It my be just me, but did anyone else sense a lot of Wall Street/banker/etc. "Heh, look at those adorable little web people, trying to do something?"

To wit: Start-up entrepreneurs cannot evade the discipline of the capital markets any more than can the prime ministers of Spain and Italy.

Honestly? Isn't that a bit self-congratulatory? How about places like Barclays--can they evade the discipline?