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Re: Cthulhu Ventures

#22

(I'm assuming that this is not satire - it looks a bit too real) I really love it when people carry jokes into serious business and take it all the way to the end. There's a lot of guts in that. I envy that level of self-confidence and hope to one day get there myself. That said, somehow I love it even more when such jokes get featured on HN and, invariably, shares of dry humorless grumpy people complain that they ca…

Smart also because if no one else has done it this way, it may attract extra attention. And they can always fall back on traditional marketing to attract boring people if need be.

Re: Cthulhu Ventures

#23

I appreciate their commitment to the bit. I wish their team included slightly more diversity however.

I'm assuming you mean racial, sexual, ethnic, which is rubbish. There's greater diversity WITHIN the groups than BETWEEN them.

Categorizing diversity based on superficial traits is WRONG, bordering on racist. It's the fundamental racist idea. (Dont get hung up on the word racist, we are talking about quantifying diversity)

Genuine diversity is done by selecting on competence across individuals, NOT BY SKIN COLOR, GENDER ETC

Watch this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrmeW3W35r8

Re: Cthulhu Ventures

#25

(I'm assuming that this is not satire - it looks a bit too real) I really love it when people carry jokes into serious business and take it all the way to the end. There's a lot of guts in that. I envy that level of self-confidence and hope to one day get there myself. That said, somehow I love it even more when such jokes get featured on HN and, invariably, shares of dry humorless grumpy people complain that they ca…

As another example, the popular Flask web framework for Python (which I'm using at this very moment) started as an April Fool's joke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flask_(web_framework)

http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2010/4/3/april-1st-post-mortem/

Re: Cthulhu Ventures

#26

Sorry but I would not trust a company that brands itself using a mythical monster to give me funding. If I'm putting the future of my company in the hands of some venture-capitalists I'd want to know they're the real deal and a company that uses: "Our goal, as Cthulhu, is to support initiatives designed to rise from the dark depths of R’lyeh (metaphorically speaking!) and end up destroying or at least disrupting, som…

https://www.mithril.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valar_Ventures

These I don’t really see a problem with. The name is inspired by fiction that’s fine. When I go onto a firms website and see images of a mythical monster plastered everywhere that’s when it gets a bit ridiculous.

Re: Cthulhu Ventures

#30

Sorry but I would not trust a company that brands itself using a mythical monster to give me funding. If I'm putting the future of my company in the hands of some venture-capitalists I'd want to know they're the real deal and a company that uses: "Our goal, as Cthulhu, is to support initiatives designed to rise from the dark depths of R’lyeh (metaphorically speaking!) and end up destroying or at least disrupting, som…

Clearly, one will never become the next unicorn using silly mythical names (or other references).

https://bizfluent.com/info-7791011-businesses-use-mythologic...

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