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>>mikeyo+(OP)
fwiw, it appears one of the named here is a YC Alum: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=il https://www.linkedin.com/in/unrealdutch/

>>albrol+l5
Thin red line between scamming and hustling.

>>sydthr+6a
Well, yes. If you can socially engineer customer support staff, you can do the same to venture capitalists.

>>optima+Cb
Then it seems pure luck that some conniving sociopath at the top can lead a company to produce useful goods.

>>sydthr+Jk
That's extremely subjective to your definition of useful. Investing in the best con artist isn't exactly a bad deal so long as you aren't the last mark.