the broke vc

venture capital / startups / tech optimism

essays (vc x startups)

Aug 5, 2025

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6 min read

"AI Vine" and the Hollow Reboot

Elon Musk, Grok Imagine, and the Reality of Platform Memory

Broke VC

Jul 15, 2025

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8 min read

The Great Domestication

How TAM Worship Turns Revolutionary Ideas Into Spreadsheet Footnotes

Broke VC

Jul 4, 2025

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7 min read

Tech Startups Are the New Moral Institutions

The Cathedral and the Launchpad

Broke VC

Jul 3, 2025

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7 min read

The Unicorn Paradox

Why $1B Valuations Might Actually Indicate Market Failure

Broke VC

Jul 1, 2025

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9 min read

Product-Market Fit Is Retrospective Fiction

The Myth of the Perfect Match

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Jun 30, 2025

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8 min read

You Can Clone Code. You Can Copy Features. You Can’t Duplicate Real Community.

The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Revisited

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