Couple getting married, creates registry for funding for their startup

If you check the comments, Amazon Web Services fulfilled their wish for a week in the cloud. Cheap and makes for good publicity.

This page seems to portray a very cost-inflated idea of what a startup is.

"Feed a hungry VC lunch: $291"<p>What kind of VC expects you to buy them a $291 lunch? If I were a VC I certainly wouldn't invest in any company that thought buying me lunch was a good use of their funds.

So, it's common for people to make a list of wedding gifts they'd like to receive, and these guys are asking people to help fund their startup instead? Do I have that right?<p>If so, is it common for people to spend over $100 on a wedding present for another couple? $420?

&#62;Give an accountant some love for an hour, a.k.a. avoid "making friends" with the IRS &#62;Price: $420.00<p>Do accountants really make $420/hour? I'm in the wrong field...

Apparently feeding an engineer for a day costs $273. Imagine Google's profits if they didn't have the cafeteria.

Have been noticing an reasonable number of articles or advice from executives that emphasize not mixing family and business. Perhaps they didn't get the memo.

Would be interesting to see the breakdown of donators -- wedding attendees vs. non-attendees.

Emily Post is rolling over in her grave... but good luck to them, anyway.

This was cute for about 7 seconds. After that it was just annoying.<p>OTOH, if they can get people to fund their startup with donations, more power to them. Then I'd say something like, "Gee I wish I would have thought of that."

pathetic