Open-source creator Mitchell Hashimoto argues founders should filter out bad venture capitalists rather than condemning the entire industry

@mitchellh I told the people who needed to know. But the bigger point is: we talked to almost everyone in the VC space. And met some incredible people. Two of our investors are still on our Board. Several I’m still in regular touch with. Many I’m an LP in. Not everyone is bad.

@mitchellh what about my story

@eastdakota Makes sense! And yeah, agree with you. A lot of people are bandwagoning on this (yours + others) with "all VC is evil." Trying to counteract that plus also encourage people to not associate. Bad begets bad, its a vicious cycle.

@MiclauMarius No, I believe him because I've witnessed some pretty bad (ranging from dumb to bad) shit myself. Its not just noise.

@mitchellh "but people definitely KNOW who the bad people are" if nobody is talking... because they feel uncomfortable or otherwise, how are people supposed to know?

@moonmayor2100 You don't associate in the first degree.

@mitchellh it is just social media noise to drive engagement and attention , nothing more

@gas0linr Stuff like this:

@mitchellh I have this founder story where i went to lunch with this open source guy who told me point blank he would never raise venture capital and then later did! :)

@thdxr @mitchellh Where do they get all that freaking money from anyway

@sampullara Many such cases. :)

@mitchellh What is meant by bad? I'm asking because I'm not familiar with any of those stories

@mitchellh Respect. But everyone is in bed with everyone. How do you really draw a line that excludes thiel, musk and andreessen?

@altryne People talk in private

@TomHacohen @eastdakota Not the people sharing stories

@mitchellh @eastdakota I don't think people were saying VC are evil (I know I didn't), it's just sharing funny (some are less funny) interactions we can all relate to.

@mitchellh hey @grok which were the bad vcs mentioned here and a 1 sentence allegation for each please

@mitchellh One of the most underrated career skills, Knowing who not to build with. Opportunities compound. Reputations compound too.

@grok @mitchellh spill the beans grok, which tweets could those be

None were mentioned by name. The post refers only to unnamed "bad VC stories" circulating on social media and gives general advice: witness bad behavior, don't associate with those people, find good ones instead, and speak only when you're in a strong enough position (citing Matthew Prince as an example who waited). No individuals or specific allegations appear in the thread.