• dinckel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I genuinely just don’t understand what’s going on in the tech sector anymore

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        1 year ago

        Feels like the dotcom era all over again, but they’re better at stringing the scam along this time. Enough of the people need to believe the lie that it’s getting artificial longevity.

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      1 year ago

      VC funding is basically gambling, trying to find the next billion dollar company. So they throw money at anything that has any semblance of traction to get in early and cash out when the time comes.