Comments on: VC Guy Kawasaki Proves Venture Capital is Unnecessary

By: iMarketingGuru

iMarketingGuru — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:54:53 +0000

I always have felt bad for the VCs, they just go after the really crappy investments all the time, while others are gaining market share and receiving funds consistently. I think it’s hilarious, because there are so many ways to make money online, with just $50k, you can become Dane Cook/create a Squidoo/whatever one may ever think of. What were FeedBurner/DoubleClick’s expenses over time and how much was needed for investment? I don’t believe there ever was a lot.

The only reason I think VCs exist is for advice, support, counsel and scalability.

By: Things You May Have Missed 6-10-2007

Things You May Have Missed 6-10-2007 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:39:34 +0000

[...] Guy Kawasaki on how much it cost to launch Truemors, in conduction with how to make a billion bucks and You Don’t Need VC money gives you a nice complete picture. [...]

By: fuqtard

fuqtard — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 23:45:26 +0000

1. Truemors is a glorified Wordpress plug-in for fuck’s sake. It hasn’t “proven” anything and has thus far been a waste of money:
http://www.uncov.com/2007/5/17/guy-kawasaki-should-stick-to-contentless-blog-posts
2. Guy Kawasaki has essentially conceded defeat and acknowledged that it’s a flop:
http://valleywag.com/tech/guy-kawasaki/you-can-do-a-lot-more-stupid-things-265843.php

All this debacle has “proven” is that you can get overpay $12K to some dipshit third-rate programmers to set you up yet another worthless “Web 2.0 long tail social media” bullshit site.

By: Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:35:17 +0000

And if you notice some of the comments in his post, people are asking how the hell did you spend $12,000 — many people are used to launching things a lot cheaper than this.

By: alex

alex — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:53:01 +0000

Right, and everybody has a top 20 technorati blog with thousands of daily readers and media centers just waiting to cover our every move.