Anil DashI’m eavesdropping (well, they’re so loud I can’t ignore them) on two young startup guys at this coffee shop, a version of a conversation I’ve heard a million times. But what’s striking vs 10 or 15 years ago is… almost nothing they’re talking about is the tech. Everything is financial engineering and how to hustle the ecosystem. Nothing about products or even markets and competition, all fussing about banks and crypto and VCs. Explains a lot about my fatigue over the industry in general.
Andrew H – № 2025@anildash the circus is coming to town. Doesn’t matter how the animals or performers are doing. All the games are rigged and the only thing that matters is arriving on time and hustling the town then leaving before people get too angry.
Startups are a circus