A makers gotta make, make, make, make, make

December 18, 2014 9:11 AM

"It’s all about burn rate / Bout burn rate / slow spending" -- This years holiday video from First Round Capital, the venture capital firm that convinces dozens of its entrepreneurs to participate in parodies of the past year’s most popular songs.
posted by Potomac Avenue (5 comments total)

I didn't realize First Round actually had a fund. They publish so many long articles that I thought they were some sort of online magazine about raising money and investing.
posted by michaelh at 9:21 AM on December 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

This PR stunt worked, I found at least one interesting startup (UrbanSitter) that otherwise would have been lost in the crowd.
posted by abulafa at 9:35 AM on December 18, 2014

The theory being that selling equity in your ideas to people who have nothing to offer but money isn't humiliating enough?
posted by 1adam12 at 9:41 AM on December 18, 2014 [4 favorites]

Startup names are the new band names.
posted by bicyclefish at 12:51 PM on December 18, 2014 [1 favorite]

Waiters gonna wait, wait, wait, wait, wait
Daters gonna date, date, date, date, date
Skaters gonna skate, skate, skate, skate, skate
Maters gonna mate, mate, mate, mate, mate
Painters gonna paint, paint, paint, paint, paint
Vapers gonna vape, vape, vape, vape, vape
Quakers gonna quake, quake, quake, quake, quake
posted by Noisy Pink Bubbles at 1:31 PM on December 18, 2014 [3 favorites]