This week Spencer Fry, founder of Podia.com, joins Justin Jackson to talk about venture capital and bootstrapping.

Spencer's tweet: "The hostility that the bootstrapper community has towards the VC community continues to perplex me."
Justin's interview with Jason Calacanis (2013)
VC brags
Roy Bahat on Big Technology Podcast: Why VCs are mad
06:30 "Capital changes lots of dynamics in society. It's not neutral." – Justin Jackson
Silicon Valley: No Revenue (video)
Blog post: Podcasts and capital
How venture capitalists make money
The rise and fall of Quibi: from raising $1.75 billion before launch to shutting down just 6 months later
Tweet: the negative effects of overcapitalization
Tweet: Big-name VCs, and their hypocrisy, give VCs a bad name.
Techcrunch: "The meeting that showed me the truth about VCs"
Adii Pienaar on venture capital: Raising Anxiety
Blog post: The hidden cost of bootstrapping

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