{"id":3654,"date":"2017-02-22T02:35:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T02:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/dick-costolo-joins-maybe-capital-a-new-satirical-board-game-about-valley-vc.html"},"modified":"2017-02-22T02:35:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T02:35:01","slug":"dick-costolo-joins-maybe-capital-a-new-satirical-board-game-about-valley-vc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/dick-costolo-joins-maybe-capital-a-new-satirical-board-game-about-valley-vc.html","title":{"rendered":"Dick Costolo joins Maybe Capital \u2014 a new satirical board game about Valley VC"},"content":{"rendered":"


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As the\u00a0TV show Silicon Valley<\/a>\u00a0has shown, the tech community there is ripe for satire. So it\u2019s not surprising that the next \u201cproduct\u201d to be born into this satirical \u201cvertical\u201d is a board game where you must go through the sometimes tortuous process of raising money.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Maybe Capital Board Game launched this week on Kickstarter<\/a>, and its launch is being supported\u00a0by former CEO of Twitter,\u00a0Dick Costolo, who, as a former stand-up comedian and contributor to the aforementioned TV show, definitely gets the funny side of the tech industry.<\/p>\n

Produced by a fictional VC firm, Maybe Capital<\/a>, \u201cthe most powerful venture capital firm in Silicon Valley,\u201d the game turns you into a\u00a0VC-in-training, where you must\u00a0pitch companies to your fellow players, eventually winning all the money for your firm.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

While pitching, you must travel up and down the infamous\u00a0101 Highway that runs through the Valley like a spine, earning money and investors, pitching companies and networking with other famous VCs and founders. The game will obviously hone your pitch skills, although at the more non-serious end of things.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll encounter\u00a0Steve Jobs, who, guru-like, will advise you,\u00a0and stop in places like Marin to \u201csmoke pot with someone famous\u201d (and pick up their\u00a0$5 million investment).<\/p>\n

After various twists and turns, you\u2019ll win the game when you get your portfolio of startups to an IPO first. Alternatively, if a player suddenly secures $50 million in a Series A round, they can declare that the bubble is clearly about to burst and winter is coming\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also an interesting online component. Kickstarter backers will get expansion packs and other benefits uploaded to the Maybe Capital<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s also a slightly serious side: There\u2019s different pricing for men and women, to highlight the disparity in earning power in the Valley.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Maybe Capital was started by Rick Powers, Dre Koval and Anya Kandel, who all have variously worked in Valley startups.<\/p>\n

Tweet a pitch to Koval<\/a> and at the end of the campaign, the winner will get 1 percent equity of Maybe Capital the board game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the Maybe Capital team figured out is that Silicon Valley isn\u2019t really about doing something, it\u2019s about starting a conversation so other people can do something,\u201d says another backer, Michael Fertik, executive chairman of Reputation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And what does Costolo say? \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say this is a terrible idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silicon Valley, huh. Changing the world through board games\u2026<\/p>\n

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