The VC’s Prayer

“Our investor, who art in Frisco,

Hallowed be thy funding.

Thy investment come,

Thy seed be done,

As series A as it is in B.

Give us this day, our valuation

And forgive us our bad hires

As we forgive co-founders who bail out on us,

And lead us not into early exits,

But deliver us from implosion

For thine is the Dropbox,

The Stripe, and the Airbnb,

Forever and ever,

Paul Graham”