http://venturedig.com/tech/microlending-and-venture-capital-a-scary-line-will-be-crossed/ Capital, Creativity, Culture Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:05:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://venturedig.com/tech/microlending-and-venture-capital-a-scary-line-will-be-crossed/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Ed Dodds Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:06:37 +0000 http://venturedig.com/?p=560#comment-1226 Why scary? Given enough transparency, and coupled with a recommendation engine a la Digg -- and assuming folks could not vote unless they are willing to ante up for first adopter purchases (in escrow) -- rather than just having investment skin in the game while dreaming of faux blue oceans with all those potential customers swimming therein, this would be an excellent barometer for actual market desire (capitalized) vs. pipe dreams and wishes. Why scary? Given enough transparency, and coupled with a recommendation engine a la Digg — and assuming folks could not vote unless they are willing to ante up for first adopter purchases (in escrow) — rather than just having investment skin in the game while dreaming of faux blue oceans with all those potential customers swimming therein, this would be an excellent barometer for actual market desire (capitalized) vs. pipe dreams and wishes.

]]> http://venturedig.com/tech/microlending-and-venture-capital-a-scary-line-will-be-crossed/comment-page-1/#comment-830 Microlending vs VC « toni.org Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:17:07 +0000 http://venturedig.com/?p=560#comment-830 [...] leave a comment » Interesting chart: http://scottdig.com/?p=560 [...] [...] leave a comment » Interesting chart: http://scottdig.com/?p=560 [...]

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