asking questions about profitability. EDIT: People who are downvoting are trying to hide the truth of the market, whether it's a bubble or not, this is the source of the money and in turn, your livelihood ;) [1] Probably from banks who got it from the gov't wh…
The article and infographic you link to never mentions banks or the government, and the sources it references for VC funds don't suggest "money that comes easily". (pensions, corporations, endowments, etc - primary or secondary sources that came from working for money)
That's why you're being downvoted. You're attempting to take a controversial position without any logical proof. The "truth of the market" doesn't support your conclusion.
Re: Startups Once Showered with Cash Now Have to Work for It
#8How many startups are "underwater" now- they are unable to raise additional funding at their current/previous valuation?
Also called a "down round"
Re: Startups Once Showered with Cash Now Have to Work for It
#9This is bad news for bootstrapped startups.
If cash stops being a cocaine-tier obsession for these guys, we might have to compete with them. Sad.