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5/14/2008
Of PIs and VCs
Anonymoussaid...
Francine McKennasaid...
Of PIs and VCs
Ugh...
-- MDT
Dear WSJ,Whew, now that that is out of the way, IF you can get past the pitiful lede, you might enjoy this WSJ piece focusing on investigators serving the venture capital market. It is really not so bad once you get over the hump.
CC: Tim Hay
Note: Drawing erroneous parallels between corporate investigators and the fictional hard boiled gumshoe set - Sam Spade, Phillip Marlowe and the like - is so, so tired.
Perhaps U.S.A. Today could reasonably use that kind of lame comparison for the benefit of their mouth-breathing clientèle, but The Journal is supposed to be written for sophisticated people.
Please respect the intelligence of your readers and trust that they are capable of understanding the role of investigators in the business world at a level beyond clichéd references to mustaches, Ferraris and Hawaiian shirts.
Your pal,
The Daily Caveat
-- MDT
Labels: background checks, due diligence, venture capital
2 Comments.
Anonymoussaid...
i read it, equally confused, but that's the "new wsj" right? little bit of flash, little bit of credibility, little regard for digging into the issue in a short piece...posted my own little rant on the blog because every single one of their items and resources in a related article this week was - surprise - covered in a similar article that i wrote for competitive intelligence magazine last fall (you can see it under pubs at clewllc.com at top of list, along with the article about 'sizing up talent in a deal')...whatever...
Francine McKennasaid...
Go get 'em, Michael. Like the image of the accountant with a green eyeshade, that ship passed a long time ago.
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