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Submitted by jpark on Mon, 07/05/2004 - 11:43
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/05/technology/05apprentice.html
The gong show for Bplans.
I wonder how people would react.
Then again, given Simon's success on Idol, people might not mind being told the bad news.
Granted, it would need someone with a lot of self confidence, and delusion. Why? because most VC's know we make a bunch of mistakes. Being able to plow forward, despite our mistakes is the only thing we can do.
Look at Bessemer Venture's "anti-portfolio", everyone will have their war stories of what they could have invested. For every one of those a VC said no to, 100's of other bad ideas were also thrown out.
The gong show for Bplans.
I wonder how people would react.
Then again, given Simon's success on Idol, people might not mind being told the bad news.
Granted, it would need someone with a lot of self confidence, and delusion. Why? because most VC's know we make a bunch of mistakes. Being able to plow forward, despite our mistakes is the only thing we can do.
Look at Bessemer Venture's "anti-portfolio", everyone will have their war stories of what they could have invested. For every one of those a VC said no to, 100's of other bad ideas were also thrown out.
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