Originally Posted by wankawonk

I actually got the opportunity to talk to a silicon valley VC guy about a year ago about my business (which has been profitable for almost 4 years)

His attitude was basically,

1) Not interested in trying to compete with mindgeek

2) Yeah you might make a million dollars, but I want to make a BILLION dollars, and you'll never do that

So the VC guys just aren't interested in steady, good profits; they only want companies in new spaces that they think might explode in popularity.

And don't even get me started on regular business loans; they'll laugh you out of the room if you go in there with any kind of perceived high-risk venture