Analysis

February 28, 2020

God bless the satirical VC Twitter accounts

@VCBrags and @vcstarterkit are calling out venture capitalists for showing off.


Sam Shead

5 min read

A lot of venture capitalists take themselves very, very seriously. Full of confidence they are convinced they are helping to change the world and enabling entrepreneurs to fulfil their dreams.

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