"Never worry about a VC's ethics": one founder's story of watching the theory self-destruct
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-05
Will Manidis recalls being told at 19 that you never need to worry about an investor's ethics — bad actors get run out of the industry. The VC then comprehensively falsified his own theory, and Manidis quips you can't blame a16z for taking a victory lap when it works.
The post quotes a16z's David Haber on the "karmic boomerang": careers are long, life re-intersects, so always do the right thing.
A telling piece of Silicon Valley drama about power, ethics, and who actually faces consequences in venture capital.
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