Jordan Nof of Tusk Ventures talks about his decision to invest in Vts and how regulation lags innovation
[{"id": "d6so6y9", "text": "If the free market wouldn't just crap the bed like they did in the lead up to 2008 there wouldn't be as much regulation as there is today.  The country can't just trust the market to not tank itself. ", "replies": [{"id": "d6ta1xt", "text": "I don't think Jordan's idea is to do away with regulation, just to help it keep up with the fast pace of innovation we see in today's startup world ", "replies": [{"id": "d6ta8l2", "text": "The market is just gonna have to adapt to what regulations there are in place.  It's like a roadblock.  Inconvenient, yeah, but they can't go down one particular spot because they crashed there.  Or another because a lot of people got hurt. ", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d6tb21r", "text": "Regulations are constantly changing. I would argue that it is better to be part of the conversation than to assume that all laws are in place for a valid reason. Accepting the status quo can easily turn into apathy, would is never good for a democracy.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "d6tekwk", "text": "so, this is a pitch to go to Tusk Ventures for your capital? Dude has a pretty sweet resume, I wonder why he bounced from Blackstone? Maybe too many misses to cover the homeruns? ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]