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22. Nope. I had lunch with a venture capital guy a month or so ago

Tue May 22, 2012, 12:21 PM

May 2012

...Interesting character. Child of old money, he and a few similar buddies had a venture capital group together. Hands in a lot of pots, but a lot of what they chose to invest in he characterized as "bottom feeding"; for example, acquiring a lot of small water or mineral rights in an area nickel-and-dime, then packaging the collection and reselling it to a big oil or mineral company.

Likeable guy, but I still had visions of black-suited creeps sitting in farmhouse kitchens pushing water rights sales agreements across tables and offering a tenth of what they'll get for it from BP or whoever. Probably similar players in real estate right now.

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ok... now that I re-read it... belcffub May 2012 #35

Not that nice. I just want him out of my damn basement! ieoeja May 2012 #38

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