17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Worth magazine of Dec/Jan has a lubricious article on "The Super Investors of Silicon Valley": " 'Rise of the Silicon Patriots,' by Donald Katz. If their egos and paychecks are oversized, so is their impact on the economy and culture. It's not for nothing that California's venture capitalists think they're at the center of the universe." It traces some of the mauling by rapacious VC tigers of unwary techno-bambis and gleefully vaunts winner-take-all when the chips are down (multiple puns there) -- commensurate with the flatulent flattering flummoxing of this "financial intelligence" oilslicker. For more FFF FinInt organ-grinding the monkeys, see "Downloading Warren Buffet's Brain."