The whole premise of the Venture Capital model is that founders perform on command as VCs sit in judgement, only to basically crap on them and decline to invest.
In this thread, let's turn that on its head. Name companies @a16z has invested in, and I will crap on them for it.
In this thread, let's turn that on its head. Name companies @a16z has invested in, and I will crap on them for it.
When @a16z declined to help Google hire engineers, Google heard that as "well, we can't help you *DIRECTLY*..."
https://twitter.com/deconstructized/status/1354659391929081860
a16z: "Hah, can you believe we got $8 billion from Microsoft!?"
It's this decade's alternate history of "HELL YES, we sold Google to Yahoo for $1 million!"
It's this decade's alternate history of "HELL YES, we sold Google to Yahoo for $1 million!"
https://twitter.com/deconstructized/status/1354659498724495365
"The closest thing to a Star Trek holodeck that exists" and the hardest part for @a16z was getting their checkbook out of their pants pocket while erect.
https://twitter.com/captemulation/status/1354661052781391874
I'm not blind to the power dynamics at play here. If you either are, or know of, a founder who is a woman or a person of color, my DMs are open.
For example:
newyorker.com/business/curre…
For example:
newyorker.com/business/curre…
Look, @a16z didn't care that it was at a loss; it let them unload the '.ly' domain which belongs to Libya (not a joke) and get themselves the hell off of a watchlist.
https://twitter.com/builddoctor/status/1354663872775352322
The timing of the 2020 investment was odd at first, but now makes perfect sense; "now that @samcoren has left it's a GREAT time to invest!" is the kind of galaxy-brain thinking I'd expect from @a16z.
https://twitter.com/mvxvvll/status/1354667692867911682
A fun game to play whenever you see a tweet effectively jerking off @a16z is "Founder or Investor?" There is no third option.
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