IIRC, you've said things more along the lines of "VC interests are often not aligned with founders' interests" and "VC funding isn't really my cup of tea". Amy Hoy and 37signals/Basecamp are the ones who ardently speak out against VC funding as a business strategy.

Sorry. As my sibling poster pointed out, I think I mixed you up with other pro-bootstrap/anti-VC writers.

can we pretend you wrote them though? It would make me think even more highly of you :P

That thought pattern doesn't alarm you a little bit?

the grandfather's thought pattern? No, why would it?

The idea that one would like or dislike someone to the extent that the person confirms their biases. Not that it's an offensive thought; just that it's a handicap.