I typed this up in order to collect my thoughts, in hopes of eventually showing them to my coworkers. I am totally open to questions, comments, and suggestions, especially from YC readers.
Unless what you are trying to do is get at your co-workers, in which case I think you will succeed.
I do want to be open and honest with my coworkers, and I've already had one (one of the designers) have a look at what I wrote. I am going to present the ideas contained therein, to the group, ASAP--it's a matter of finding time to meet and talk about "serious stuff". I was hoping to get some feedback from YC readers because I trust their opinion and ability to perceive when someone has gone off the deep end as regards ideas, reasoning, etc. In other words, I'm hoping that if I'm smoking crack, or if all startups are this way, someone will tell me before I unveil it to my coworkers at large.
I am certainly not trying to get at my coworkers. The stuff at the top is in case it's discovered by a certain coworker who i would rather heard it from me, not the blog. He's been known to read YC news once in a while, thus the precaution.
Thus my beef about venture capital.