The other day, a team of entrepreneurs came to pitch their high-tech startup for funding. This motivated group of guys wanted to raise around $10 million for their new, super duper, unique, revolutionary, paradigm-shifting, outside the box, knock your socks off, we’re all gonna retire young, give me your money now technology. After the customary small talk and by the time they were about to start their presentation, I almost wanted to hand the “CEO” the shirt off my back.
Why is it that someone will always show up to an …

Geeks have great t-shirts; why shouldn’t venture capitalists have some too? The love/hate relationship between VCs and entrepreneurs could tilt a little towards love if the VCs would ditch their light blue dress shirts for some of these funny, goofy t-shirts. On second thought, maybe not.

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“1% of the market, huh?”
“I’ll fund you – fo’ sho’” – inspired by that horribly laughable movie Superbad.
“You’re gonna make me rich”

“What would you do if you only had a few months left to live?”
My good friend SA, the structural engineer, shrugs and says, “I don’t know, but I don’t like some of the messages in the movie.”
“I loved the movie! It was poignant and thought-provoking,” counters TJ, the beautiful Googler we’re trying to set up with SA.
I’m clinging to a thin strand of hope that opposites indeed attract, but it’s not looking good for my already dismal matchmaking record.
We are coming out of a last minute Sundance Film Festival screening …