Comments on: There is a lot of bullshit in Silicon Valley http://blogs.alianzo.com/socialnetworks/2009/08/09/there-is-a-lot-of-bullshit-in-silicon-valley/ Alianzo's blog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:58:46 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Greg http://blogs.alianzo.com/socialnetworks/2009/08/09/there-is-a-lot-of-bullshit-in-silicon-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-4355 Greg Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:22:27 +0000 http://blogs.alianzo.com/socialnetworks/?p=1216#comment-4355 Hi, Jose. Hi from Europe! As one who has moved from SV to search for the greener grass in Europe, I can tell you here my white sneakers got brown fast too, maybe even faster than your Pradas. Here the start-up community is limited to a few doctoral students doing something with their professors (with the EC funding), and the VC is simply a joke, not to say BS. They do not "venture" into anything; they don't even invest -- they are worse than banks. If they return your call, and this is a big IF, they most likely want to LEND you a few thousands euros at 40 to 60% APR, given you've been in the business for at least 3 yrs and have already generated substantial income. Maybe this is not the Silicon Valley-type of BS, but it is BS anyway. Hi, Jose. Hi from Europe!
As one who has moved from SV to search for the greener grass in Europe, I can tell you here my white sneakers got brown fast too, maybe even faster than your Pradas. Here the start-up community is limited to a few doctoral students doing something with their professors (with the EC funding), and the VC is simply a joke, not to say BS. They do not “venture” into anything; they don’t even invest — they are worse than banks. If they return your call, and this is a big IF, they most likely want to LEND you a few thousands euros at 40 to 60% APR, given you’ve been in the business for at least 3 yrs and have already generated substantial income. Maybe this is not the Silicon Valley-type of BS, but it is BS anyway.

]]> By: Watch the BS in Silicon Valley (and don't wear white shoes) | Tom Foremski: IMHO | ZDNet.com http://blogs.alianzo.com/socialnetworks/2009/08/09/there-is-a-lot-of-bullshit-in-silicon-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-4349 Watch the BS in Silicon Valley (and don't wear white shoes) | Tom Foremski: IMHO | ZDNet.com Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:03:29 +0000 http://blogs.alianzo.com/socialnetworks/?p=1216#comment-4349 [...] Mr Del Moral wrote a blog post: There is a lot of bullshit in Silicon Valley. [...] [...] Mr Del Moral wrote a blog post: There is a lot of bullshit in Silicon Valley. [...]

]]> By: Jose A. del Moral http://blogs.alianzo.com/socialnetworks/2009/08/09/there-is-a-lot-of-bullshit-in-silicon-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-4339 Jose A. del Moral Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:23:42 +0000 http://blogs.alianzo.com/socialnetworks/?p=1216#comment-4339 You are actually right, Jeremy. When I came to you I was trying to digest all the things I had heard and had not yet made a clear mind on what it meant. Anyway, only 50% was bullshit. As you explain, there are also useful thoughts and I thank you for being there and sharing them with all of us. I hope it is clear enough, so that the controversy I am trying to create does not shadow it ;-) You are actually right, Jeremy. When I came to you I was trying to digest all the things I had heard and had not yet made a clear mind on what it meant. Anyway, only 50% was bullshit. As you explain, there are also useful thoughts and I thank you for being there and sharing them with all of us. I hope it is clear enough, so that the controversy I am trying to create does not shadow it ;-)

]]> By: Jeremy Toeman http://blogs.alianzo.com/socialnetworks/2009/08/09/there-is-a-lot-of-bullshit-in-silicon-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-4338 Jeremy Toeman Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:25:15 +0000 http://blogs.alianzo.com/socialnetworks/?p=1216#comment-4338 Considering you came up to me to interview me personally, I think you could have at least given me the courtesy to say to my face that you disagreed, and had an actual debate about it. Instead of this cheap shot. And your comment about what the entrepreneurs were waiting for... well, there was a LOT of opportunity for Q&A, so if the entrepreneurs failed to seize it, that's their fault, not ours. Finally, we were put into the virtually impossible task of giving specific advice yet to a radically varied audience. I challenge anyone to be specifically useful to dozens of different needs - it's simply contradictory. The truth is *very* few of the very successful companies do everything internally, and it's actually "Silicon Valley" mentality you are demonstrating by pointing out the rarity of success over the commonality of failure. I've only launched a couple of dozen companies really successfully (compared to less than 5 unsuccessfully). I guess my "bullshit" works pretty well. Considering you came up to me to interview me personally, I think you could have at least given me the courtesy to say to my face that you disagreed, and had an actual debate about it. Instead of this cheap shot.

And your comment about what the entrepreneurs were waiting for… well, there was a LOT of opportunity for Q&A, so if the entrepreneurs failed to seize it, that’s their fault, not ours. Finally, we were put into the virtually impossible task of giving specific advice yet to a radically varied audience. I challenge anyone to be specifically useful to dozens of different needs – it’s simply contradictory.

The truth is *very* few of the very successful companies do everything internally, and it’s actually “Silicon Valley” mentality you are demonstrating by pointing out the rarity of success over the commonality of failure.

I’ve only launched a couple of dozen companies really successfully (compared to less than 5 unsuccessfully). I guess my “bullshit” works pretty well.

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