Huh, I didn't find it funny at all. Correct, yes. Just not funny. Then again, I've known about the similarities between PEGs and the Mafia for awhile. Venture capital has a somewhat (though usually less corrosive) version of it as well in the tech world. A VC group will make an investment in company A, say a hosting provider. Then they will make investments in tech companies B and C. But as part of the deal, they say "hey little start up, you need to host your stuff with company A, they are totally awesome and friends of ours, they'll treat you right". This process then artificially inflates the books of company A, making it look like it is able to attract a lot more customers than it really is. The VC is able to tout that company in a way that they couldn't if they had just dumped another round of money at it because the financials look so much better. Continue playing this game with your investments from a bunch of different companies, making them be customers of one another and you can create a whole artificial web of what looks like "success" to outsiders without any of the companies actually being as successful as they are portrayed and therefore making it easier for VCs to get a good exit.
Always know where your money is coming from and what strings are attached. Judah On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions <ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > This is the funniest article / video I've seen in a while. > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/bain-capital-tony-soprano_n_1542249.html > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351377 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm