Hilarious new t-shirts for the “top 2/20%” (get it?) of the population from VC Wear:
There are more awesome t-shirts at VC Wear as well as a Powerpoint Pitch and a Buy it (the company) Now button.
There’s truth in every t-shirt. I’ve heard that “every” VC in Silicon Valley passed on Google… sometimes more than once. David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners confesses to passing on Google in their Anti-Portfolio:
“Cowan’s college friend rented her garage to Sergey and Larry for their first year. In 1999 and 2000 she tried to introduce Cowan to “these two really smart Stanford students writing a search engine”. Students? A new search engine? In the most important moment ever for Bessemer’s anti-portfolio, Cowan asked her, “How can I get out of this house without going anywhere near your garage?”
# John S. Kim · Feb 20, 2008
Wow, I gotta say, I love these shirts!
# Owen Cutajar · Feb 21, 2008
Keke .. I love the “Your Mom is not a valid test market” one!
# Fred Yee · Feb 21, 2008
I’d fund VCwear in a nanosecond, if I can be the creative director. I have 50 more already…
Small market but f**k it I’ll fund that.
# tony conrad · Feb 21, 2008
very funny, I especially like the “we Move Quick”
# Boyd R. Jones · Feb 21, 2008
I know of an Asian VC that passed on Google - TWICE!
# rob lord · Feb 22, 2008
There are two kinds of entrepreneurs: bitches and hoes.
MP3 is the new MP3.
My IPO is bigger than your IPO.
Mo’ money mo’ board seats.
I’m gay for SVB.
# Allan · Feb 23, 2008
@ Rob Lord - hilarious, “Mo’ money mo’ board seats.” Got to find some creative ways to spend that carry huh?