Except Bain has an 80% success rate and mostly deals with troubled companies. Keep attacking capitalism guys, it's going to really help you in November :P
. On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > 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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:351378 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
