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Re:Is the Lean Startup Dead? by jondubois on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @01:37PM (#17920222)
Venture capital has corrupted the tech industry to its core.

The VC cash machine has brought us nothing except short term thinking, get-rich-quick schemes, social manipulation, herd mentality, idol-worship, media corruption and corporate growth.

I look forward to the next tech bubble. I hope they all get wiped out.

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Re:Is the Lean Startup Dead? by WalterSear on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @02:50PM (#17920858)
Ill winds blow no-one any good
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Re:Is the Lean Startup Dead? by jondubois on Thursday September 06, 2018 @04:41AM (#17924770)
If they all get wiped out, it will be very good for me personally.

Firstly, I will enjoy watching them fail. It will make me happy intrinsically. If I lose my software engineer job and have to work as a janitor for a while, it would be totally worth it.

Secondly, the subsequent failure of their portfolio companies will free up a huge amount of marketshare in many industries; some of which I will be able to capture with my own side project until I can afford quit my janitor day job.

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