I am really starting to dislike this approach to building tech companies. I have been speaking out about it too. There are too many startups that have no real value besides the fact that someone has invested in them. The cycle is: fund a company, make it appear successful so others invest in it, cash out and let it fail. 99% of startups will never be as big as facebook and it's ridiculous to treat them the same. Silicon Valley is really strewing shit up for the rest of us. I want a long term, viable career and all venture capitalists seem to be interested in is mining wealth from the industry until it's dead. Essentially every company that is propped up by investment is a small bubble ready to burst. There should be a law against investing so much money in otherwise worthless ventures. It's not a level playing field and it's barely a free market. I have to go with crappy companies because the good ones were put out of business by bloated subpar startups. I don't always want something new. I want things with long term value and use ability. Don't get me wrong. I apply for funding in ycombinator an others but it's not because I believe in what you do, it's because I want your money. Money equals power and I want to change some stuff.