It's not the failed IPOs like Groupon and Zynga you have to worry about. Those are actually good outcomes.
It's the ones that are "too big to fail" that you have to worry about. And it might not even be explicitly accounting this time.
I've had this strange suspicion for a while that a lot of the companies selling ads are doing some bogus stuff. I mean, we all know there's a lot of fraud happening in terms of ad serving/tracking and accountability, but I suspect that it's been institutionalized somewhere.
Or it could be any number of things. The amount of bullshit I've personally witnessed by startups to close a new round is staggering. The number of times I've seen people find creative solutions to adding an extra zero to "monthly active users" is just too damn high. Investors keep investing, established firms keep acquiring, and no one cares.
It's the ones that are "too big to fail" that you have to worry about. And it might not even be explicitly accounting this time.
I've had this strange suspicion for a while that a lot of the companies selling ads are doing some bogus stuff. I mean, we all know there's a lot of fraud happening in terms of ad serving/tracking and accountability, but I suspect that it's been institutionalized somewhere.
Or it could be any number of things. The amount of bullshit I've personally witnessed by startups to close a new round is staggering. The number of times I've seen people find creative solutions to adding an extra zero to "monthly active users" is just too damn high. Investors keep investing, established firms keep acquiring, and no one cares.