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Billionaires




The Silicon Valley Myth
Bankrupt dreamers
    (flipping burgers)




The Silicon Valley Myth
“What doesn’t kill you, makes you a funny
   motherfucker... most of the time.”
                              - Henry Rollins
US: $21.8b spent on VC in ’10
     (up 20% from ’09)
1.6m p/day
R280,709,299
R280,709,299.60
Venture Capital




The spark plug, not the fuel.
Charles Miller’s upper lip!
You’re not the
customer, and the
  blog ain’t the
    product...
You’re not the
customer, and the
  blog ain’t the
    product...

...the company is!
You’re the asset.
When did we
 become so
  fucking
  greedy?
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