Hah hah! "Adult Vest" - venture capitalists looking for adult companies to invest

Bill · 2007-07-31, 01:21 AM

I thought this was kind of crazy - in boing boing:

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/30...m_srsly_h.html

"Business 2.0 has a feature on AdultVest.com, a service that matches investors (with purses of varying depth) and adult entertainment companies (with profit margins of various girth).

Whenever mainstream news reports repeat rosy, seldom-factchecked figures like $12 billion to describe the size of the porn industry, I cringe. Porn =! get rich quick, any more than internet = get rich quick, and there's more to those numbers than typically meets the ink.

Leaving aside what feels like an oversimplified and overeager portrayal of the sector's investment risks (actual f'in quote: "there's silly money to be made here"), it's still an interesting feature. Just read with an extra-healthy helpin' of skepticism."

GonZo · 2007-07-31, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill

I thought this was kind of crazy - in boing boing:

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/30...m_srsly_h.html

"Business 2.0 has a feature on AdultVest.com, a service that matches investors (with purses of varying depth) and adult entertainment companies (with profit margins of various girth).

Whenever mainstream news reports repeat rosy, seldom-factchecked figures like $12 billion to describe the size of the porn industry, I cringe. Porn =! get rich quick, any more than internet = get rich quick, and there's more to those numbers than typically meets the ink.

Leaving aside what feels like an oversimplified and overeager portrayal of the sector's investment risks (actual f'in quote: "there's silly money to be made here"), it's still an interesting feature. Just read with an extra-healthy helpin' of skepticism."

Bill I keep hearing about this company from all my mainstream friends.
I have to be honest and say I havent looked any deeper into it.

They are succeeding in getting mainstream attention but I aint buying it.

EmporerEJ · 2007-07-31, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by GonZo

Bill I keep hearing about this company from all my mainstream friends.
I have to be honest and say I havent looked any deeper into it.

They are succeeding in getting mainstream attention but I aint buying it.

Yes, and while I'm still reserving judgment on this, "I ain't buying it either." I have looked deeper into it, and spoken with them several times.
What I can't find, is, anyone that has actually worked with them. Questions on this subject are quickly deflected by them. The other thing that quickly raises my eyebrow, is, every one of these stories sounds like a carefully timed, and placed, news release.

I've asked, and I'll ask again....anyone that has actually worked with these guys, please let me know. I'm not looking to know "secrets," I just want to know if anyone is working with them.

2007-07-31, 01:21 AM	#1
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Hah hah! "Adult Vest" - venture capitalists looking for adult companies to invest I thought this was kind of crazy - in boing boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/30...m_srsly_h.html "Business 2.0 has a feature on AdultVest.com, a service that matches investors (with purses of varying depth) and adult entertainment companies (with profit margins of various girth). Whenever mainstream news reports repeat rosy, seldom-factchecked figures like $12 billion to describe the size of the porn industry, I cringe. Porn =! get rich quick, any more than internet = get rich quick, and there's more to those numbers than typically meets the ink. Leaving aside what feels like an oversimplified and overeager portrayal of the sector's investment risks (actual f'in quote: "there's silly money to be made here"), it's still an interesting feature. Just read with an extra-healthy helpin' of skepticism."