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Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in the game
- hurricaneSlider 7y agoIf you look at legal disclosures on the website (https://seedcamp.io/disclosures https://seedcamp.io/disclosures), it mentions AH Capital Management LLC. Which is the same company name as Andreessen Horowitz (https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1299044D:US https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1299044D:US) Unsure if that is significant, actively misleading, or simply coincidence. I'd lean towards the former given that both are apparently registered with the SEC, though my confidence bounds here are quite wide as I am not sufficiently knowledgeable of the rules behind company names in the US. A final possibility that I've only just considered is that this disclosure was (poorly) copied from a16z's website.
- garry 7y agoLooks like it’s that final possibility. Yikes!
- andrewpierno 7y agooh like you've never copied terms before lol
- andrewpierno 7y agoI copied their terms and disclosures
- donnymack 7y agoAndrew and I have been working together for 4 years on different things, we're just starting to put all this together and wanted to test the waters. But Andrew is Legit. I mean, his first and last name is right there in the username. So is mine. As if you guys haven't copied terms from someone else...
- hurricaneSlider 7y agoNote to andrewpierno and Donny Mack. I'm not necessarily attacking you for copying legal notices, but it's important to ensure that such notices are accurate and relevant to your company. For instance there is still the mention of lodging Form ADV Part 2A Brochure with the SEC. If you have not done so, this may be in fact a fraudulent claim and could get you in trouble later on.
- boltzmannbrain 7y ago"Unrivaled Mentorship"... from whom? Would go a long way to throw a few VC logos up there. As-is there is zero credibility -- don't even know who's behind Seed Camp.
- anxman 7y agoYeah "who's running this?" is my first question
- SeripisChad 7y agoAll the links like 'Meet our Team' go to https://seedcamp.io/disclosures# https://seedcamp.io/disclosures#. Seems very half baked
- mistrial9 7y agos-camp -> scam-p
- andrewpierno 7y agono sir, just testing the waters :)
- mmargenot 7y agoThe joke FAQ makes this seem illegitimate. I don't see why you couldn't come up with some real concerns you expect to hear and front-run them.
- andrewpierno 7y agodidn't expect people to read all the way, just wanted to do a bit of testing and see what kind of traffic would come :)
- andrewpierno 7y agohappy to add them if you have any, just updated this for you
- mmargenot 7y agoThat looks way better. It's more that it was just a strong turn-off.
- andrewpierno 7y agoI've updated the TOS / etc. thanks for pointing out the issues!
- andrewpierno 7y agoAlso we're working on the mentors at the moment and will absolutely update everyone before the first cohort! also i'm a real human, you can yell at me publicly here too https://twitter.com/AndrewPierno https://twitter.com/AndrewPierno :)
- andrewpierno 7y agoFAQ has been updated! Feel free to comment with any suggestions!
- donnymack 7y agoI posted this below, but worth a repost "Andrew and I have been working together for 4 years on different things, we're just starting to put all this together and wanted to test the waters. But Andrew is Legit. I mean, his first and last name is right there in the username. So is mine. As if you guys haven't copied terms from someone else..."