Awesome post. Sure wish some of that easy VC money existed in Canada. But maybe 3 years from now another bubble will pop and Canada will again fail to notice anything happened.
How many people are in the position where they are getting money thrown at them, vs. people who are looking for funding but can't get any?<p>What does that say about the perspective of the funder vs the perspective of the fundee
"I've come to believe that entrepreneurs putting away some money to protect the downside is largely a good thing. It allows them to take bigger risks and play for more upside."<p>One of the best rationales I've encountered to support the recent trend of entrepreneurs selling some of their shares in later funding rounds.
Great post. I sometimes (especially recently) get the impression that startups have been playing up overblown valuations as some sort of marketing tactic.