an egregious violation of investor trust and ethics.
I agree that this kind of behavior is too obvious and not socially acceptable or common practice. But the concept of the modern style of silicon valley private equity industry (of which angels are obviously within the broad ecosystem) as that operates with any substantial amount of ethics or is deserving of or even expecting trust is so far from my experiences as to be laughable. They just are very loathe to be as obvious, or apply pressure without sufficient supporting influence.
If you've been sitting at the poker table for 30 minutes and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
I agree that this kind of behavior is too obvious and not socially acceptable or common practice. But the concept of the modern style of silicon valley private equity industry (of which angels are obviously within the broad ecosystem) as that operates with any substantial amount of ethics or is deserving of or even expecting trust is so far from my experiences as to be laughable. They just are very loathe to be as obvious, or apply pressure without sufficient supporting influence.
If you've been sitting at the poker table for 30 minutes and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.