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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Sep 2014

      A venture capitalist doesn’t invest in the business, they invest in the exit. Understand this and you’ll understand venture capital.

      21 replies 323 retweets 281 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Sep 2014

      This is why indie tech—which is about creating sustainable, long-term businesses—is fundamentally & irreconcilably incompatible with VC.

      4:01 AM - 26 Sep 2014
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        2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          We have a roadmap for creating independent tech that protects freedom, human rights, and democracy. It's called the http://ind.ie/manifesto 

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        2. Digiterium‏ @Digiterium 26 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral So you’re against any form of investment in indie tech? and if not, what kind?

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Sep 2014
          Replying to @Digiterium

          @Digiterium Not at all. Looking into possible revenue-share models that align needs of investors & business in sustainable, long-term growth

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        2. Stephan Engberg‏ @EngbrgDK 26 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral Nice words - but indie needs income too. Saleries to pay, investments, etc.

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        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Sep 2014
          Replying to @EngbrgDK

          @EngbrgDK Not just words. I pay the team with money from a family home I sold. We’ll be crowdfunding. Will look @ revenue-based investment…

          2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
        4. Stephan Engberg‏ @EngbrgDK 26 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral I dont question your commitment. Just saying that privacy and indie may often be corrolated, but not causally linked

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        2. Meredith L. Patterson‏Verified account @maradydd 26 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral For the most part, the same goes for information security. It smells too much like a Sartre novel -- No Exit -- to be food for VC.

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        4. Meredith L. Patterson‏Verified account @maradydd 26 Sep 2014
          Replying to @rabite

          @rabite @aral the internet needs a National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk 

          0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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        1. Jonathan Abrams‏Verified account @abrams 26 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral is http://aralbalkan.com  hosted at Digital Ocean?

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        1. Ian Miles Cheong‏Verified account @stillgray 26 Sep 2014
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          @aral You're ruining my mental image of Ello as an artisanal bagel shop equivalent to a social media network.

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        2. Jamie Burke‏ @jamie247 26 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral totally agree. For the #Ello concept to have worked it needed to be crowdfunded and decentralised ala #blockchain

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        3. Jamie Burke‏ @jamie247 26 Sep 2014
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          @aral ps and your profile is psuedo-anon & transferable like a #bitcoin on the #blockchain

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        1. O'Hara Jiménez‏ @oharajimenez 26 Sep 2014
          Replying to @aral

          @aral Hi Can I take a moment of your time? A friend forwarded me your goodbye to Ello. I'm not SV. I created an alternative. Paid for by me.

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        1. Scott Menor‏Verified account @smenor 26 Sep 2014
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          @aral within your thesis: they might if the exit is a plausible IPO or huge private round in 5-10 years

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