Venture Capital Now vs 1600s

Venture Capital NOW Venture Capital 1600s I just led a $50M Series B into my fourth calendar scheduling app this year because their Zoom integration reduces meeting conflicts by 6%. The founder went to Stanford and worked at Stripe for 8 months, so downside risk is basically zero. Plus their deck had really clean margins I just funded an armed fleet to conquer the only islands in the world that grow nutmeg. If we can seize their nutmeg trees and eliminate all competition we'll make 60,000% returns and become more powerful than most European kingdoms combined

A two-panel comparison contrasts modern venture capital with 1600s venture capital. The modern investor funds a calendar-scheduling startup for modest productivity gains, while the historical investor finances an armed conquest to monopolize nutmeg and gain enormous power. The joke mocks startup-investing jargon by showing that imperial conquest was an equally ruthless, high-risk investment strategy. EN: A two-panel comparison contrasts modern venture capital with 1600s venture capital. The modern investor funds a calendar-scheduling startup for modest productivity gains, while the historical investor finances an armed conquest to monopolize nutmeg and gain enormous power. The joke mocks startup-investing jargon by showing that imperial conquest was an equally ruthless, high-risk investment strategy.

• @gentoomemes / 14653 2024-11-11