There are literally hundreds of billions of dollars parked in cash that aren't doing much to increase productivity and improve human welfare. In short, there is a tremendous savings glut, with most of that money outside the US, mostly from sovereign wealth funds.<p>However, every day there hundreds entrepreneurs and startups that are being starved of any funding, large or small. There is a disconnect between all this money available and difficulty of startups to raise capital to bring new ideas into the economy and better society.<p>I realize many ideas brought by entrepreneurs are questionable, but there should be a better way to allocate capital than it is currently done.
The startup climate has been and still is changing for a multitude of reasons, and funding is changing along with it. Agencies like YC make the barrier to entry lower for a lot of companies. This is not to say that it is easy at all, but good ideas/teams/people coming to the surface is getting more and more common when compared to the past.<p>Look at mattmaroon's slides that are on the front page right now. They outline a lot of problems and why they occurred. People are understanding what goes well, what doesn't, and why.
are there really that many good ideas that are unfunded?<p>i think the advent of these seed watering ventures like Y-Comb and Techstars, the industry is getting the saturation it needs.<p>maybe instead of just seeding startups, someone needs to work the other side and convince venture to invest. squeeze both ends and they meet in the middle kind of deal