Segal was Rude, Film at 11
I know, I know. I'm going to get hate mail for this but here goes anyway.
I'm at the Mobilize Conference yesterday. As I was sitting outside waiting for the van to take me to the airport, two really full blown, Type A personalities come flying at me.
"We LOOOOVEEDD your panel!!!" (I said maybe 4 minutes worth of verbiage on the panel but fine, thank you). "We've decided we will allow you to fund us because unlike those other guys, you get all this."
"Uh, what do you do", says I.
"We have the answer to every Web 2.0 problem. Our software is specifically designed to allow Web, Mobile, Embedded and Windows programmers to re-architect their services and applications for Web 3.0 and the Mobile Internet all at the same time! And with NO PROGRAMMING REQUIRED! We believe we have 18 possible patents and we can translate this into 6 languages with offshore PhD Linguists from India and Romania."
The Van pulls up.
"That's phreaking amazing and exactly the type of projects we would die for. I have to catch this plane but here is my business card. Send me the full plan in email and somebody will be in touch!"
I gave them Matt Murphy's (iFund) card and the van sped off.
(As they say over at Xobni: gniddik ma i)
You should have been like "I'm related to Steven, by the way" and karate-chopped them into oblivion
Posted by: neal | September 20, 2008 at 02:17
Do people really tell you that they will allow you to fund them? That's hilarious and unbelievable.
Web 3.0?!? I guess someone had to go there, but Web 2.0 is mostly just a buzzword anyway.
Posted by: Dennis | September 20, 2008 at 16:46
Dennis,
Yes they do. All the time.
>R<
Posted by: Rick Segal | September 20, 2008 at 17:47
Actually, here we skipped right over Web 3.0 to Web 4 ... it seems the odd-numbered versions of the Web just happen to be really crappy.
Seriously, it would be really stupid to allow a VC to fund you that early in the game.. personaly I usually chose to push back on the hordes of VCs until I've got a customized term sheet. I do that with women too, let them camp outside my front door for a few days. Works amazing.
Posted by: Alex G | September 22, 2008 at 17:34