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
>
>
> 

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