Carroll Grigsby wrote:
It's no accident that VC's are sometimes referred to as "vulture capitalists". They are the modern embodiment of the old time con men and snake oil salesmen; they just wear nicer suits and have MBA's. If the general public had a better understanding of VC's, we'd be hearing VC jokes instead of lawyer jokes.To be fair, there are _some_ decent venture capitalists out there, mostly in Silicon Valley - hackers who made a fortune before the dotcom bubble burst and, having bought everything a geek could possibly want (lots of state of the art gadgetry, every DVD ever made, your own pizza parlour etc.) decided to plough back some of it into the community. There again, they're probably the ones who are now saying "would you like fries with that?"
Although some of the breed are still around, others have learned to ask "Would you like fries with that?"
I wonder if Mandrake is suffering from its geographical location. Europeans may have an innovative attitude to software, but in general Americans have a much better idea of how to finance and market software companies. OTOH, a relocation to China might be worth a thought ... nice big potential use base there!
(See, I _do_ say nice things about America sometimes!)
Sir Robin
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"Difficulty is a coin which the learned conjure
with so as not to reveal the vanity of their studies."
- Montaigne
Robin Turner
IDMYO
Bilkent Univeritesi
Ankara 06533
Turkey
www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin
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