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A Venture Capital firm says techies need to get along with government:
From Airbnb to Uber, some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies have been fighting regulators since their inception. Now, one of the tech industry’s most respected venture capital firms wants to help both sides of the battle make nice with each other.
Andreessen Horowitz announced today that it’s launching a new policy and regulatory affairs unit, and that it has appointed Ted Ullyot, Facebook’s former general counsel, to lead the shop. Ullyot, who worked at both the White House and the Department of Justice before coming to the Valley, will be tasked with helping the firm’s portfolio companies see eye to eye with the government regulators with whom they’re increasingly butting heads.
Well, what do techies say, agree with the VC or string them up by their toes and poke them with sticks? Inquiring minds want to know...
(Score: 4, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Friday April 17 2015, @02:13PM
One of my great-great-many-many-great Grandpas discovered fire. He brought it home, glowing on a stick, and fed it after he got there. He wanted to keep it in a little stone bed that he made for the fire.
The Cave Council members took note of this smelly new pet that Great . . . Grandpa had. They sent a representative to tell Great . . . Grandpa that he had to get rid of his new pet.
Of course, Great . . . had already discovered the wonders of cooked meat, and offered to share some with that representative. The Council rep ran screaming back into the next cavern, where the Council was waiting to hear what Great . . . had to say. When the rep informed them that Great . . . had attempted to poison him with refuse cast off by the pet fire, the Council stormed Great . . . quarters, and executed him.
That, children is why our family is so reviled by one and all, far and near. And, that is also why we run like the deer from any sign that there might be a fire anywhere in the vicinity.
Now, eat up! Enjoy your raw venison, raw potatos, and raw bread!