| Tweet | Translation |
| “Excited for [Startup] to continue its mission at [Acquirer]” | It was an acquihire and I lost money |
| “They never gave up and I’ll miss working with them (hopefully will do so again). Congrats to [Startup] on their exit!” | It was a journey but we at least got our money back. Founder, please remember me when you start the next company. |
| “Proud to have been along since the earliest days. Thanks [founder] for letting me be a small part of your journey!” | The big VCs in the deal made way more money than I did, but at least I got a little bit into the seed round. |
| “You did it!” [with picture from 10 years ago of VC with young founder, holding term sheet, thumbs up] | I made a lot of money here but didn’t do much work for the company after the first funding |
| “You did it!” [with picture from 10 years ago of VC with young founder, holding term sheet, thumbs up -AND- picture of me at the IPO or acquisition closing dinner] | I made a lot of money here and did actual work for the company after the first funding |
| “Thrilled to have represented [VC firm] in our work with [company]. Huge outcome!” | A partner we fired actually did the deal, and no one serviced it well until it was clear it was going to be a homerun. Then we all fought over it and rewrote history in a ‘congrats’ blogpost that never mentioned the original GP. |
| [no tweet] | I’m fully post economic after this acquisition, why the fuck would I be on social media any longer? |
