Three of our worst VC stories

#3 is insane, if for no other reason than the VC is signaling that he’s likely going to try and do the same thing to you some day… even if you were totally willing to screw over your team, why would you ever get involved with that VC given you’ll then have to watch your back until the end of time?

Re: Three of our worst VC stories

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Post by margalabargala » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 8:14 PM UTC

stevepotter wrote: post #2

All I ever hear are horror stories. Can someone tell me a good story about VC that isn't Facebook or something?

There are tons and tons of mundane VC stories. They all mostly just go "we came, we presented, we were funded"

Re: Three of our worst VC stories

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Post by vjeux » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC

stevepotter wrote: post #2

All I ever hear are horror stories. Can someone tell me a good story about VC that isn't Facebook or something?

Casey Aylward from Accel has been mentioned in all void0 company posts. So she must have been very useful for the founder. (I don't have any insider information about void0, I've met her a few times and she is amazing)

https://voidzero.dev/posts/voidzero-cloudflare#acknowledgeme...

Re: Three of our worst VC stories

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Post by Quarrelsome » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 8:22 PM UTC

These VC stories continue to feed my incredulity at how people _that_ incompetent can still be _that_ wealthy.

Is it the money that makes them stupid or smth?

Re: Three of our worst VC stories

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Post by AndrewKemendo » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC

I could write a book with the horror stories I have of VC and LP behavior, and some of the wild stuff I’ve either been asked to do, verified others were asked to do or say it’s just totally unhinged.

I don’t know if Angel investing groups are really still around like they were in there 2010s but the variance in the types of insanity and weirdness for those groups is really unmatched.

Re: Three of our worst VC stories

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Post by wahnfrieden » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC

Quarrelsome wrote: post #7

These VC stories continue to feed my incredulity at how people _that_ incompetent can still be _that_ wealthy. Is it the money that makes them stupid or smth?

Competence, intelligence, merit have little connection to wealth. Wealth at that level is attained through arguably unfair means, not from reward for hard work. Conversely, poor people are not poor as punishment for lack of intelligence or merit

Re: Three of our worst VC stories

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Post by rwmj » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC

Quarrelsome wrote: post #7

These VC stories continue to feed my incredulity at how people _that_ incompetent can still be _that_ wealthy. Is it the money that makes them stupid or smth?

Why do you think people who lucked into vast riches by being in the right place at the right time would be especially smarter than anyone else?